'Sesame Street' debuts first Filipino American Muppet With the future of beloved characters like Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster in jeopardy, some fans began to fret that a program once widely ...

When I was a sheltered child, “Sesame Street,” soon to stream on Netflix, made racial diversity and kindness look like the way the rest of the world worked.

“Sesame Street,” the 56-year-old institution of children’s television, has signed a new distribution deal with Netflix, as well as a separate deal with PBS, the show announced on Monday.