Elmo's World

Elmo's World is a five-minute-long segment shown at the end of the children's television program, Sesame Street. It premiered on November 16, 1998 on PBS, as part of the show's structural change and originally ran fifteen minutes at the end of each episode until 2009, but was then rebooted in 2017.

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.

In 2020 for season 51, as part of the "Furry Monsters" campaign, a new format was introduced called Elmo's World Monster Edition, where another monster character (Cookie Monster or Grover) learns about the topic alongside Elmo. They also join Elmo for the closing song, now called the "Monster Dance".

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