NEW YORK - Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets. "Wow, Wanda the Witch is weird," ...

circa 1969: Cast members of the television show, 'Sesame Street,' posing on the set with some of the puppet characters. Left to right: Will Lee (1908 - 1982), Matt Robinson (1937 - 2002), Bob McGrath ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (L-R) Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, Sesame ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Monday marked 45 years since the debut episode of the New York institution of "Sesame Street." Created by children's television innovator Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie ...

PBS and Sesame Workshop announced the lineup for the 42nd season of the children’s classic TV show Sesame Street, premiering September 26th on PBS Kids. This year, dozens of celebrities will help ...

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime "Sesame Street" director who also worked on soap operas including "The Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns" has died. Emily Squires died Wednesday at New York's Mount ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

NEW YORK — A longtime “Sesame Street” director who also worked on soap operas including “The Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns” has died. Emily Squires was 71. She died Wednesday at New York’s ...

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