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432:, and was responsible for funding educational research, but had been frustrated in his efforts because they were unable to reach the large numbers of children in need of early education and intervention. Cooney was committed to using television to change society, and Morrisett was interested in using television to "reach greater numbers of needy kids". The conversation during the party, which according to writer Michael Davis was the start of a five-decade long professional relationship between Cooney and Morrisett, turned to the possibilities of using television to educate young children. A week later, Cooney and Freedman met with Morrisett at the office of Carnegie Corporation to discuss doing a feasibility study for creating an educational television program for preschoolers. Cooney was chosen to perform the study. 520:, whom they met at the curriculum seminars Lesser conducted in Boston in the summer of 1967. In the summer of 1968, Palmer began to create educational goals, define the Workshop's research activities, and hire his research team. Lesser and Palmer were the only scientists in the U.S. studying the interaction of children and television at the time. They were responsible for developing a system of planning, production, and evaluation, and the interaction between television producers and educators, later called the "CTW model". Cooney observed of the CTW model: "From the beginning, we—the planners of the project—designed the show as an experimental research project with educational advisers, researchers, and television producers collaborating as equal partners". She described the collaboration as an "arranged marriage". 540:
education. Davis also speculated that sexism was involved, stating, "Doubters also questioned whether a woman could gain the full confidence of a quorum of men from the federal government and two elite philanthropies, institutions whose wealth exceeded the gross national product of entire countries". At first, Cooney did not fight for the position. However she had the help of her husband and Morrisett, and the project's investors soon realized they could not begin without her. She was eventually named to the post in February 1968. As one of the first female executives in American television, her appointment was termed "one of the most important television developments of the decade". The formation of the Children Television Workshop was announced at a press conference at the
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learned more effectively. Children from low-income families, however, had fewer resources than children from higher-income families to prepare them for school. Research had shown that children from low-income, minority backgrounds tested "substantially lower" than middle-class children in school-related skills, and that they continued to have educational deficits throughout school. The topic of developmental psychology had grown during this period, and scientists were beginning to understand that changes of early childhood education could increase children's cognitive growth.
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had served as its president and chief operating officer since 1988. At that time, Cooney became chairman of the Workshop's executive board, which managed its businesses and licensing, and became more involved with the organization's creative efforts. The Workshop had a reorganization in 1995, and dismissed about 12 percent of its staff. In 1998, for the first time in the series' history, they accepted funds from corporations for
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was responsible for expanding the licensing to other products, and for creating a licensing model used by other children's series. As of 2019, the Workshop had published over 6,500 book titles. and as researcher Renee Cherow-O'Leary stated in 2001, "the print materials produced by CTW have been an enduring part of the legacy of Sesame Street". In one of these books, for example, the death of the
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the Workshop's total revenue was down 15% and its operating loss doubled to $ 24.3 million. In 2013, it responded by dismissing 10% of its staff, saying that it was necessary to "strategically focus" their resources because of "today's rapidly changing digital environment". In 2011, Knell left Sesame Workshop to become the chief executive of
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were later built. One of the park's features was a computer gallery, which was developed by a small in-house team and included 55 computer programs. The team evolved into the Children's Computer Workshop (CCW) in 1982, which was disbanded and became the Interactive Technologies division of the CTW in
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s initial success, the CTW began to think about its survival beyond the development and first season of the show, since its funding sources were composed of organizations and institutions that tended to start projects, not sustain them. Although the organization was what Cooney termed "the darling of
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speaking children and adults. Starting in 2006, the Workshop expanded its programs by creating a series of PBS specials and DVDs largely concerning how military deployment affects the families of soldiers. Other efforts by the Workshop concerned families of prisoners, health and wellness, and safety.
