Fri Dec 20 03:00:00 UTC 2024: ## Sesame Street Seeks New Home After Max Drops New Episodes
**New York, NY** – Long-running children’s educational program, Sesame Street, is searching for a new streaming home after Warner Bros. Discovery decided not to renew its contract with Sesame Workshop. The 55th season, airing on Max in January, will be the last to debut on the platform. While older episodes will remain available on Max until 2027, the decision reflects Max’s strategic shift away from children’s programming, prioritizing adult and family content instead.
The partnership between Sesame Workshop and HBO (later HBO Max, now Max) began in 2015, providing a significant financial boost to Sesame Workshop, allowing them to increase production from 18 to 35 episodes annually. New episodes were initially exclusive to HBO for nine months before airing on PBS.
Potential new homes for Sesame Street include Apple TV+, Netflix, and Amazon. Sesame Workshop remains committed to its programming and expects to announce a new distribution partner in the coming months.
The decision has sparked renewed discussion surrounding previous criticisms of the HBO/Max partnership, which critics argued created inequity by making new episodes inaccessible to families who couldn’t afford premium cable.
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