Sesame Street

Sesame Street
Details
Country	United States
Language	American English
Seasons	54
Episodes	4680 (list of episodes)
Channels	PBS PBS Kids Sprout (formerly) ABC (formerly) ABC Kids Treehouse TV Nick Jr. (formerly) Cartoonito (formerly) Tiny Pop (formerly) Hallmark Channel (formerly) HBO Family (formerly) EBS2 (formerly) AFN Korea (formerly) AFN Family (formerly) AFN Prime (formerly) AFN (formerly) See more... TVB Pearl(page 2,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,16 and 20) TV3 (formerly) TV1 (formerly) ZTV (formerly) CBC TV 8 (formerly) ZNS-TV (formerly) KGTF (formerly) Okto (formerly)(page 6, 19, 22, 24, 27 and 36) Channel 5 (Singapore) (formerly) TTT (formerly) CCN TV6 (formerly) Fiji One (formerly) FBC TV (formerly) BTV (Botswana) (formerly) RTB Perdana (formerly) RTB Aneka (formerly) KTV2 (formerly) IBC-13 (formerly) GMA Network (formerly) TVNZ 1 (formerly) TVNZ 2 (formerly) TV3 (formerly) Four (formerly) CVM Television (formerly) EMTV (formerly) NTA (formerly) Bahrain 55 Channel (formerly) RTÉ One (formerly) Network 2 (formerly) Telearuba (formerly) GTV (formerly) MBC (formerly) WHRM (formerly) TeleCuraçao (formerly) TVM (formerly) NBC 1 (formerly) ZBM-TV (formerly) Saudi 2 (formerly) Channel 9 (formerly)
Services	HBO (formerly) HBO GO Max (seasons 1, 5, 7, 39-54 only) YouTube Showmax Netflix (Australia) iTunes Amazon Prime Video Sesame Street Go (formerly) Tencent Video Crave ABC iview AFN Now
Release	November 10, 1969 – present

Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, and includes short films, with humor and cultural references. Over the years, Sesame Street has expertly tackled many mature topics and explained those to younger viewers who were watching the program, such of death, HIV, homelessness, parents in the military, disability or permanent injury, and etc. The series premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership; it has aired on the US's national public television provider PBS since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016, then its sister streaming service HBO Max in 2020.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Big Bird	Caroll Spinney (seasons 1-47)
		Matt Vogel (seasons 30-45, occasionally) (seasons 48-present)
	Oscar the Grouch	Caroll Spinney (seasons 1-47)
		Eric Jacobson (seasons 48-present)
	Ernie	Jim Henson (seasons 1-21)
		Steve Whitmire (seasons 25-44)
		Billy Barkhurst (seasons 45-48)
		Peter Linz (seasons 49-present)
	Bert	Frank Oz (seasons 1-30) (seasons 30-37, occasionally)
		Eric Jacobson (seasons 30-present)
	Cookie Monster	Frank Oz (seasons 1-30) (seasons 31-35, occasionally)
		David Rudman (seasons 31-present)
	Grover	Frank Oz (seasons 1-30) (seasons 30-43, occasionally)
		Eric Jacobson (seasons 30-present)
	Prairie Dawn	Fran Brill (seasons 2-45)
		Stephanie D'Abruzzo (seasons 46-present)
	Snuffy	Jerry Nelson (seasons 3-11)
		Michael Earl (season 12)
		Martin P. Robinson (seasons 13-present)
	Count von Count	Jerry Nelson (seasons 4-43)
		Matt Vogel (seasons 44-present)
	Two-Headed Monster	Jerry Nelson (seasons 10-30, left head)
		Joey Mazzarino (seasons 32-45, left head)
		Eric Jacobson (seasons 46-present, left head)
		Richard Hunt (seasons 10-23, right head)
		David Rudman (seasons 30-present, right head)
	Telly Monster	Brian Muehl (seasons 11-15)
		Martin P. Robinson (seasons 16-present)
	Elmo	Kevin Clash (seasons 1-44)
		Ryan Dillon (seasons 45-present)
	Baby Bear	David Rudman
	Rosita	Carmen Osbahr
	Ovejita
	Zoe	Fran Brill (seasons 25-45)
		Jennifer Barnhart (seasons 46-present)
	Abby Cadabby	Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
	Tango
	Murray Monster	Joey Mazzarino
	Julia	Stacey Gordon
	Rudy	Frankie Cordero
	Gonger	Warrick Brownlow-Pike
	Gabrielle	Unidentified voice (season 48)
		Megan Piphus (seasons 51-present)
	Tamir	Tau Bennett (season 52)
		Bradley Freeman Jr. (seasons 53-present)
	Ji-Young	Kathleen Kim
	Bob	Bob McGrath
	Gordon	Matt Robinson (seasons 1-3)
		Hal Miller (seasons 4-5)
		Roscoe Orman (seasons 6-present)
	Susan	Loretta Long
	Mr. Hooper	Will Lee
	David	Northern Calloway
	Luis	Emilio Delgado
	Maria	Sonia Manzano
	Olivia	Alaina Reed
	Miles	Imani Patterson (seasons 27-33)
		Olamide Faison (seasons 34-39)
	Gina	Alison Bartlett
	Mr. Handford	Leonard Jackson (season 21)
		David L. Smyrl (seasons 22-29)
	Gabi	Desiree Casado
	Savion	Savion Glover
	Ruthie	Ruth Buzzi
	Carlo	Carlo Alban
	Celina	Annette Calud
	Tarah	Tarah Schaeffer
	Alan	Alan Muraoka
	Chris	Chris Knowings
	Leela	Nitya Vidyasagar
	Mando	Ismael Cruz Córdova
	Nina	Suki Lopez
	Charlie	Violet Tinnirello

