Sesame Street To Be Retooled

[ZariusTwo]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sesame-street-changing-format-tales-from-123-season-56-1235623888/

Loads to unpack here

-First radical change of the format since trimming it to 30 minutes in 2016
-Magazine format ditched
-More narrative-driven storylines with A and B subplots that come together
-A Different Signature Song every episode with a guest singer
-A new animated sequence, 'Tales From 123', will be played mid-way through the show.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Man they are just absolutely determined to undermine and destroy and ruin the old guard in terms of children’s programming

[MrPliggins]

I'm actually looking forward to these changes. My kids may like them, especially the animated segments.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I’m glad that Misters Dress-Up and Rogers are long gone, as I’m scared of the rediculous changes they’d likely be forced to do. And yes I do realize that their respective shows did change and adapt over the course of their runs, but now it’s like getting silly

[neatoman]

I thought the entire point of this show was for puppets to teach babies that 1 comes before 2 and that A is the first letter of the alphabet? Who gives a single crap about the plot?

[KROW]

I thought the entire point of this show was for puppets to teach babies that 1 comes before 2 and that A is the first letter of the alphabet? Who gives a single crap about the plot?

The target demographic is kids under 10 years old. The show not only teaches alphanumerics, but also how to share, care, depend, and rely on other people, as well as controlling and understanding emotions and being open-minded and acceptable to other people's differences. As far as plot, it's mainly a single episodic thing, but they used to feature more drawn-out narratives before like Zoe's pet rock being a deterrent and the introduction of Snuffleupagus, which lasted for a few shows. If they're going to go back to that sort of thing, I think it's fine.

I don't know about the animated shorts, though. They used to shoehorn in that kind of thing before with Abby's fairy school and the like and they never lasted long.

[ZariusTwo]

Who gives a single crap about the plot?

So something like this didn't move you back in the day?

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[ranger_scout]

The latest change is that the show is moving to Netflix.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sesame-street-netflix-deal-pbs-1236221230/