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| Sesame Street celebrates 50 years |
PBS will honor the 50th anniversary of “Sesame Street” with an all-new special, “Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny!” is a lively, entertaining and emotionally engaging new documentary special brimming over with music, laughter, tears, celebrity appearances and locally generated viewer content that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic PBS KIDS children’s series. Sesame Street is produced by Sesame Workshop, a separate, independent, nonprofit educational organization. Hosted by Gloria Estefan, Sesame Street: 50 Years & Still Sunny!” is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (check local listings).
The event will feature interviews with Jodie Foster, Itzhak Perlman, LL Cool J, filmmaker Ken Burns, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger and Jeffrey D. Dunn, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, and the series writers and puppeteers who brought the beloved characters from the series to life.