International versions

• Sesame Street
• Open Sesame
• Dub packages
• Co-productions

	Language	Title	Channels
	Bulgarian (voice-over)	Улица Сезам	BNT 1 (formerly)
	Hebrew (subtitled)	רחוב ההפתעות	Israeli Television (formerly)
	Hungarian (subtitled)	Szezám utca	unknown
	Indonesian	Sesame Street	Horee!
	Japanese (NHK)	セサミストリート‎	NHK Educational TV (formerly)
	Japanese (Studio Echo)	セサミストリート‎	U-NEXT
	Korean	세서미 스트리트	Daekyo Kids TV (formerly)
	Mandarin (China)	芝麻街	CCTV-14 (formerly) Tencent Video
	Persian	خیابان سه سامی	National Iranian Radio and Television (formerly)
	Polish (voice-over)	Ulica Sezamkowa	TVP2 (formerly)
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Vila Sésamo Sésamo	Max (seasons 51-52 only)
	Spanish (Latin America) (original)	Sesame Street	HBO Latino (formerly) Max (seasons 41-50 only)
	Spanish (Latin America) (redub)	Plaza Sésamo Sésamo	Max (seasons 51-52 only) YouTube
	Spanish (Spain)	Sesame Street Barrio Sésamo	HBO (formerly) HBO Max (formerly) La Otra Aragón TV Canal Extremadura
	Thai	เซซามีสตรีท‎	MCOT Family (MCOT Anime block, formerly)
	Vietnamese	Phố vừng vui nhộn	VTV7 (formerly)

Title translations

	Language	Title	Channels
	Cantonese	芝麻街	TVB Pearl
	French (Canada)	Les Amis de Sésame	Crave

