Sesame Street will move to Netflix, but keeps its longtime home on PBS

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 19, 2025 1:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Netflix has thrown Sesame Street a information nett with a caller streaming woody that offers the fashionable children's staple a wide scope portion keeping it connected its long-standing home, PBS, astatine the aforesaid time, the companies announced Monday.

Starting aboriginal this year, caller episodes volition tally connected Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app connected the aforesaid day. No specific premiere day was instantly announced. Select past episodes volition besides beryllium disposable connected Netflix worldwide.

The alteration for the much than 50-year-old amusement comes aft Warner Bros. Discovery — which had aired the amusement since 2016 — past twelvemonth decided not to renew its woody for caller episodes that aerial connected HBO and Max, though episodes volition stay determination until 2027.

"This unsocial public-private concern volition alteration america to bring our research-based program to young children astir the satellite with Netflix's planetary reach, portion ensuring children successful communities crossed the U.S. proceed to person escaped entree connected nationalist tv to the Sesame Street they love," Sesame Workshop said successful its property release.

Sal Perez, the show's enforcement shaper and a Sesame Workshop vice president, told The Associated Press precocious that segments connected the caller play volition beryllium longer and "really focused connected character," portion besides focusing connected its audience's affectional well-being and development.

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For Season 56, episodes volition revolve astir 1 11-minute story, the Netflix merchandise said.

"The much kids privation to bent retired with our characters connected Sesame Street, the much they're going to instrumentality successful those lessons," said Perez, adding that determination would besides beryllium updates to the show's look and feel. The caller play volition besides diagnostic much exploration of the Sesame Street neighbourhood and a look wrong the legendary two-storey brownstone astatine 123 Sesame St. that houses Elmo, Bert and Ernie and more.

"I powerfully judge that our acquisition programming for children is 1 of the astir important aspects of our work to the American people, and Sesame Street has been an integral portion of that captious enactment for much than fractional a century," said Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS. "We're arrogant to proceed our concern successful the pursuit of having a profound interaction connected the lives of children for years to come."

Sesame Street has been shown successful much than 150 countries, amassing much than 200 Emmys successful summation to Grammy and Peabody awards and a Kennedy Center Honor for beingness creator achievement.