Elmo's World

Elmo's World is a five-minute-long segment shown at the end of the American children's television program, Sesame Street. It premiered on on PBS, as part of the show's structural change and originally ran fifteen minutes at the end of each episode until, but was then rebooted in.

Production
At the time the segment premiered, Sesame Street was still an hour-long program. Research conducted by Sesame Workshop showed that kids would lose interest in the episodes after 45 minutes. They developed Elmo's World as a response to the popularity of the Elmo character, as well as trying to hold kids' interests. The segment features Elmo himself, as well as animated segments, Elmo's goldfish Dorothy, babies, clips of live-action kids, cameos from other Muppet characters, the comical mime Mr. Noodle, and of course, music.

Broadcast
The segment first aired during the season 30 premiere of Sesame Street on November 16, 1998 on PBS. The first episode was "Balls". In 2009 for the show's 40th season, it was discontinued. In 2012 for the show's 43rd season, it was replaced by Elmo the Musical. The first installment was "Guacamole the Musical", and it aired during "Get Lost, Mr. Chips" on September 24, 2012.

In 2016 for the season 46 premiere "Bedtime Story", Elmo the Musical was discontinued and replaced by HD re-edits of Elmo's World episodes, starting with "Sleep". It was also the first season to air on HBO, on January 16, 2016.

In 2017 for season 47, the modified Elmo's World shorts were discontinued and replaced with a reboot of the series. The reboot premiere, "Friends", aired during the season 47 premiere, "Be Kind to Your Worm", on January 14, 2017. These new segments also now run at five minutes instead of fifteen. New episodes are still airing to this day.

Cast

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International versions

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