NEW YORK - Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird," ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Monday marked 45 years since the debut episode of the New York institution of "Sesame Street." Created by children's television innovator Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (L-R) Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, Sesame ...
There's a new HBO documentary called "Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street." It sheds light on the creation of a show that transformed children's television. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans has this ...
Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and their fuzzy and feathered Muppet friends from “Sesame Street” are turning 50 this fall — and the beloved kids show will celebrate with an anniversary ...
When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...
That's because "Sesame Street" can't just be measured quantitatively (sorry, Count von Count). Its legacy is measured as much by the lessons it taught in kindness and love and grief as it is in the ...
NEW YORK - Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird," ...