	Language	Title	Channels
	Albanian	Rruga Sesam	RTK 1 (formerly)
	Arabic	حكايات شارع سِـــــمـسِـــــــــم	Miracle TV (formerly)
	Czech	Sezame, otevři se	ČT1 (formerly)
	Danish	Sesam, luk dig op	TV2 (formerly)
	English	Open Sesame	ABC (formerly) Nickelodeon (formerly) Nick Jr. (formerly) Treehouse TV (formerly) SABC 1 (School TV block, formerly) SABC 2 (School TV block, formerly) TV3 (formerly)
	Filipino	Open Sesame	ABS-CBN (formerly)
	Finnish	Seesamtie	Yle TV2 (formerly)
	French (Canada)	Bonjour Sésame	Radio-Canada (formerly)
	French (France)	Bonjour Sésame	France 5 (formerly) RTM (Mali, formerly)
	Galician	Abrete Sésamo	TVG (formerly)
	Greek (Studio Cross)	Σουσάμι Άνοιξε	ERT2 (formerly) ET1 (formerly)
	Greek (ERT)	Σουσάμι Άνοιξε	ERT2 (formerly) ET1 (formerly)
	Greek (Audio Visual)	Σουσάμι Άνοιξε	Star Channel (formerly)
	Icelandic	Sesam Opnist Þú	RÚV (formerly)
	Indonesian	Open Sesame	Indosiar (formerly)
	Italian	Sesamo Apriti	Rai 2 (formerly)
	Khmer	Sabai Sabai Sesame	Apsara TV-11 (formerly) ETC (formerly)
	Malay	Taman Sesame	TV1 (formerly) Astro Ria (formerly)
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Abre-te Sésamo	I Programa (formerly)
	Serbian	Ulica Sezam	RTK (formerly) TV Mreža (formerly) Minimax (formerly) Happy TV (Happy Kids block, formerly) Pink Kids (formerly)
	Sotho	Open Sesame	SABC 1 (School TV block, formerly) SABC 2 (School TV block, formerly)
	Spanish (Spain)	Ábrete Sésamo	TVE (as a segment on Un globo, dos globos, tres globos, formerly)
	Swedish (1976)	Sesam	SVT1 (formerly)
	Swedish (1996)	Sesam	SVT1 (formerly)
	Thai	ถนนสาย เซซามี	ITV (formerly)
	Turkish	Açıl Susam Açıl	D Çocuk (formerly)
	Urdu	کھُل جَا سِم سِم	PTV (formerly)
	Zulu	Open Sesame	SABC 1 (School TV block, formerly) SABC 2 (School TV block, formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Amharic	ሰሰሚ ተረት ተረት	Kana Television YouTube
	Croatian	Ulica Sezam	RTL (formerly)
	Hausa	Abokan Sesame	AREWA24
	Hungarian	Szezám utca	Minimax (formerly)
	Italian	Gioca con Sesamo	RaiSat Yoyo (formerly)
	Kurdish (Northern)	Kuçeya Kuncî Kuçeyê Kuncî (Zaza title)	Zarok TV
	Macedonian	Улицата Сезам	MRT 1 (formerly) Jingle TV
	Polish	Sezamkowy Zakątek	MiniMini+ (formerly)
	Romanian	Stradă Sesame	Minimax (formerly)
	Somali	Sesame Sheeko Sheeko	Kana Television Goobjoog TV YouTube
	Spanish (United States)	Sesame Amigos	Univision (formerly)
	Swahili	Sesame Hadithi Njoo	UTV
	Ukrainian (2013)	Вулиця Сезам‎	Sonce TV (formerly)
	Ukrainian (2023)	Вулиця Сезам	PlusPlus
	Uzbek	Sezam Ko'chasi	Aqlvoy (formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Arabic (Egypt)	عالم سمسم	ETV (formerly) MBC2 (formerly) Al Sumaria (formerly) Nile Comedy (formerly) Al-Nahar (formerly)
