Sunny days will proceed to shine on Sesame Road. Netflix has introduced that the streamer will change into the brand new dwelling for the longtime kids’s tv favourite.
On Monday (Could 19), Netflix revealed that later this 12 months, it should change into the streaming hub for 90 hours of earlier Sesame Road episodes in addition to a brand new “reimagined” Season 56 of the present.
In a press launch, Netflix teased that the brand new iteration of the present will characteristic “contemporary format adjustments,” similar to a brand new 11-minute story on the middle of the episodes. It’ll additionally characteristic the return of beloved segments like “Elmo’s World,” “Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck,” and “Abby’s Fairy Backyard.” Different new formatting adjustments for Sesame Road Season 56 embrace “to-camera moments” through which the puppets will “converse on to the viewers and invite them into the motion.” It’ll additionally characteristic an animated phase addition known as “Tales from 123,” which takes viewers contained in the residence constructing the place the characters reside.
Sesame Road‘s new episodes will probably be obtainable to stream on Netflix and also will proceed to air on PBS’s native stations and digital platform PBS KIDS.
Along with bringing the present to Netflix, the streamer may also be producing video video games for Sesame Road and its spinoff Sesame Road Mecha Builders.
The information comes on the heels of some main adjustments on this planet of Sesame Road. Beforehand, in December 2024, the HBO streamer Max, which had partnered with Sesame Workshop beginning in 2015, determined to not proceed that deal (though previous episodes of the present will stay on the streamer till 2027).
Then, Donald Trump issued an government order blocking federal funding for PBS, together with the cancellation of the Able to Be taught grant that allotted $23 million to kids’s academic exhibits and video games, together with Sesame Road.
To advertise the brand new Netflix partnership with Sesame Road, the streamer shared a video of Cookie Monster and the letter “N.”
A launch date for Sesame Road Season 56 has not but been introduced, however the season is anticipated to drop in three batches.
N IS FOR NETFLIX!
Sesame Road is becoming a member of the Netflix household! Model new episodes — in addition to previous seasons — will premiere later this 12 months. pic.twitter.com/SMEqHm29a2
— Netflix (@netflix) Could 19, 2025