And I get it: in a perfect world, Sesame Street shouldn't have had to go looking for outside support to keep the lights on--our failure to invest in public television (through the actions of our elected officials) is what sent Sesame Workshop into the arms of HBO in January 2016 in the first place.
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And I get it: in a perfect world, Sesame Street shouldn't have had to go looking for outside support to keep the lights on--our failure to invest in public television (through the actions of our elected officials) is what sent Sesame Workshop into the arms of HBO in January 2016 in the first place.
This is good news. And no, poor families do NOT have to have Netflix to access Sesame Street. Netflix will release episodes to PBS the *same day* they drop on Netflix, which is significantly better than the prior deal with HBO, which delayed episodes for 9 MONTHS before porting them over to PBS.
Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It is wild to me that Netflix made this deal, but it's good for kids (and hopefully PBS).