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Swede

(40,095 posts) Mon May 19, 2025, 02:40 PM May 2025

Sesame Street moving to Netflix.

The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew its output deal for the program in a strategic shift at its streaming service Max (which will soon return to being HBO Max).

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

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Sesame Street moving to Netflix. (Original Post) Swede May 2025 OP

This is good. milestogo May 2025 #1

Will it be avaliable for kids whose family can't afford it? Danmel May 2025 #2

I would assume it will be a Netflix exclusive fujiyamasan May 2025 #3

It's not really exclusive Melon May 2025 #4

That's good! Thanks Danmel May 2025 #5

milestogo

(23,205 posts)

1. This is good.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 04:53 PM

May 2025

Danmel

(5,805 posts)

2. Will it be avaliable for kids whose family can't afford it?

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 04:55 PM

May 2025

When it began in 1969, it reached an audience that had been neglected and overlooked

fujiyamasan

(2,053 posts)

3. I would assume it will be a Netflix exclusive

Reply to Danmel (Reply #2)

Mon May 19, 2025, 05:11 PM

May 2025

Netflix offers tiered pricing , but I’m not sure if they would open up parts of their library for free.

Melon

(1,709 posts)

4. It's not really exclusive

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 05:25 PM

May 2025

PBS still will air new episodes. Netflix has the full library.

Danmel

(5,805 posts)

5. That's good! Thanks

Reply to Melon (Reply #4)

Mon May 19, 2025, 05:34 PM

May 2025

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