"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.

As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...

For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

A “reimagining” of “Sesame Street” was underway to overhaul the show’s format and focus on just four core characters — Bert ...

“Here, they created a street and a community that closely resembles what kids experience,” says Jeffrey D. Dunn, who arrived to run Sesame Workshop as CEO in 2014. “It’s not fantasy ...

Emilio Delgado, Luis on ‘Sesame Street’ for 45 years, dies Emilio Delgado, the actor and singer who for 45 years was a warm and familiar presence in children's lives and a rare Latino face on ...

U.S.A.I.D. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of problems. Credit...Mark Lennihan/Associated Press ...