	Arabic (Jordan)	حكايات سمسم	Jordan Television (formerly)
	Arabic (Kuwait)	افتح يا سمسم‎	syndication (formerly) Spacetoon (formerly) Majid Kids TV (formerly) YouTube
	Arabic (Palestine)	شارع سمسم‎	syndication (formerly)
	Arabic (Standard)	أهلا سمسم	MBC3 YouTube
	Bengali	সিসিমপুর	BTV Duronto TV
	Cantonese	芝麻街	TVB Jade
	Danish	Sesamgade	TV2 (formerly)
	Dari	باغچهٔ سم سم‎	Tolo
	Dutch	Sesamstraat	NOS (formerly) NPS (formerly) NTR (formerly) NPO Zappelin (formerly) ABC (formerly) BVN
	English (Canada)	Sesame Park	CBC (formerly)
	English (Nigeria)	Sesame Square	NTA (formerly) YouTube
	English (South Africa)	Takalani Sesame	SABC 1 (formerly) SABC 2 Swazi TV (formerly) NBC (formerly)
	English (UK)	Sesame Tree	BBC Two Northern Ireland (formerly) CBeebies (formerly)
	Filipino	Sesame!	GMA Network (formerly)
	French	1, Rue Sésame	TF1 (formerly)
	French	5, Rue Sésame	France 5 (formerly) MBC 1 (formerly) MBC 3 (formerly)
	German	Sesamstraße Sesamstrasse (alternative spelling)	NDR KiKA Das Erste (formerly) WDR (formerly) SWR Fernsehen (formerly) rbb (formerly) hr-fernsehen (formerly) YouTube
	Hebrew	רחוב סומסום	Israeli Educational Television (formerly) Hop! (formerly)
	Hindi	गली गली सिम सिम	Pogo (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Doordarshan (formerly) DD National
	Indonesian	Jalan Sesama	Horee! Kompas TV (formerly) Trans7 (formerly) TVRI
	Japanese	セサミストリート	TV Tokyo (formerly) Animax (formerly) BS Japan (formerly)
	Mandarin (China)	芝麻街	unknown
	Norwegian	Sesam Stasjon	NRK (formerly)
	Pashto	باغچهٔ سم سم	Lemar
	Polish	Ulica Sezamkowa	TVP2 (formerly)
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Vila Sésamo	Rede Globo (formerly) TV Cultura (formerly) Canal Futura (formerly) YouTube
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Rua Sésamo	RTP Canal 1 (formerly) TV2 (formerly) Canal Macau (formerly) TVM (formerly) direct-to-video
	Russian	Улица Сезам	RTR (formerly) STS (formerly)
	Spanish (Latin America)	Plaza Sésamo	Canal 5 (formerly) Discovery Kids (formerly) Azteca 7 (formerly) La Red Canal 2 Canal 4 Canal 12 Venevisión (formerly) Señal Colombia (formerly) Televen (formerly) Bolivisión Canal 13 (formerly) Canal de Las Estrellas (formerly) WAPA-TV (formerly) Univision (formerly) Telefutura (formerly) PBS (select stations, formerly) Trecevisión (formerly) Repretel 11 HBO Max YouTube
	Spanish (Spain)	Barrio Sésamo	La 1 (formerly) La 2 (formerly) Clan TV (formerly)
	Swedish	Svenska Sesam	SVT2 (formerly)
	Turkish	Susam Sokağı	TRT (formerly)
	Urdu	سِم سِم ہمارا	unknown