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In the summer of 1967, Cooney took a leave of absence from WNDT, and funded by Carnegie Corporation, traveled the U.S. and Canada interviewing experts in child development, education, and television. She reported her findings in a fifty-five-page document entitled "The Potential Uses of Television in
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needs and resources warranted it. Eventually, a variant of the CTW model was used to create and produce independently produced preschool television series in other countries. By 2006, there were twenty co-productions. In 2001, there were more than 120 million viewers of all international versions of
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s book publishing program. During the division's first year, Cerf earned $ 900,000 for the CTW. He quit to become more involved with writing and composing music for the series, and was replaced eventually by Bill Whaley. Ann Kearns, vice president of licensing for the CTW in 2000, stated that Whaley
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reported that Sesame Workshop's operating income was approximately $ 1.6 million, after the majority of its funds earned from grants, licensing deals, and royalties went back into its content, its total operating costs were over $ 100 million per year. Operating costs included salaries, $ 6 million
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Cooney stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of the CTW in 1990, when she was replaced by David Britt, who was her "chief lieutenant in the executive ranks through the mid-1990s" and whom Cooney termed her "right-hand for many years". Britt had worked for her at the CTW since 1975 and
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s licensing income years later, termed their decision "a billion-dollar blunder". Morrisett was responsible for fund acquisition, and was so successful at it that writer Lee D. Mitgang later said that it "defied conventional media wisdom". Cooney was responsible for the show's creative development,
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The 2008–2009 recession, which resulted in budget reductions for many nonprofit arts organizations, severely affected the organization; in 2009, it had to dismiss 20% of its staff. Despite earning about $ 100 million from licensing revenue, royalties, and foundation and government funding in 2012,
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During the late 1960s, 97% of all American households owned a television set, and preschool children watched an average of 27 hours of television per week. Early childhood educational research at the time had shown that when children were prepared to succeed in school, they earned better grades and
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The earliest international versions were what CTW vice-president Charlotte Cole and her colleagues termed "fairly simple", consisting of dubbed versions of the series with local language voice-overs and instructional cutaways. Dubbed versions of the series continued to be produced if the country's
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To attract the best composers and lyricists, and to encourage them to compose more music for the series, the CTW allowed songwriters to retain the rights to the songs they wrote. For the first time in children's television, the writers earned lucrative profits, which as Davis reported, "helped the
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was unlike any other children's program on television. For the first time, the show's songs fulfilled a specific purpose and was related to its curriculum. Cooney observed in her initial report that children had an "affinity for commercial jingles", so many of the show's songs were like television
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gained attention from marketers, so the Workshop explored sources such as licensing arrangements, publishing, and international sales, and became, as Cooney envisioned, a "multiple media institution". Licensing became the foundation of, as writer Louise Gikow stated, the Sesame Workshop endowment,
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corporate offices, its production facilities in Queens, and the costs of producing content for its YouTube channels and other outlets. The organization employed about 400 people, including "several highly skilled puppeteers". Royalties and distribution fees, which accounted for $ 52.9 million in
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and its effect on young children. Lesser also served as the first chairman of the Workshop's advisory board, a position he held until his retirement in 1997. According to Lesser, the CTW's advisory board was unusual because instead of rubber-stamping the Workshop's decisions like most boards for
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were hired to perform research for the series; they were responsible for developing a system of planning, production, and evaluation, and the interaction between television producers and educators, later termed the "CTW model". The CTW applied this system to its other television series, including
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The CTW changed its name to Sesame Workshop in June 2000, to better represent its non-television activities and interactive media. Also in 2000, Gary Knell succeeded Britt as president and CEO of the Workshop; according to Davis, he "presided over an especially fertile period in the nonprofit's
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According to Cooney and O'Dell, the 1980s were a problematic period for the Workshop. A series of poor investments in video games, motion picture production, theme parks, and other business ventures hurt the organization financially. Cooney brought in Bill Whaley during the late 1970s to work on
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camps. In the early 1980s, the CTW created the Preschool Education Program (PEP), whose goal was to assist preschools, by combining television viewing, books, hands-on activities, and other media, in using the series as an educational resource. The Workshop also provided materials to non-English
