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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. 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.

The format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the changes in American culture and the audience's viewing habits. With the creation of Sesame Street, producers and writers of a children's television show used, for the first time, educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content. It was also the first time a show's educational effects were formally studied. The show, therefore, has undergone significant changes in its history as adjustments to the format and content have been made to reflect change sources to the curriculum.

Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers developed what came to be called the "CTW model" (after the production company's previous name), a system of television show planning, production, and evaluation based on collaborations between producers, writers, educators, and researchers. The show was initially funded by government and private foundations but has become somewhat self-supporting due to revenues from licensing arrangements, international sales, and other media. By 2006, there were independently produced versions, or "co-productions", of Sesame Street broadcast in twenty countries. In 2001, there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street, and by the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries.

Sesame Street was by then the 15th-highest-rated children's television show in the United States. A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched the show by the time they were three years old. In 2018, it was estimated that 86 million Americans had watched the series as children. As of 2018, Sesame Street has won 189 Emmy Awards (both Daytime and Primetime) and 11 Grammy Awards, more than any other children's show.

International broadcast[]

Sesame Street[]

Country Network(s) Local title
United States (English) PBS, PBS Kids, Sprout, HBO, HBO Max Sesame Street
International AFN, AFN Family, AFN Prime, AFN Now, Netflix
Aruba Telearuba
Australia ABC Kids, ABC iview
Bahamas ZNS-TV
Bahrain Bahrain 55 Channel
Barbados CBC TV 8
Botswana BTV
Brunei RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka
Canada (English) TVOntario (TVOKids), Knowledge Kids, Treehouse TV, Crave, HBO Canada, HBO Max Canada,
Fiji Fiji One, FBC TV
Guam KGTF
Hong Kong TVB Pearl
Indonesia Horee
Ireland RTÉ One, Network 2
Jamaica CVM Television
Kuwait KTV2
Malaysia TV3, TV1
New Zealand TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, TV3, Four
Nigeria (English) NTA
Papua New Guinea EMTV
Saudi Arabia Saudi 2
Singapore Okto, Channel 5
South Africa Showmax
South Korea (English) EBS2, AFN Korea
Spain HBO, HBO Max, La Otra, Aragón TV, Canal Extremadura
Trinidad and Tobago TTT, CCN TV6
United Kingdom BBC, Cartoonito, Channel 4, ITV, Nick Jr., Tiny Pop
Zambia ZTV
Latin America Discovery Kids, HBO Max Plaza Sésamo
Brazil HBO Max Vila Sésamo
Bulgaria BNT 1 Улица Сезам
Canada (French) Crave Les Amis de Sésame
China CCTV-14, Tencent Video 芝麻街
Croatia RTL Televizija Ulica Sezam
Ethiopia Kana Television ሰሰሚ ተረት ተረት
Hungary Minimax Szezám utca
Iran National Iranian Radio and Television, MBC Persia خیابان سه سامی
Israel Israeli Television רחוב ההפתעות
Italy Rai YoYo, Italia 1 Gioca con Sesamo
Kenya UTV, KTN Sesame Hadithi Njoo
North Macedonia MRT 1, Jingle TV Улицата Сезам
Nigeria (Hausa) Arewa 24 Abokan Sesame
Japan NHK Educational TV, NHK BS2, U-NEXT セサミストリート‎
Poland TVP2, MiniMini+, Top Kids Ulica Sezamkowa

Sezamkowy Zakątek (MiniMini+)

Romania Minimax Stradă Sesame
Somalia Kana Television, Goobjoog TV Sesame Sheeko Sheeko
South Korea (Korean) KBS, JEI Talent TV, Taegu Broadcasting Corporation, Daekyo Kids TV 세서미 스트리트
Thailand MCOT Family เซซามีสตรีท‎
Turkey (Kurdish) Zarok TV Kuçeya Kuncî
Turkey (Zaza) Zarok TV Kuçeyê Kuncî
Ukraine Sonce, PlusPlus Вулиця Сезам‎
United States (Spanish) Univision Sesame Amigos
Uzbekistan Aqlvoy Sezam Ko'chasi
Vietnam VTV7 Phố vừng vui nhộn

