Sesame Street Seeks New Home, Will Not Be Renewed at Max
New episodes of 'Sesame Street' will no longer air on HBO and Max, forcing Big Bird and the gang to find a new home for future stories.
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Can you tell me how to look for a new home for “Sesame Street?”
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If I were to place a bet, I'd say Disney. They already own The Muppets, so they could reunite the whole Henson gang. Here's a timeline of the Disney relationship:
muppet.fandom.com
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They might have competition for the 55 year old series, since Amazon and Netflix are already mentioned as suitors.If I were to place a bet, I'd say Disney. They already own The Muppets, so they could reunite the whole Henson gang. Here's a timeline of the Disney relationship:
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world, known mainly for its family-friendly products. Founded in 1923 by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as an animation studio, it has become one of the largest Hollywood production houses. It also...
I'm sure the target audience (age 2-5) would love that.
Also remember that DVD collection that informed that the old school “Sesame Street” wasn’t suitable for younger children? I’m sure they’ll remember that too.
How many children still watch cable television? I suspect that their problem is that the audience just isn't there anymore. It's similar to the problem that children's programming on broadcast television had twenty years ago when the kids abandoned broadcast TV in favor of cable.
Exactly.
Who has 2-5 year old kids? Generally, people under 40, in a lot of cases under 35 and in some cases under 30.
They're streaming.
I have three grandkids, ages almost 7, almost five and almost two. Their parents are 26 and 28. There's an 84-inch big screen in the living room and it is hooked up to the internet---period.
The kids change channels by selecting the tiles along the bottom---Disney+, Amazon Prime, Netflix, etc.
But Max is a streaming platform. It’s seems as though WBD is saying kids programming, possibly new kids programming, is not a priority for Max.
Larry, my response was to Texas Tom's question "How many children still watch cable television?"
That's what the little quote box at the top is for---context.
Beyond that, yeah---that could be what WBD is saying---or it could be as simple as they couldn't get a renewal of Sesame Street for a dollar figure they liked.
Gee, maybe they should put those CN shows on their streaming platform.
They have $42 billion in debt. They need to cut some costs. This is part of the other story where they're spinning off their cable channels.
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WBD creates content. Sesame is content they buy from someone else. They need to focus on distributing content they own.
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WBD creates content. Sesame is content they buy from someone else. They need to focus on distributing content they own.
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Well, you know what they say about men with big screens!
Just ribbing you, @michael hagerty. It's simply the jealousy talking from being a short-screened man, myself.
Also PBS and it's affiliates have repositioned themselves in the past 20 years from emphasizing educational content to reliable journalism via PBS Newshour, Frontline and local editions. But back to Sesame Street specifically it will be interesting to see which apps will be the new home of the show or it can have a series finale/cancellation if no new place is available.
I should have made it more clear---that's my son-in-law and daughter's house, 2,500 miles from mine.
My wife and I get by just fine with a 40-inch Samsung. Bought it when our 30-year-old Sony 27-inch tube set finally frapped out five years ago.
I try to stay out of your way, but the last couple of days you've been doing non-sequiturs.
PBS still does educational content---where it always has, in mornings. Newshour, Frontline and local editions have always been evening shows.
The Sesame Street deal with HBO Max was for first-run shows. After they air on Max, they're available on PBS. The morning block on most PBS stations is called PBS Kids. They run a number of kids shows, including Sesame Street. I imagine any deal Sesame Street makes after Max will also include PBS in some way. PBS Kids is also available as a streaming channel and a YouTube channel.
If you click on the link, go to videos, and you'll be able to watch Sesame Street videos.
They continue the linear broadcast of Kids for families that don't have access to internet, cable, or other pay TV services. That's part of the budget, and why public TV receives a congressional appropriation.
If you click on the link, go to videos, and you'll be able to watch Sesame Street videos.
They continue the linear broadcast of Kids for families that don't have access to internet, cable, or other pay TV services. That's part of the budget, and why public TV receives a congressional appropriation.
So might the parents of those 2-5 year olds, as they were *the* kids that were watching those episodes 30 and 40 years ago.
Again, in the grandchild's house in the upper left corner of the country, it's on Disney+ for much of his viewing, though I did notice a few YouTube episodes of current fare, like Blippi, Miss Rachel, and others.
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