List of Sesame Workshop productions

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Sesame Workshop, formerly Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is an American nonprofit television production company. It has been involved in a variety of television series and films, in addition to international co-productions of Sesame Street that have been broadcast in over 140 countries.

Productions

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Television series

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Sesame Street

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The following series are based on or directly related to Sesame Street. Dubs of the original American version have been produced for international markets since 1971, but are not listed. Programs with guest appearances by Sesame Street characters that were not produced by Sesame Workshop, such as The Muppet Show and Between the Lions, are also excluded.

# Year Series Country of origin End year
1 1969 Sesame Street United States present
2 1972 Plaza Sésamo United States
Latin America
present
3 Vila Sésamo Brazil present
4 Sesame Park Canada 2001
5 1973 Sesamstraße Germany present
6 1975 Open Sesame Worldwide (outside USA) 2013
7 1976 Sesamstraat Netherlands present
8 1978 Barrio Sésamo Spain 2000
9 1978 1, rue Sésame France 1982
10 1979 Iftah Ya Simsim Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
2019
11 1981 Svenska Sesam Sweden 1982
12 1983 Rechov Sumsum Israel 2015
13 1984 Batibot Philippines 2013
14 1986 Shalom Sesame Israel 2011
15 Susam Sokağı Turkey 1991
16 1989 Rua Sésamo Portugal 1994
17 1991 Sesam Stasjon Norway 1999
18 1996 Ulica Sezamkowa Poland 2001
19 Ulitsa Sezam Russia 2006
20 1998 Zhima Jie China 2001
21 Rechov Sumsum / Shara'a Simsim Israel
Palestinian Territories
2000
22 1998 (original)
2017 (reboot)
Elmo's World United States 2009 (original)
present (reboot)
23 1999 Yeollyeola Seseomi Seuteuliteu South Korea 2008
24 Sesame English Taiwan
China
2002
25 2000 Takalani Sesame South Africa present
26 Alam Simsim Egypt 2017
27 2002 Sippuray Sumsum Israel 2006
28 Hikayat Simsim Palestinian Territories 2007
29 Play with Me Sesame United States 2007
30 2003 Hikayat Simsim Jordan 2010
31 Global Grover United States 2008
32 2004 Rruga Sesam / Ulica Sezam Kosovo 2006
33 Play Along with Ollie Australia 2011
34 Sesame Street Japan Japan 2007
35 2005 5, Rue Sésame France 2007
36 Sabai Sabai Sesame Cambodia 2006
37 Sisimpur Bangladesh present
38 2006 Galli Galli Sim Sim India 2018
39 2007 Shara'a Simsim Palestinian Territories 2012
40 2008 Jalan Sesama Indonesia 2016
41 Sesame Tree Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
2013
42 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures United States
43 Kilimani Sesame Tanzania 2009
44 2009 Abby's Flying Fairy School United States 2012
45 Sesamgade Denmark 2011
46 3, 2, 1 ¡Vamos! Latin America 2012
47 2010 Eine Möhre für Zwei Germany present
48 Super Grover 2.0 United States 2015
49 Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie China 2012
50 2011 Sesame Square Nigeria 2013
51 Baghch-e-Simsim Afghanistan present
52 Sim Sim Hamara Pakistan 2012
53 2012 Sesame Street: Super Healthy Monsters Spain
Worldwide
2012
54 Elmo the Musical United States 2016
55 Fun Fun Elmo China 2013
56 2013 Cookie's Crumby Pictures United States 2015
57 2014 The Furchester Hotel United Kingdom
United States
2017
58 2015 Sesame Amigos United States 2017
59 I Heart Elmo India 2018
60 Chamki Ki Duniya India 2016
61 2016 Smart Cookies United States 2017
62 O Desafio do Elmo Brazil
63 2017 (television)
2018 (website)
Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck United States present
64 2018 Sesame Teret Teret Ethiopia 2018
65 2018 Abby's Amazing Adventures United States 2021
66 2019 Big Bird's Road Trip United States 2020
67 2020 'Sesame Sheeko Sheeko Somalia 2021
68 2020 The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo United States 2021
69 Ahlan Simsim Syria present
70 Sesame Workshop India India present
71 2021 Sesame Hadithi Njoo Kenya present
72 2021 Elmo & Tango's Mysterious Mysteries United States present
73 2022 Mecha Builders United States present
74 Tokhnit He'írvkh Shel Elmo Israel present

Other television series

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Year Production Country of origin Co-production(s) Network End year
1971 The Electric Company United States PBS 1977
1971 Feeling Good[1][2] 1974
1977 The Best of Families[3][4] 1977
1980 3-2-1 Contact 1988
1987 Square One Television 1992
1987 Mathnet 1992
1988 Encyclopedia HBO 1989
1992 Ghostwriter BBC Television (seasons 1-2) PBS
BBC Two
1995
1993 Cro Film Roman ABC 1994
1996 Big Bag United States
United Kingdom
France
Cartoon Network