Open Sesame[]

Country Network(s) Local title
Australia ABC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. Open Sesame
Canada (English) Treehouse TV
Indonesia Indosiar
Philippines ABS-CBN
Bosnia and Herzegovina TV Mreža Ulica Sezam
Kosovo (Serbian) RTK
Serbia Minimax, Happy TV, Pink Kids
Canada (French) Radio-Canada Bonjour Sésame
France France 5
Mali RTM
Arab World Miracle TV حكايات شارع سِـــــمـسِـــــــــم
Cambodia Aspara TV-11, ETC Sabai Sabai Sesame
Czech Republic ČT1 Sezame, otevři se
Denmark TV 2 Sesam, luk dig op
Finland Yle TV2 Seesamtie
Greece ERT2, ET1, Star Channel Σουσάμι Άνοιξε
Iceland RÚV Sesam Opnist Þú
Italy Rai 2 Sesamo Apriti
Kosovo (Albanian) RTK 1 Rruga Sesam
Malaysia TV1 Taman Sesame
Pakistan PTV کھُل جَا سِم سِم
Spain (Spanish) TVE Ábrete Sésamo
Spain (Galician) TVG Abrete Sésamo
Sweden SVT1 Sesam
Thailand ITV ถนนสาย เซซามี
Turkey D Çocuk Açıl Susam Açıl

International co-productions[]

Country Name Network(s)
Afghanistan باغچهٔ سم سم
Baghch-e-Simsim
Tolo TV, Lemar TV
Arab World أهلا سمسم
Ahlan Simsim
MBC 3
Bangladesh সিসিমপুর
Sisimpur
Current: Duronto TV
Former: BTV
Belgium
Netherlands
Sesamstraat BRT (Belgium)
NPO Zappelin, NPO Zappelin Extra (NOS, NPS, NTR) (Netherlands)
Brazil Vila Sésamo Current: TV Cultura, SKY Play
Former: Rede Globo, TV Rá-Tim-Bum
Cambodia Sabai Sabai Sesame Apsara TV-11
Canada Sesame Park CBC Television
China 芝麻街
Zhima Jie
Shanghai Television
Denmark Sesamgade TV 2
Egypt عالم سمسم
Alam Simsim
Egyptian Television Network, Future TV, MBC 2, Al Sumaria, Nile Comedy, Al-Nahar
France 1, rue Sésame TF1
5, Rue Sésame France 5
Germany Sesamstraße NDR, KiKa
India Galli Galli Sim Sim Cartoon Network, Pogo TV, DD National
Indonesia Jalan Sesama Current: TVRI
Former: Trans7, Kompas TV, MNC Kids Channel
Israel רחוב סומסום
Rechov Sumsum
Israeli Educational Television, Channel 2, Hop! Channel
Japan セサミストリート
Sesamisutorīto
TV Tokyo
Jordan حكايات سمسم
Hikayat Simsim
JRTV
Kosovo Rruga Sesam
Ulica Sezam
RTK, TV Puls, TV Most, TV Herc
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
افتح يا سمسم
Iftah Ya Simsim
Syndication, Spacetoon, Majid Kids TV
Mexico
Latin America
Plaza Sésamo Current: Syndication, Azteca 7
Former: Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, HBO Latino
Nigeria Sesame Square NTA
Northern Ireland Sesame Tree BBC Two Northern Ireland, CBeebies
Norway Sesam Stasjon NRK1, NRK2
Pakistan سِم سِم ہمارا
Sim Sim Hamara
PTV
Palestine شارع سمسم
Shara'a Simsim
Syndication
Philippines Sesame! GMA Radio-Television Arts
Batibot RPN, ABS-CBN, PTV, GMA Network, TV5
Poland Ulica Sezamkowa TVP2
Portugal Rua Sésamo RTP1, RTP2
Russia Улица Сезам
Ulitsa Sezam
NTV, ORT, STS
South Africa Takalani Sesame SABC
Spain Barrio Sésamo La 1, HBO
Sweden Svenska Sesam TV2
Tanzania Kilimani Sesame TBC, TVZ
Turkey Susam Sokağı TRT