Roughly $1.1 billion of the targeted cut would defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the non-profit that supports ...

Academics and public radio professionals warn that budget cuts could decimate a watchdog for political corruption.

Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Maine’s Susan Collins joined Senate Democrats in opposition to Republican cuts to organizations ...

FAILED APPEAL: One local conservative guest columnist appealed to Congress to save funding for public broadcasting.

When Sesame Street debuted 50 years ago, it was a game-changer for children's TV, with a multicultural cast and some wildly funny Muppets.

Elmo is getting a talk show. Sesame Workshop and HBO Max announced a deal for a new slate of Sesame Street programming. We have news of a major celebrity this morning, one we follow closely on NPR ...

Sesame Street, the award-winning children's program turns 50 this year. As the iconic TV program has aged, it has managed to stay musically apace with its forever-young audience.

At a recent taping of NPR's Ask Me Another, expecting mother and host Ophira Eisenberg asked the woman many of us know as "Maria" to recommend some must-show-your-children Sesame Street moments.

But Sesame Street isn't vacating its old neighborhood, NPR's Neda Ulaby reports. She tells our Newscast unit that: "Re-edited old episodes will still be on PBS, where it has lived for 45 years.

After the first nine months of airing new episodes exclusively on HBO, Sesame Street will also be available on PBS for free. NPR takes a look at the agreement and its possible consequences.

Stories: 1) A Stroll Among The Memories On 'Sesame Street' 2) The Man Behind Miss Piggy 3) Composing Silly Songs For 'Sesame Street' 4) Come And Play: 'Sesame Street' Celebrates 40 Years ...

When Sesame Street made its TV debut in 1969, it was thanks to Joan Ganz Cooney, co-creater of the show and of the Children's Television Workshop. She laid out the vision, hustled the money and ...