References

v - e - d Series Sesame Street (1969) • Sesame English (1999) • Play with Me Sesame (2002) • Sesame Beginnings (2006) • 3, 2, 1 Let's Go! (2009) • Count TV (2010) • Best Friends (2012) • Super Healthy Monsters (2012) • The Furchester Hotel (2014) • Chamki ki Duniya (2015) • I Heart Elmo (2018) • The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (2020) • My Sesame Street Friends (2020) • Mecha Builders (2022) Segments Elmo's World (1998) • Hero Guy (2000) • Journey to Ernie (2003) • Global Grover (2003) • Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (2008) • Sesame Street ABC's (2008) • Murray Has a Little Lamb (2008) • The Adventures of Kami and Big Bird (2009) • Abby's Flying Fairy School (2009) • Super Grover 2.0 (2010) • Ernie & Bert Märchensongs (2011) • Elmo the Musical (2012) • Cookie's Crumby Pictures (2013) • Monstruos en Red (2013) • Bert and Ernie's Math World (2014) • Smart Cookies (2016) • Berts Experimente (2016) • O Desafio do Elmo (2016) • ¡Listos a Jugar! (2016) • Pequeñas Aventureras (2017) • Elmo's World (2017) • Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck (2017) • Abby's Amazing Adventures (2018) • Playtime with Basma & Jad (2020) • Elmo's World News Special Report (2020) • Mae's Minute (2020) • Pop-Up Playtime With Raya and Grover (2020) • Oficinas Criativas (2021) • Elmo & Tango's Mysterious Mysteries (2021) • The Big Feelings Explorers (2022) • Elmo and Zoe's Math Adventures (2022) • Let's Find Out (2022) Movies Follow That Bird (1985) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) Specials Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) • Big Bird in China (1983) • Don't Eat the Pictures (1983) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993) • Sesame Street Stays Up Late (1993) • Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) • Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) • Elmopalooza (1998) • CinderElmo (1999) • The Street We Live On (2004) • Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007) • One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (2008) • Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change (2009) • When Families Grieve (2010) • Growing Hope Against Hunger (2011) • The Cookie Thief (2015) • Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016) • The Magical Wand Chase (2017) • When You Wish Upon a Pickle (2018) • Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) • Elmo's Playdate (2020) • Elmo's World News (2020) • Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt (2020) • The Power of We (2020) • The Monster at the End of This Story (2020) • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) • Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days (2021) • Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy (2021) • See Us Coming Together (2021) • Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango (2022) Home Videos The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988) • Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse (1990) • A New Baby in My House (1994) • The Best of Elmo (1994) • Learning to Share (1996) • Imagine That! (1996) • Elmocize (1996) • Get Up and Dance (1997) • Telling the Truth (1997) • Quiet Time (1997) • 123 Count with Me (1997) • Big Bird Gets Lost (1998) • The Great Numbers Game (1998) • The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998) • Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs (1999) • Kids' Favorite Songs (1999) • Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (2001) • Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf (2001) • Elmo's Magic Cookbook (2001) • Elmo Visits the Firehouse (2002) • Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (2002) • Zoe's Dance Moves (2003) • Sesame Sings Karaoke (2003) • Three Bears and a New Baby (2003) • What's the Name of That Song? (2004) • A Magical Halloween Adventure (2004) • A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004) • Happy Healthy Monsters (2005) • All-Star Alphabet (2005) • Elmo Visits the Doctor (2005) • Elmo and Zoe's Scientific Exploration (2006) • Guess That Shape and Color (2006) • Elmo's Potty Time (2006) • Ready for School! (2007) • Abby in Wonderland (2008) • Count on Sports (2008) • Dinosaurs (2008) • Tales of Adventure (2008) • Love the Earth! (2008) • Bedtime with Elmo (2009) • Being Green (2009) • Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun! (2009) • Elmo Loves You! (2009) • Elmo's Animal Adventures (2009) • Elmo and the Bookaneers (2009) • Silly Storytime (2011) • Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures (2011) • Elmo's Travel Songs and Games (2011) • Bye-Bye Pacifier! (2011) • Big Elmo Fun (2012) • Making Friends (2012) • Arts and Crafts Playdate (2013) • C is for Cooking (2013) • Being Brave (2013) • Fairy Tale Fun! (2013) • Be a Good Sport (2014) Resource Videos Lead Away! (1996) • A is for Asthma (1998) • Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor (1999) • Language to Literacy (2000) • Music Works Wonders (2001) • You Can Ask! (2002) • Talk, Read, Write (2003) • Happy, Healthy, Ready for School! (2004) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments (2006) • The Get Healthy Now Show (2007) • Here for You (2007) • Learning is Everywhere (2007) • Let's Get Ready! (2008) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Homecomings (2008) • Talk, Listen, Connect: Changes (2008) • Food for Thought (2010) • Math Is Everywhere (2010) • Talk, Listen, Connect: When Families Grieve (2010) • For Me, For You, For Later (2011) • Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me (2012) • Little Children, Big Challenges: Divorce (2012) • Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration (2013) • Little Children, Big Challenges (2013) • Words Are Here, There, and Everywhere (2014) Video Games Sesame Street: Letters (1991) • Sesame Street: Numbers (1991) • Sesame Street: Art Workshop (1995) • Let's Make a Word! (1995) • Elmo's Preschool (1996) • Get Set to Learn! (1996) • Search & Learn Adventures (1996) • Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998) • The Three Grouchketeers (1998) • Grover's Travels (1998) • Elmo's Get Set to Read (1998) • Create and Draw in Elmo's World (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Sesame Street: Baby & Me (1999) • Sesame Street: Music Maker (1999) • Ernie's Adventures in Space (2000) • Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure (2000) • Monster Clubhouse (2002) • Elmo's Big Discoveries (2005) • Bert & Ernie's Imagination Adventure (2006) • Ready, Set, Grover! (2011) • Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (2011) • Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece (2012) Podcasts The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends (2020) See also

v - e - d As CTW (Children's Television Workshop) Sesame Street (1969) • The Electric Company (1971) • 3-2-1 Contact (1980) • Square One Television (1987) • Encyclopedia (1989) • Ghostwriter (1992) • Cro (1993) • Big Bag (1996) • Slim Pig (1996) • The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997) • Dragon Tales (1999) As Sesame Workshop Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001) • Tiny Planets (2001) • Play with Me Sesame (2002) • Out There (2003) • Pinky Dinky Doo (2005) • The Upside Down Show (2006) • The Electric Company (2009) • Esme & Roy (2018) • Helpsters (2019) • Ghostwriter (2019) • Helpsters Help You (2020) • Bea's Block (2023)