NEW YORK -- Grab your hankies: To help kids coping with a parent in prison, "Sesame Street" created a Muppet whose father can't play with him because he's in jail. "Sesame Street" has always made it ...

In June, Alex, a muppet with an incarcerated father, made his debut on Sesame Street‘s website. It’s only the latest effort by the children’s show to bring more reality to the rarefied world of ...

As expected, talk of breaking through the TV clutter dominated the first stretch of the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour, which runs through Aug. 11. The biannual junket opened July 27, ...

The storyline around Sesame Street’s newest character aims to help kids navigate the complex emotions associated with having parents impacted by the substance abuse crisis. “Karli” appeared in a video ...

Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and idealistic. And it has evolved, much like the New York City streets that inspired it. By Anna Kodé and Winnie Au In the ...

This story was produced by Tumblr Storyboard as part of a content partnership with Time.com. In early 1992, a census report predicted that 40% of children would soon live in divorced homes. As one of ...

Random House Children’s Books is publishing six board books for children ages 2–5, under the series name Sesame Street Monster Meditation, tied to six mindfulness videos created by Headspace and ...

Food Network star Sunny Anderson is set to team up with Oscar the Grouch for a special episode of "Sesame Street" in October. Sesame Place is reminding visitors that 2015 marks its 35th birthday with ...

Workman Kids’ bestselling Indestructibles series has made its first foray into licensing, acquiring the rights to Sesame Street from Sesame Workshop. Six books are set for publication this year and ...

Sesame Street the Musical is back in New York City this summer! Tickets are now on sale for the general public for Sesame Street the Musical, which had its world premiere with a sold-out run last fall ...