Episode 5315 - Rockin' with Elmo and Abby (repeat).Episode 5310 - Big Bird's Happy to Be Me Club (repeat).Episode 5309 - How to Catch a Robot Dog.Episode 5308 - Rudy's Favorite Sweater (repeat).Episode 5306 - Bert's Bike Time with Luis (repeat).Episode 5304 - The Great Corn Festival.Episode 5302 - Sesame Street Super Heroes.CelebritiesĬelebrity guests who visited the set include Zazie Beetz, Jill Biden, Ava DuVernay, Brett Goldstein, Mickey Guyton, Haim, Samuel L. Production continued to be complicated due to the COVID-19 pandemic on-set production took place during the week of September 13, 2021. Executive Producer Kay Wilson Stallings expressed plans to film more content on location and at home. The season introduces Ji-Young to the main cast, who'd previously been seen in the 2021 special See Us Coming Together. With a focus on stories that celebrate our differences and embrace our similarities, children will learn to feel confident and proud of who they are and find joy in connecting with and learning about others." Anti-racism was acknowledged as a theme for the season as far back as March 2021. Sesame Street’s 53rd season premiered on HBO Max on November 3, 2022.Īccording to Sesame Workshop, this season "is devoted to helping children grow up with a healthy self-identity and sense of belonging, in full celebration of our diverse world. “That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.Mickey Guyton and the Sesame Street community “As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and Discovery+,” the company said in a statement. Discovery said the decision to pull the titles from HBO Max were tied to the pending combo of the platform with Discovery+. That’s in addition to the previously announced titles exiting HBO Max this month, including all eight of the original “Harry Potter” films. That includes 20 original HBO Max shows, including teen drama “Generation,” animated anthology series “Infinity Train” and kids’ show “Summer Camp Island,” as well as several “Sesame Street” specials. The removal of the “Sesame Street” episodes comes after HBO Max on Wednesday said at least 36 more titles will be leaving the service this week. The streamer also will be premiering additional episodes of “Sesame Street Mecha Builders” later in 2022. Still available for now on HBO Max, in addition to remaining episodes of the “Sesame Street” series, are the 10-episode “Sesame Street Mecha Builders,” seven seasons of “My Sesame Street Friends” and “The Magical Wand Chase” special featuring Elmo and Abby. Their current agreement keeps new “Sesame Street” seasons first-run on HBO Max through 2025. HBO and Sesame Workshop first struck an agreement in 2015, providing a new revenue stream for “Sesame Street,” while granting HBO rights to run new episodes of the landmark series first before they appeared on its longtime home, PBS. Select “Sesame Street” episodes continue to be available on PBS Kids and the Sesame Street channel on YouTube. Sesame Workshop reps did not respond to requests for comment. “We are committed to continuing to bring ‘Sesame Street’ into families’ homes,” including with Season 53 premiering this fall and the 400-plus episodes of the most recent and past seasons that remain on Cartoonito on HBO Max. “‘Sesame Street’ is and has always been an important part of television culture and a crown jewel of our preschool offering,” an HBO Max spokesperson said in a statement to Variety.
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