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In August 2002, Sesame Workshop sold its 50% share of Noggin to Viacom. The buyout was partially caused by SW's need to pay off debt. Sesame Workshop remained involved with the network's programming, as Viacom entered a multi-year production deal with Sesame Workshop shortly after the split and
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According to Davis, despite her involvement with the project's initial research and development, Cooney's installment as CTW's executive director was questionable due to her lack of executive experience, untested financial management skills, and lack of experience with children's television and
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The CTW devoted 8% of its initial budget to outreach and publicity. In what television historian Robert W. Morrow called "an extensive campaign" that Lesser stated "would demand at least as much ingenuity as production and research", the Workshop promoted the show with educators, the broadcast
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debuted in the US, the CTW was asked independently by producers from several countries to produce versions of the series in their countries. Cooney remarked, "To be frank, I was really surprised, because we thought we were creating the quintessential American show. We thought the Muppets were
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refused to deliver a $ 2 million check until the last day of the CTW's fiscal year. According to Davis, the federal government was opposed to funding public television, but the Workshop used Cooney's prestige and fame, and the fact that there would be "great public outcry" if the series was
713:, which had acquired Henson earlier that year. The transaction, valued at $ 180 million, also included a small interest Henson had in the Noggin cable channel. Gary Knell stated, "Everyone, most especially the puppeteers, were thrilled that we were able to bring them home. It protected 498:, to help develop and lead the Workshop's research department. In 1972, the Markle Foundation donated $ 72,000 to Harvard to form the Center for Research in Children's Television, which served as a research agency for the CTW. Harvard produced about 20 major research studies about 574:, premiered on 10 November 1969. The CTW was not incorporated until 1970 because its creators wanted to see if the series was a success before they hired lawyers and accountants. Morrisett served as the first chairperson of CTW's board of trustees, a job he had for 28 years. 1205:
reported that income from the co-productions and international licensing accounted for $ 96 million. As Cole and her colleagues reported in 2000, "Children's Television Workshop (CTW) can be regarded as the single largest informal educator of young children in the world".
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explained that creating a new channel allowed the CTW to more easily "ensure that our programming gets out there." While the Workshop would eventually produce various new shows for Noggin, the channel's early lineup consisted mostly of older shows from the CTW's library.
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television series. They spent two years, from 1966 to 1968, researching, developing, and raising money for the new series. Cooney was named as the Workshop's first executive director, which was termed "one of the most important television developments of the decade."
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their licensing agreements, but he was unable to compensate for the CTW's losses until 1986, when licensing revenues stabilized and its portfolio investments increased. Despite financial troubles, the Workshop continued to produce new shows throughout the decade.
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in 1970, which incorporated the show's curriculum goals in a magazine format. As with the series, research was performed for the magazine, initially by CTW's research department for a year and a half, and then by the Magazine Research Group in 1975.
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and for hiring the production and research staff for the CTW. The Carnegie Corporation provided their initial $ 1 million grant, and Morrisett, using his contacts, procured additional multimillion-dollar grants from the U.S. federal government, the
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Throughout the 1970s, the CTW's main non-television efforts changed from promotion to the development of educational materials for preschool settings. Early efforts included mobile viewing units that broadcast the show in the inner cities, in
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to assist the CTW in publishing books and other materials that emphasized the series' curriculum. By 2019, the Sesame Workshop had over 500 licensing agreements, and its total revenue in 2018 was $ 35 million. A million children play with
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de-funded, to withstand the government's attacks on PBS. Eventually, the CTW got its own line item in the federal budget. By 2019, the U.S. government donated about four percent of the Workshop's budget, or less than $ 5 million a year.
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Cooney's proposal included using in-house formative research that would inform and improve production, and independent summative evaluations to test the show's effect on its young viewers' learning. In 1967, Morrisett recruited
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assumed control of animation and volume production; and Samuel Gibbon served as the show's chief liaison between the production staff and the research team. Stone, Connell, and Gibbon had worked on another children's show,
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After her appointment, Cooney hired Bob Davidson as her assistant; he was responsible for making agreements with approximately 180 public television stations to broadcast the new series. She assembled a team of producers:
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2018, made up the Workshop's biggest revenue source. Donations brought in $ 47.8 million, or 31 percent of its income. Licensing revenue from games, toys, and clothing earned the organization $ 4.5 million.
