Twitter Erupts With Bad Jokes After ‘Sesame Street’ Gets Picked Up By HBO

ARCHIV - Die Darsteller-Puppen der Sesamstrasse "posieren" am 22. Januar 2003 in einem Atelier im Studio Hamburg. Eine der beruehmtesten Strassen der Welt wird 40 Jahre alt: die "Sesamstasse". Am 9. November wurde da... ARCHIV - Die Darsteller-Puppen der Sesamstrasse "posieren" am 22. Januar 2003 in einem Atelier im Studio Hamburg. Eine der beruehmtesten Strassen der Welt wird 40 Jahre alt: die "Sesamstasse". Am 9. November wurde das Original "Sesame Street" zum ersten Mal in den USA ausgestrahlt. Seit 1973 sind Bibo, das Kruemelmonster und Ernie und Bert in der wohl beruehmtesten Kindersendung der Welt auch in Deutschland zu sehen. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) ** zu unserem KORR ** FILE - Puppets of the Sesame Street television show are seen in Hamburg, northern Germany, Jan. 22, 2003. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) MORE LESS
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Your childhood will be available on streaming starting this fall, thanks to a new deal between HBO and “Sesame Street.”

The beloved children’s show will be broadcast on the premium cable channel for five seasons starting this fall. The deal will allow Sesame Workshop, the show’s nonprofit production arm, to produce 35 episodes a year starring Big Bird, Elmo, and the rest of the gang, up from 18 each season. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

The show is know for its celebrity guest spots, and everyone from Tina Fey and James Gandolfini to Billy Joel and Ray Charles have made appearances during its inimitable 45-year run.

Following an exclusive nine month run on HBO, the episodes will again be available for free on PBS, where “Sesame Street” has resided since its 1969 debut.

Sesame Workshop will also create a new Muppets spin-off series, along with another educational children’s show under the deal.

As the internet is wont to do, the news quickly became fodder for (mostly) bad jokes on Twitter, many envisioning puppet crossovers with HBO hits.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Avatar for eglot eglot says:

    People forget that “Fraggle Rock”, a Muppets show, was an HBO original series at one time, so what’s the big deal?

  2. It is hard to see the connection. Does HBO want the TV tuned to its channel from 7:00 am to midnight?

  3. I’m just glad that we can finally hear them cuss. That always bothered me.

  4. Bert and Ernie would never be allowed to come out on PBS…

    That would put the nail in the coffin for public financing.

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