PBS drops hourlong ‘Sesame Street’ from fall schedule

[mvcg66b3r]

PBS will discontinue the long-running one-hour version of Sesame Street this fall, it announced to stations Wednesday, and will continue airing new half-hour episodes that premiered last year.

The iconic series premiered in November 1969. The new schedule, which takes effect Nov. 16, will feature the 30-minute version at 10 a.m.

PBS Kids and Sesame Workshop jointly decided to discontinue the hourlong program, the announcement said, “in response to the positive station and viewer feedback to the shorter version introduced last fall.”

That feedback included “strong station carriage” of the shorter version, representing 93 percent coverage, Maria Vera, PBS Kids spokesperson, told Current.

PBS launched the 30-minute version last September on weekday afternoons, with the hourlong version airing on weekday mornings.

http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/

 

[harrisburgpatv2]

The "new schedule" may not be the same everywhere, unless they're going to a uniform daytime schedule for all of the PBS affiliates.

Also, new episodes will be moving to HBO first, then PBS later.

 

[crainbebo]

The end of an era to the original landmark series. Kids' attention spans and the Internet and smartphones seemed to have killed the 60-minute version.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

The end of an era to the original landmark series. Kids' attention spans and the Internet and smartphones seemed to have killed the 60-minute version.

it's been the Elmo show for while, guess they don't have enough pledge $$$ anymore