For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

Sesame Street is headed for a detour, but the path forward isn’t exactly clear. The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969 ...

Scenes from the set of “Sesame Street” in Queens ... she pitched the “Bert Day” party. Ernie would fail to understand that ...

Big Bird and Sesame Street serve as a vivid illustration of the challenge posed by federal discretionary spending. Back in 1969, when there were just three national television networks ...