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said, "After sells in Russia and Czechoslovakia, he might try Mississippi, where it is considered too controversial for educational TV". This was a reference to the May 1970 decision by the state's
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This Site at THE-N.COM is fully controlled and operated by Noggin LLC, a joint venture of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International, Inc., and Sesame Workshop.
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executive Mike Dann, who quit commercial television to become her assistant, as a CTW vice-president. One of Dann's tasks was to manage offers to produce versions of
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and allowed our international expansion to continue. Owning these characters has allowed us to maximize their potential. We are now in control of our own destiny".
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the federal government for a brief period of two or three years", its first ten years of existence was marked by conflicts between the two; in 1978, the
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stopped production in 1977, but continued in reruns until 1985; it eventually became one of the most widely used TV shows in American classrooms and was
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show sustain the level of public interest in the show". Scriptwriters often wrote their own lyrics to accompany their scripts. Songwriters of note were
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Cherow-O'Leary, Renee, "Carrying Sesame Street Into Print: Sesame Street Magazine, Sesame Street Parents, and Sesame Street Books" pp. 197–214.
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history". Under Knell's management, Sesame Workshop produced a variety of original shows for Noggin. The first was an interactive game show called
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In 2000, profits earned from the Noggin deal, along with the revenue caused partly by the "Tickle Me Elmo" craze, enabled the CTW to purchase
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Muppets accounted for between $ 15 million and $ 17 million per year in licensing and merchandising fees, divided between the Workshop and
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Revelle, Glenda L.; Lisa Medoff; Erik F. Strommen, "Interactive Technologies Research at Children's Television Workshop", pp. 215–230
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to not air the series. By summer 1970, Dann had made the first international agreements for what the CTW came to term "co-productions".
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premiered in 1980 and ran for seven seasons. The CTW found that finding funding for this series and other science-oriented series like
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researcher Shalom M. Fisch stated, no television series could be as interactive as computer games, even "participatory" shows like
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For the first time, a public broadcasting series had the potential to earn a great deal of money. Immediately after its premiere,
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other children's television shows, it contributed significantly to the series' design and implementation. Lesser reported in
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that has been responsible for the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-known,
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to develop original content, including live-action, puppet, and animated series, for Apple's streaming service. In 2019,
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Yotive, William and Shalom M. Fisch, "The Role of Sesame Street-Based Materials in Child-Care Settings", pp. 181–196
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quintessentially American, and it turns out they're the most international characters ever created". She hired former
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reported in 2005 that income from the CTW's international co-productions of the series was $ 96 million. By 2008, the
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For the next two years, Cooney and Morrisett researched and developed the new show, acquiring $ 8 million funding for
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Cole, Charlotte F.; Beth A. Richman; Susan A. McCann Brown, "The World of Sesame Street Research", pp. 147–180.
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By 2005, income from the organization's international co-productions of the series was $ 96 million. By 2008, the
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and the Children's Television Workshop, that about 8–10% of the Workshop's initial budget was spent on research.
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industry, and the show's target audience, which consisted of inner-city children and their families. They hired
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Dann called the creation of the CTW "one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of the mass media".
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In 1970, the CTW established a department managing the development of "nonbroadcast" materials based upon
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was required to quit his job at that network due to a change of corporate policy preceding the so-called "
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continued to broadcast the company's shows. The last collaboration between Noggin and Sesame Workshop was
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which had the potential to fund the organization and future productions and projects. Muppet creator
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urged parents to protest the move by boycotting the show. In 2018, the Workshop made a deal with
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in 2005. Sprout (launched as PBS Kids Sprout) was founded as a partnership between the Workshop,
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Palmer, Edward and Shalom M. Fisch, "The Beginnings of Sesame Street Research", pp. 3–24
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s original team of producers, "collectively, we were a genius". CTW's first children's show,
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In 2008, the Sesame Workshop began to offer clips and full-length episodes on the websites
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have become what writer David Borgenicht termed "timeless classics". These songs included "
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to establish and manage a non-broadcast materials division. Random House and the CTW named
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Cooney, Joan Ganz (2001). "Foreword". In Shalom M. Fisch; Rosemarie T. Truglio (eds.).
