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Elmo of the film "Being Elmo" poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

Sesame Workshop regains control of Elmo’s hacked X account after racist posts

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This image released by Audible shows cover art for &quot;The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley &amp; Friends.&quot; The podcast, led by 6-year-old furry monster Foley and her sidekick Mikee the Microphone, gives some screen-free educational entertainment to kids who may be having spotty school lessons during the pandemic. (Audible via AP)

‘Sesame Street’ launches a podcast to help educate kids

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

‘Speak up!’ — ‘Sesame Street’ tackles racism in TV special

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows, from left, Grover, Basma, Ma'zooza and Jad with Rami Delshad, who portrays Hadi in &quot;Welcome Sesame,&quot; a new, locally produced Arabic TV program for the hundreds of thousands of children dealing with displacement in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. (Sesame Workshop via AP)

‘Sesame Street’ comforts children displaced by Syrian war

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This image released by Apple shows the character Snoopy in a scene from an animated short &quot;Snoopy in Space.&quot; Apple TV Plus has carved out prominent roles for Charlie Brown's floppy-eared beagle and puppets from the famed Sesame Workshop in its slate of kid and family friendly programs. (Apple via AP)

Streaming TV programming for kids embraces iconic brands

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This undated image released by Sesame Workshop shows 10-year-old Salia Woodbury, whose parents are in recovery, with &quot;Sesame Street&quot; character Karli. Sesame Workshop is addressing the issue of addiction. Data shows 5.7 million children under 11 live in households with a parent with substance use disorder. Karli had already been introduced as a puppet in foster care earlier this year but viewers now will understand why her mother had to go away for a while. (Flynn Larsen/Sesame Workshop via AP)

‘We’re not alone’ - ‘Sesame Street’ tackles addiction crisis

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2011, file photo, Elmo of the film &quot;Being Elmo&quot; poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring Elmo, called &quot;The Not Too Late Show with Elmo,&quot; where he will interview celebrity guests. Production will begin next month, although it's not clear when the program would make the air. It was announced Thursday as part of a deal between HBO Max and the children's television producer. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show

Associated Press

Lego Foundation donates $100mln to aid Rohingya, Syrian kids

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2006, file photo, Ernie and Bert of “Sesame Street” pose in front of the Queen Mary II in the harbor of Hamburg, Germany. The producers of “Sesame Street” tweeted Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, that Bert and Ernie are not gay in response to a Queerty interview published Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, with a former writer for the show who said he considered the puppets lovers. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)

‘Sesame Street’ wants to clarify: Bert and Ernie aren’t gay

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This image released by STX Entertainment shows Melissa McCarthy in a scene from &quot;The Happytime Murders.&quot; (Hopper Stone/STX Entertainment via AP)

Correction: Film Review-The Happytime Murders story

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Big move for Big Bird: Sesame Street is entering classrooms

By SALLY HO - Associated Press

Melissa McCarthy film promoter strikes back at Sesame Street

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

‘Sesame Street’ sues over new Melissa McCarthy puppet movie

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 2017 photo Photo courtesy of Ryan Heffernan and Sesame Workshop, a young girl engages with Sesame Street caricature Elmo at an informal tented settlement near Mafraq,Jordan. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, that Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee will get a $100 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. for a joint program that will include home visits focused on early learning, child development centers and a local version of &quot;Sesame Street.&quot; (Ryan Heffernan/Sesame Workshop via AP)

Chicago foundation awards $100M to Syrian children’s program

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2001 photo, Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie, from the children's program "Sesame Street," are shown in New York. Under a new partnership announced Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, by Sesame Workshop and HBO, the premium cable channel will carry the next five seasons of "Sesame Street" on HBO and its related platforms. PBS, the long-time home of the children's program, will continue to air the show as well. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser/File)

HBO to carry ‘Sesame Street’; PBS to continue airing show

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

Mitt Romney says the government cannot afford to support Big Bird anymore, and President Obama has come to Big Bird’s defense on the stump and in campaign ads. (Associated Press)

Big Bird’s producer boasts well-padded retirement nest

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

A supporter of President Obama, posing as PBS’ “Big Bird,” makes his views known Monday outside the Derry, N.H., campaign offices of GOP rival Mitt Romney. Rep. John A. Boehner was about to speak to Romney backers there. (Associated Press)

‘Sesame Street’ firm calls on Obama to pull ‘Big Bird’ ad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

US terminates funding for Pakistan ‘Sesame Street’

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT - Associated Press