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The beloved children’s show has been a recurrent culture-war target, but a documentary on HBO shows how social purpose was built into it. By James Poniewozik There’s a rule in politics, or at least ...

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. Blink and you might miss it, but ...

Get to know your ABCs with this fun-filled adventure that celebrates the wonder of words and the joys of the alphabet, Sesame Street-style. Shapes, sounds, and colors come to life as letters A and Z ...

The biggest juggernaut in children’s-television history sprang forth from mundane origins. At a Manhattan dinner party in 1966, a Carnegie Foundation executive named Lloyd Morrissett mentioned that ...

Before that, though: Almost everyone has a Sesame Street memory, so here is one of mine. When I was a young kid, I had lots of VHS tapes with songs and segments from the show. One of these tapes ...

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," ...

It’s hard for me, a former child superfan of “Sesame Street,” to write about the show without sounding mawkish. It’s even harder now that I’ve got two small children of my own. So I might as well ...

Fifty years ago, the television show united children’s education, puppetry and songs. Pop stars have been singing the Muppets’ tunes (and vice versa) ever since. By Melena Ryzik How many ways can you ...

Sunday, November 10 marks the 50th anniversary of "Sesame Street." There have been countless tender and wholesome moments in the show's history, but it's also been criticized at times for covering ...