On This Day - Sesame Street Premiered

On this day, 51 YEARS AGO, PBS and HBO's legendary kids program Sesame Street first premiered onto our screens

For over 50 years, Sesame Street's beloved cast of characters and production team have brought a new generation of kids, families, celebrities and critics worldwide to a new educational curriculum that both included educational concepts such as literacy, math, science, social studies and social skills, and a milestone as one of the FIRST preschool shows in television history to go over adult topics and real life problems that happen in our world such as divorce, natural disasters, autism and even death.

In honor of the anniversary, Sesame Workshop has confirmed that the first episode of Season 51 will release on HBO and HBO Max on Thursday, November 12. Like last Spring's successful The Not Too Late Show with Elmo (Ryan Dillon), the 35 episodes will air on the platform on Thursdays at 9AM.

Happy anniversary Sesame Street and thanks for the memories.

Dedicated to the deceased Sesame cast and crew members
Jim Henson
Richard Hunt
Will Lee
Jeff Moss
Jerry Nelson
Joe Raposo
Caroll Spinney
Jon Stone