"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.

For decades, shows like Sesame Street were, in addition to being often ... determining what shapes childhood just as Kermit, Elmo and the rest once did.

U.S.A.I.D. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of problems. Credit...Mark Lennihan/Associated Press ...

Before he became the central character of The Muppet Show, Kermit the Frog debuted on Sesame Street as an original cast member. Most people believed that Kermit was the alter ego of creator Jim ...

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Kermit the Frog! He appeared on the show when it first premiered in 1969, often as a reporter in the Sesame Street News Flash segments. The show was an instant hit, premiering on Nov. 10 ...

which introduces various Kermit the Frog segments from Sesame Street, while being interrupted by the Three Little Pigs, who are there because Kermit introduced them twice on Sesame Street News.