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success and survival never received recognition approaching Cooney's public acclaim".
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Outside of Noggin, Knell was also instrumental in the creation of the cable channel
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Also in 1998, the CTW invested $ 25 million in an educational cable channel called
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reported that the organization had received two $ 100 million grants from the
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CTW's summative research was done by the Workshop's first research director,
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Preschool Education". The report described what the new series, which became
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accounted for $ 15–17 million per year in licensing and merchandising fees.
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reported in 2019 that the show's music had been honored with 11 children's
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Children's Learning from Educational Television: Sesame Street and Beyond.
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Writer Lee D. Mitgang, in his book about Morrisett's involvement with the
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Knowlton, Linda Goldstein and Linda Hawkins Costigan (producers) (2006).
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in other countries. In response to Dann's appointment, television critic
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The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover
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had been sold, making them the top two best-selling e-books sold. Its
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Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America
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Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders
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hosted what she called "a little dinner party" at her apartment near
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and other foundations were interested in funding science education.
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
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and its other programs, a policy criticized by consumer advocate
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Count's Splash Castle, a water attraction at the amusement park
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editor Jason Epstein, the CTW hired Christopher Cerf to manage
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Sesame Street: A Celebration—Forty Years of Life on the Street
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American nonprofit organization and children's media producer
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Big Bird and Beyond: The New Media and the Markle Foundation
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Jim Henson: The Works: the Art, the Magic, the Imagination
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The Children's Television Workshop logo from 1983 to 1997.
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developed the idea to form an organization to produce the
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Fishman, Lizzie; Greenberg, Courtney (October 27, 2020).
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Fisch, Shalom M. and Rosemarie T. Truglio, eds. (2001).
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Cooney, Joan Ganz (1974). "Foreword", in Lesser, p. xvi
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Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax
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Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television.
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The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!
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Children and Television: Lessons From Sesame Street.
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Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street