1998

1997 The New Ghostwriter Mysteries United States
Canada
Decode Entertainment CBS 1997
1998 Mathmatazz United States The Dovetail Group
Scott Foresman
Addison-Wesley
Direct-to-video 1998
1999 Dragon Tales United States
Canada
Columbia TriStar Television (seasons 1-2)
Sony Pictures Television (season 3)
PBS (PBS Kids)
CBC Television
2005
2001 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat United States
Canada
China
CinéGroupe PBS (PBS Kids)
TVOntario
2002
Sponk! United States Noggin LLC
Insight Productions
Noggin 2002
Tiny Planets United Kingdom
United States
Pepper's Ghost Productions Ltd. 2006
2003 Out There United States
Australia
Blink Films
Noggin LLC
2004
2005 Pinky Dinky Doo United States
United Kingdom
Latin America
Canada (season 1 only)
Cartoon Pizza
Abrams Gentile Entertainment (season 2)
Keyframe Digital Productions (season 2)
2011
2006 The Upside Down Show United States
Australia
Blink Films
Noggin LLC
2006
2008 Panwapa United States The Merrill Lynch Foundation PBS Kids Sprout 2009
2009 The Electric Company United States PBS (PBS Kids Go) 2011
2018 Esme & Roy[5] United States
Canada
Nelvana HBO/HBO Max
Treehouse TV
2021
2019 Helpsters[6] Worldwide Big Indie Pictures
Monkey Boys Productions
Apple TV+ present
Ghostwriter Sinking Ship Entertainment
2020 Helpsters: Help You United States Big Indie Pictures
Monkey Boys Productions
2020
2023 Bea's Block United States
United Kingdom
A Productions Cartoon Network

(Cartoonito)

present

Theatrical feature films

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Year Production Distributor Production company Country of origin
1985 Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird Warner Bros. Pictures United States
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
Jim Henson Pictures
TBA Untitled third Sesame Street film[7][8][9] Warner Bros. Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
21 Laps Entertainment

TV films, specials, and documentaries

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Sesame Street (1969–present)

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Year Production Country of origin
1969 This Way to Sesame Street United States
1973 Julie on Sesame Street United States
United Kingdom
1974 Out to Lunch United States
1975 The Grover Monster - Jean Marsh Cartoon Special
1977 Sesame Street at Night?
Sesame Street Goes to Prison
1978 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Sesame Street in Puerto Rico
1983 Don't Eat the Pictures
Big Bird in China
1984 Big Bird in Australia Australia
1988 Sesame Street, Special United States
1989 Big Bird in Japan United States
Japan
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting United States
Sesame Street Around the World
The Sesame Street Experiment
1990 Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1991 Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
1993 Sesame Street: 25 Favorite Moments
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1994 Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Basil Hears a Noise[10] United States
Canada
1996 Sesame Street Film Festival United States
Elmo Saves Christmas
1998 Elmopalooza
The Rosie O'Donnell Show on Sesame Street
1999 CinderElmo
Sesame Street Unpaved
2000 The Greatest TV Moments: Sesame Street Music A-Z
2001 A&E Biography: Sesame Street
2003 Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic United States
Japan
2004 Sesame Street: The Street We Live On United States
2005 Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet
2006 The World According to Sesame Street
When Parents Are Deployed
2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown
2008 One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure United States
China
2009 Coming Home United States
Families Stand Together
2010 When Families Grieve
2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Growing Hope Against Hunger
2014 I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015 The Cookie Thief
2016 Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
2017 The Magical Wand Chase
2018 When You Wish Upon A Pickle
2019 Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2020 Sesame Street: 50 Years and Still Sunny!
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate Asia
North America
Oceania
United Kingdom
Street Gang United States
The Monster at the End of This Story
Monster Meditations (with Headspace)
2021 Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
See Us Coming Together[11]
2022 Sesame Street: The Nutcracker

Sesame Street Muppets have appeared in cameos in various feature films, including The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009). These productions, however, were not produced by Sesame Workshop. Also excluded from this list are Julie on Sesame Street (1973) and A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)—while both featured the same elements and characters of Sesame Street, these specials were not produced by Sesame Workshop.

Other TV films, and documentaries

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Year Production Country of origin
1979 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe United States
1981 Sign On![12]
1984 The House of Dies Drear
1991 The Wish That Changed Christmas
2003 Dragon Tales: Let's Start a Band!
2005 PBS Kids: Big Big Friend Day
2021 Through Our Eyes[13]

References

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  1. ^ "The national audience for Feeling Good, conducted for Children's Television Workshop". University of Missouri. 1975.
  2. ^ Funt, Peter (May 4, 1975). "How TV's 'Feeling Good' Went Bad." The New York Times.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John J. (December 15, 1977). "'Best of Families': A Leap in Time". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Wershba, Shirley (27 April 1998). "Joan Ganz Cooney, Part 5" (Video clip). Archive of American Television. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Sesame Workshop, Nelvana partner on Esme and Roy". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. October 17, 2016.
  6. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 26, 2019). "Sesame Street AppleTV+ Series 'Helpsters' Announced By Big Bird & Cody At Tech Giant Confab". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Anne Hathaway to Star in Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "Anne Hathaway Eyes Starring Role in 'Sesame Street' Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "'Sesame Street' Movie's Writer-Director Reveals Plot Details". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 6, 2019. Exactly how big, he can't say — sources say it will be in the $50 million range — but Krisel confirms that Anne Hathaway will star and that shooting could begin in late summer.
  10. ^ Blakley, Scott (November 3, 1994). "Frightened Bear Gets a Lesson in Basil Hears a Noise". Chicago Tribune. Tronc.
  11. ^ "Sesame Workshop Introduces New Sesame Street Muppet and Announces Special to Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Communities and the Power of Belonging". sesameworkshop.org. November 15, 2021.
  12. ^ Fierlinger, Paul (June 4, 2001). "AR&T animation by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger". Archived from the original on June 4, 2001.
  13. ^ Evans, Greg (June 8, 2021). "Sesame Workshop's First Documentary Series 'Through Our Eyes' Examines Social Issues With Kids' Perspective' Premiere Date Set". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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