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Sesame Street

1969 · 56 seasons · Kids, Comedy

Kindness is in the air.

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Where to watch Sesame Street

Sesame Street is streaming in the US on Netflix, HBO Max, Netflix Kids, Hoopla, The Roku Channel and Tubi TV.

It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Google Play Movies.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 130 episodes (November 10, 1969)
• Season 2 — 145 episodes (November 9, 1970)
• Season 3 — 130 episodes (November 8, 1971)
• Season 4 — 130 episodes (November 27, 1972)
• Season 5 — 130 episodes (November 19, 1973)
• Season 6 — 130 episodes (November 4, 1974)
• Season 7 — 130 episodes (December 1, 1975)
• Season 8 — 130 episodes (November 29, 1976)
• Season 9 — 84 episodes (November 28, 1977)
• Season 10 — 130 episodes (November 27, 1978)
• Season 11 — 130 episodes (November 26, 1979)
• Season 12 — 130 episodes (November 24, 1980)
• Season 13 — 31 episodes (November 23, 1981)
• Season 14 — 130 episodes (November 22, 1982)
• Season 15 — 130 episodes (November 21, 1983)
• Season 16 — 130 episodes (November 19, 1984)
• Season 17 — 130 episodes (November 18, 1985)
• Season 18 — 31 episodes (November 17, 1986)
• Season 19 — 33 episodes (November 16, 1987)
• Season 20 — 33 episodes (November 21, 1988)
• Season 21 — 36 episodes (November 13, 1989)
• Season 22 — 130 episodes (November 12, 1990)
• Season 23 — 44 episodes (November 11, 1991)
• Season 24 — 71 episodes (November 9, 1992)
• Season 25 — 31 episodes (November 22, 1993)
• Season 26 — 33 episodes (November 21, 1994)
• Season 27 — 32 episodes (November 20, 1995)
• Season 28 — 56 episodes (November 18, 1996)
• Season 29 — 130 episodes (November 17, 1997)
• Season 30 — 65 episodes (November 16, 1998)
• Season 31 — 65 episodes (January 3, 2000)
• Season 32 — 65 episodes (January 1, 2001)
• Season 33 — 50 episodes (February 4, 2002)
• Season 34 — 33 episodes (April 7, 2003)
• Season 35 — 26 episodes (February 15, 2004)
• Season 36 — 26 episodes (April 4, 2005)
• Season 37 — 26 episodes (August 14, 2006)
• Season 38 — 26 episodes (August 13, 2007)
• Season 39 — 26 episodes (August 11, 2008)
• Season 40 — 26 episodes (November 10, 2009)
• Season 41 — 26 episodes (September 27, 2010)
• Season 42 — 26 episodes (September 26, 2011)
• Season 43 — 27 episodes (September 24, 2012)
• Season 44 — 26 episodes (September 16, 2013)
• Season 45 — 27 episodes (September 14, 2014)
• Season 46 — 35 episodes (January 15, 2016)
• Season 47 — 35 episodes (January 6, 2017)
• Season 48 — 35 episodes (November 17, 2017)
• Season 49 — 35 episodes (November 16, 2018)
• Season 50 — 35 episodes (November 15, 2019)
• Season 51 — 35 episodes (November 11, 2020)
• Season 52 — 35 episodes (November 10, 2021)
• Season 53 — 35 episodes (November 1, 2022)
• Season 54 — 35 episodes (November 7, 2023)
• Season 55 — 35 episodes (January 14, 2025)
• Season 56 — 13 episodes (November 9, 2025)

Cast

• Sonia Manzano as Maria Figueroa Rodriguez
• Roscoe Orman as Gordon Robinson
• Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster / Aloysius Snuffleupagus / Irvine / Slimey (voice)
• Suki Lopez as Nina
• Violet Tinnirello as Charlie
• Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe (voice)
• Ryan Dillon as Elmo (voice)
• Alan Muraoka as Alan

Details

Created by

Lloyd Morrisett, Joan Ganz Cooney and Jim Henson

First aired

November 10, 1969

Episodes

3667

Genres

Kids, Comedy

Network

PBS, HBO and National Educational Television

Status

Returning Series

TMDB score

7.1 / 10 from 295 votes