The next five seasons of ‘Sesame Street’ will debut on HBO

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16. There are older children than that watching it

because the children who appear on it are older and children like to see others their age.

The problem here was that in light of the "Dick and Jane" and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" fantasy "suburban" era that was perpetuated in the '60s, when urban children saw nothing that reflected them or their environment, Sesame Street addressed this. Now it's being taken away in terms of it expected to be "non-pay" and "current".

It's not surprising.

It was once de jure illegal for blacks to learn how to read so now it's become de facto, by eliminating learning tools and free programming, closing public and school libraries, and priming the children to be a part of the bread and circuses industry as athletes and entertainers.