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JamesG · 10-30-2023, 05:26 PM

"Sesame Street" Reveals Format Changes, New Cartoon Segment for Season 56
by Matt Webb Mitovich
Oct. 30, 2023

"Sesame Street" will unspool longer stories and at long last take viewers inside the iconic 123 address, as part of a “reimagining” of the program on tap for the 2025-26 TV season.

As detailed by THR.com, Season 56 of the long-running children’s series, which should premiere about two years from now, will set aside its well-known “magazine”-style format so as to accommodate a pair of 11-minute, “narrative-driven” story segments.

“Both the A story and the B story will come together in some way to really help us with whatever curricular focus that we’re trying to have,” Kay Wilson Stallings, an EVP and chief creative development and production officer for Sesame Workshop, explained to THR.

“Kids love a little bit of peril, they love having emotional stakes, and in nine minutes it’s kind of hard to really dive into those areas really effectively” — ergo the longer blocks of stories that can be more “dynamic” and “sophisticated” .”

Inserted between the two story segments will be Tales From 123, a new animated series that via five-minute segments “for the very first time will give viewers an opportunity to go inside 123 Sesame Street, which is probably the most famous apartment building in the world,” said Wilson Stallings.

“And there, beyond the stoop, is where monsters and humans and fairies and dinosaurs and talking numbers and letters and even food will call home.”

Other changes on tap for Season 56 include “a signature song” in every episode (hopefully sung on occasion by a famous singer), and having the Muppet characters speak to the camera, to the moppets watching at home.

Of note, Warner Bros. Discovery’s current deal to stream the series on Max expires with Season 55, so the reimagined Season 56 might feature a new home, as well.

Season 54 premieres Thursday, Nov. 9 on Max, with the new episodes airing on PBS some nine months later.

https://tvline.com/news/sesame-stree...25-1235067786/

Dude111 · 10-31-2023, 12:20 AM

Sesame street went to crap in 1992!!

Im glad I had all those GOOD years with the show!! (IT WAS A GOOD SHOW)

10-30-2023, 05:26 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,070	"Sesame Street" Announces New Format Changes for Season 56 *"Sesame Street" Reveals Format Changes, New Cartoon Segment for Season 56* by Matt Webb Mitovich Oct. 30, 2023 "Sesame Street" will unspool longer stories and at long last take viewers inside the iconic 123 address, as part of a “reimagining” of the program on tap for the 2025-26 TV season. As detailed by THR.com, Season 56 of the long-running children’s series, which should premiere about two years from now, will set aside its well-known “magazine”-style format so as to accommodate a pair of 11-minute, “narrative-driven” story segments. “Both the A story and the B story will come together in some way to really help us with whatever curricular focus that we’re trying to have,” Kay Wilson Stallings, an EVP and chief creative development and production officer for Sesame Workshop, explained to THR. “Kids love a little bit of peril, they love having emotional stakes, and in nine minutes it’s kind of hard to really dive into those areas really effectively” — ergo the longer blocks of stories that can be more “dynamic” and “sophisticated” .” Inserted between the two story segments will be Tales From 123, a new animated series that via five-minute segments “for the very first time will give viewers an opportunity to go inside 123 Sesame Street, which is probably the most famous apartment building in the world,” said Wilson Stallings. “And there, beyond the stoop, is where monsters and humans and fairies and dinosaurs and talking numbers and letters and even food will call home.” Other changes on tap for Season 56 include “a signature song” in every episode (hopefully sung on occasion by a famous singer), and having the Muppet characters speak to the camera, to the moppets watching at home. Of note, Warner Bros. Discovery’s current deal to stream the series on Max expires with Season 55, so the reimagined Season 56 might feature a new home, as well. Season 54 premieres Thursday, Nov. 9 on Max, with the new episodes airing on PBS some nine months later. https://tvline.com/news/sesame-stree...25-1235067786/

10-31-2023, 12:20 AM	#2
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,963	Sesame street went to crap in 1992!! Im glad I had all those GOOD years with the show!! (IT WAS A GOOD SHOW)