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Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street
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Dunn Named Chief of Sesame Workshop" 1830:"Remembering Professor, Emeritus, Gerald Lesser" 1496:"Street Smart: How Big Bird & Company Do It" 798:Sesame Workshop wordmark used from 2000 to 2018. 245:Children's Television Workshop (CTW) (1968–2000) 6382:Non-profit organizations based in New York City 3691: 3689: 1810:Palmer & Fisch in Fisch & Truglio, p. 8 1531:Palmer & Fisch in Fisch & Truglio, p. 5 1139: 474:. Morrisett's friend Harold Howe, who was the 6377:Film production companies of the United States 4918:Sesame Street... 20 Years & Still Counting 4038:Children's Television Workshop/Sesame Workshop 3774:Revelle et al. in Fisch & Truglio , p. 217 1201:in 70 languages. In 2005, Doreen Carvajal of 1040:According to director Jon Stone, the music of 5410: 4353: 4021: 3695:Revelle et al. in Fisch & Truglio, p. 215 3542: 3540: 3503: 3501: 3471: 3469: 3436:Cherow-O'Leary in Fisch & Truglio, p. 210 3418:Cherow-O'Leary in Fisch & Truglio, p. 198 3186: 3184: 3182: 3180: 3170: 3168: 3166: 3164: 3158:Cherow-O'Leary in Fisch & Truglio, p. 197 3154: 3152: 3150: 2438: 1580: 1578: 1576: 1480: 1478: 6255:The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell 5014:Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration 4686:One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others) 3686: 3524: 3522: 3309: 3307: 3305: 3303: 3301: 3113: 3111: 2627: 2625: 2309:(video clip). Archive of American Television 2298: 2296: 2281:(video clip). Archive of American Television 2270: 2268: 2199:(video clip). Archive of American Television 2188: 2186: 2184: 2104:(video clip). Archive of American Television 2093: 2091: 2089: 1873: 1871: 1869: 1591:(video clip). Archive of American Television 1382:has produced 200 home videos and 180 albums. 1075:Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? 424:for a documentary about poverty in America. 3595:Cole et al., in Fisch & Truglio, p. 148 3260: 3258: 3256: 3254: 3222: 3220: 3218: 3216: 3214: 3079: 3077: 2143: 2141: 2139: 2137: 280:—that have been televised internationally. 5424: 5417: 5403: 4360: 4346: 4028: 4014: 3738: 3537: 3498: 3466: 3313:Cole et al. in Fisch & Truglio, p. 147 3177: 3161: 3147: 2339:"Children's TV Workshop Head to Step Down" 1913: 1778:Mielke, Keith W.; Lewis Bernstein (2001). 1745:Fisch, Shalom M.; Lewis Bernstein (2001). 1573: 1541:Lesser, Gerald S.; Joel Schneider (2001). 1475: 1146:Sesame Street international co-productions 1026:channel had almost 5 million subscribers. 3519: 3298: 3108: 2683: 2622: 2494: 2303:Shirley Wershba (host) (April 27, 1998). 2293: 2275:Shirley Wershba (host) (April 27, 1998). 2265: 2193:Shirley Wershba (host) (April 27, 1998). 2181: 2098:Shirley Wershba (host) (April 27, 1998). 2086: 1920:. New York: Hyperion Publishing. p.  1866: 1585:Shirley Wershba (host) (April 27, 1998). 1445: 922:by arranging what were eventually termed 5267:Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 3666: 3629: 3555: 3251: 3211: 3074: 2902: 2704: 2134: 1213: 1173: 853: 793: 618: 509:, his 1974 book about the beginnings of 399: 396:CTW Co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney, in 1985 391: 339:to create an educational channel called 6122:Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures 5260:I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story 3819:Getzler, Wendy Goldman (May 20, 2010). 3818: 3635: 3604: 3533:(documentary). Participant Productions. 3488:New York: Hyperion Publishing. p. 145. 3387: 3356: 3264: 3226: 3083: 3023:Jensen, Elizabeth (September 8, 2014). 2933: 2841:Jensen, Elizabeth (November 13, 2013). 2769: 2728:Jensen, Elizabeth (September 8, 2014). 2662: 2606:. Reuters. June 5, 2000. 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New York: Fordham University Press. 3831:from the original on February 24, 2021 3704: 3667:Carvajal, Doreen (December 12, 2005). 3359:"Nader Says "Sesame Street" Sells Out" 3277:from the original on February 24, 2021 3022: 2995: 2964: 2946:from the original on November 23, 2019 2915:from the original on December 10, 2019 2874:"Institute Named for 'Sesame' Creator" 2872:Jensen, Elizabeth (December 6, 2007). 