Sesame Road has a brand new streaming residence. Netflix has picked up the youngsters’s collection, which is able to make its debut on the streamer later this yr with an all-new, reimagined 56th season — plus 90 hours of earlier episodes — obtainable to audiences worldwide.
Netflix is approaching board after HBO Max opted to not renew its Sesame Road streaming deal on the finish of final yr.
The brand new episodes, which is able to now heart on one 11-minute story, might be obtainable similar day-and-date within the US on PBS stations and PBS KIDS digital platforms, preserving U.S. children’ free entry to early studying without spending a dime.
Along with format adjustments, the brand new season will characteristic the return of fan-favorite segments like Elmo’s World and Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck.
Sesame Workshop is the worldwide nonprofit behind Sesame Road, with Sal Perez and Kay Wilson Stallings serving as government producers; Emmy, Humanitas, and NAACP Award nominee Halcyon Individual (Karma’s World, Dee & Mates in Oz) joins as head author.
Netflix will even be capable to develop video video games for each Sesame Road and Sesame Road Mecha Builders.
Whereas HBO Max shifted focus away from children and household programming a few years in the past, it represents 15% of Netflix’s whole viewing with exhibits comparable to CoComelon.
