Sesame Street has been entertaining and educating ... could pick up the show and continue the deal that will also keep the show airing on PBS as it has for 55 years.

Sesame Street’s Elmo turned 3-and-a-half Feb. 3, despite being introduced on the show in 1980. Here’s the reason why his age stays so specifically fixed.

(In VanDerWerff's more direct words, "PBS doesn't own Sesame Street".) HBO, flush with capital from their subscription-based business model, can afford to keep Sesame Street in the black.

“It has been a wonderful, creative experience working with everyone at Sesame Street on the iconic children’s series and we are thrilled to be able to keep some of the library series on Max in ...