2871: 2853:from the original on November 27, 2019 2840: 2822:from the original on November 21, 2019 2727: 2684:Applebaum, Simon (February 19, 2003). 2665:"Noggin has tween educon on the brain" 2520:"Can Elmo get along with the Rugrats?" 2507:from the original on November 2, 2015. 2451:from the original on November 21, 2019 2410:"Nader Says "Sesame Street" Sells Out" 2376: 2349:from the original on November 27, 2019 2336: 1944: 1836:from the original on November 20, 2019 709:Muppets from the German media company 5398: 4743: 4341: 4009: 3821:"Sesame Street debuts new eBookstore" 3558:"How Sesame Street Changed the World" 3331:Carvajal, Doreen (12 December 2005). 2905:"How Sesame Street Changed the World" 2705:Everhart, Karen (September 2, 2002). 2600:"CTW Changes Name to Sesame Workshop" 2517: 2495:Bianculli, David (February 2, 1999). 2156: 2034: 1117:. By 2019, there were 180 albums of 783:In 2007, the Sesame Workshop founded 536:during its first year of production. 172:Sesame Workshop Initiatives India PLC 6372:1968 establishments in New York City 5879:Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge 5246:The World According to Sesame Street 5138:The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 4733:The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 4319:List of programs broadcast by Noggin 3800:from the original on October 9, 2019 3717:from the original on August 30, 2019 3605:Wallace, Debra (November 23, 2019). 3531:The World According to Sesame Street 3265:Guthrie, Marisa (February 6, 2019). 3084:Guthrie, Marisa (February 6, 2019). 2571:from the original on August 17, 2019 2538: 1494:Hellman, Peter (November 23, 1987). 1417: 1209: 563:, together. Cooney later said about 5935:The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance 5006:Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 4966:The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street 3568:from the original on April 12, 2016 3400:from the original on April 12, 2019 3357:Frankel, Daniel (October 7, 1998). 3227:Wallace, Debra (February 6, 2019). 3096:from the original on April 18, 2019 2996:Westin, Sherrie (October 3, 2011). 2965:Kahana, Menahem (October 2, 2011). 2748: 2541:"MTV uses Nick's Noggin as new net" 2408:Frankel, Daniel (October 7, 1998). 1312:List of Sesame Workshop productions 1012:reported that 20 million copies of 468:Corporation for Public Broadcasting 404:Co-founder Lloyd Morrisett, in 2010 13: 5815:Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola 3648:from the original on June 19, 2020 3617:from the original on April 5, 2021 3369:from the original on April 4, 2019 3239:from the original on April 5, 2021 3035:from the original on March 8, 2021 2977:from the original on March 5, 2016 2884:from the original on June 21, 2020 2471:"The-N.com Terms & Conditions" 2439:Kirchdoerffer, Ed (June 1, 1998). 2420:from the original on April 7, 2019 2377:Brooke, Jill (November 13, 1998). 2169:from the original on April 3, 2019 2041:. 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Pennsylvania State University. 2770:Godfrey, Leigh (August 9, 2002). 2663:Connell, Mike (January 3, 2002). 930:had expanded into 140 countries; 544:in New York City on 20 May 1968. 6002:Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas 5740:The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss 5379: 5378: 3992:University of Maryland Libraries 3983:Sesame Street Ebookstore website 3812: 3786: 3777: 3768: 3747: 3729: 3711:Pennsylvania Center for the Book 3698: 3660: 3636:Bradley, Diana (July 27, 2018). 3598: 3589: 3580: 3549: 3510: 3478: 3457: 3448: 3439: 3430: 3421: 3412: 3388:Shapiro, Ariel (June 20, 2018). 3381: 3350: 3341: 3325: 3316: 3289: 3202: 3193: 2934:Isidore, Chris (June 26, 2013). 2539:Katz, Richard (April 29, 1998). 2518:Flint, Joe (November 20, 1998). 1436:Exempt Organization Select Check 1372: 1363: 1232:Ten years after the premiere of 1069:. 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June 8, 2011. Archived from 2337:Carter, Bill (July 31, 1990). 1603: 1534: 1525: 1487: 1248:since 1995, Universal Studios 1240:. Three international parks, 664: 577: 264:Children's Television Workshop 1: 6034:Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree 5214:Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic 4143:The New Ghostwriter Mysteries 3705:Miller, John M. (Fall 2008). 2792:"Noggin Orders 'Upside Down'" 2244:Yotive and Fisch, pp. 182–183 2226:Yotive and Fisch, pp. 181–182 967: 383: 6010:The Tale of the Bunny Picnic 5994:The Great Santa Claus Switch 5090:The Sesame Street Dictionary 4942:Sesame Street Stays Up Late! 4596:International co-productions 4327:international co-productions 3857:. New York: Viking Penguin. 1389: 1140:International co-productions 878:owned the trademarks to the 582:During the second season of 480:U.S. Department of Education 174:SS Brand Management Shanghai 7: 5368:The Joan Ganz Cooney Center 5173:Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece 5049:Sesame Street Together Book 2936:"Layoffs hit Sesame Street" 2035:Finch, Christopher (1993). 1442:. Accessed on May 20, 2016. 1305: 902:Soon after the premiere of 785:The Joan Ganz Cooney Center 757:, which premiered in 2006. 659:National Science Foundation 445: 262:), originally known as the 10: 6418: 6277:Jim Henson's Creature Shop 5951:Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time 5748:Bear in the Big Blue House 5152:Cookie's Counting Carnival 4982:Elmo's Christmas Countdown 4768:The Muppets Take Manhattan 3941:Morrow, Robert W. (2006). 3913:Lesser, Gerald S. (1974). 3484:Borgenicht, David (1998). 2306:"Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 9" 2278:"Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 7" 2196:"Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 5" 2101:"Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 6" 1914:Borgenicht, David (1998). 1588:"Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 3" 1225: 1143: 1033: 848:US Department of Education 378: 6326: 6300: 6269: 6188: 6044: 5985: 5676:The Ghost of Faffner Hall 5624: 5529: 5503: 5496: 5450: 5432: 5376: 5283: 5237: 5189: 5145:Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure 5113: 5067: 5032: 4894:A Muppet Family Christmas 4835: 4782: 4716: 4635: 4578: 4437: 4377: 4306: 4274: 4234: 4159: 4112: 4080: 4044: 3927:Mitgang, Lee D. (2000). 3917:New York: Vintage Books. 3898:Gikow, Louise A. (2009). 3753:Fisch, Shalom M. (2004). 3707:"The Atypical Theme Park" 1322:Higher Ground Productions 1228:Sesame Street video games 1006:I'll Miss You, Mr. Hooper 331:Following the success of 249: 239: 225: 212: 196: 178: 162: 150: 136: 126: 109: 99: 89: 77: 67: 53: 35: 26: 5759:Brats of the Lost Nebula 5724:Jim Henson's Animal Show 1440:Internal Revenue Service 1339: 1124:The show's first album, 1029: 428:was a vice-president at 6336:The Walt Disney Company 5363:Kaufman Astoria Studios 5180:Kinect Sesame Street TV 3853:Davis, Michael (2008). 2777:Animation World Network 1238:Langhorne, Pennsylvania 408:In the winter of 1966, 5437:Jim Henson Company Lot 5426:The Jim Henson Company 5291:The Jim Henson Company 5076:Sesame Street Magazine 4902:Sesame Street, Special 4886:Don't Eat the Pictures 4846:Julie on Sesame Street 4760:The Great Muppet Caper 4036:TV series produced by 3794:"2009 Sesame Workshop" 3486:Sesame Street Unpaved. 3271:The Hollywood Reporter 3090:The Hollywood Reporter 1223: 1189: 1036:Music of Sesame Street 978:Sesame Street Magazine 899:-themed toys per day. 866: 821:The Hollywood Reporter 813:Sherrie Rollins Westin 799: 703:The Jim Henson Company 624: 405: 397: 272:nonprofit organization 41:; 56 years ago 6392:Peabody Award winners 6292:Jim Henson Television 6247:The Happytime Murders 5871:That Puppet Game Show 5442:Jim Henson Foundation 5219:Spaghetti Space Chase 5131:Alpha Beam with Ernie 4679:Monster in the Mirror 4096:Square One Television 3955:O'Dell, Cary (1997). 3338:Retrieved 12 May 2014 1917:Sesame Street Unpaved 1217: 1177: 857: 805:National Public Radio 797: 654:Square One Television 622: 542:Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 403: 395: 6223:Neil's Puppet Dreams 5732:Aliens in the Family 5590:Five Children and It 5322:Syndication packages 5124:Big Bird's Egg Catch 4950:Elmo Saves Christmas 4615:Wicked Witch episode 4243:The Furchester Hotel 4224:The Electric Company 4210:The Upside Down Show 4072:The Best of Families 4060:The Electric Company 3004:on December 26, 2011 2610:on November 21, 2019 2567:. 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