Elmo is also arguably the most detested of “Sesame Street’s” Muppets. He’s been referred to as the “little red menace .” He’s been accused of ruining the show. Cultural pundit Joel Stein called him an ...

The pioneering children's show "Sesame Street" is celebrating its 50 th anniversary on November 10. The show first premiered in 1969, and while the general concept of catchy songs and educational ...

Anyone born in the past 50 years likely spent plenty of time watching Burt and Ernie, Elmo, Oscar, and the rest of the “Sesame Street” crew. The lovable, inviting characters delighted me as a child ...

From jailbird to… Big Bird? Less than a year after quitting a dangerously deep cocaine addiction — a habit that once got him arrested — country outlaw Waylon Jennings appeared in the Sesame Street ...

Bob McGrath, an actor and recording artist who became a generational icon as one of the original human stars of “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at his home in New Jersey. He was 90. McGrath’s death was ...

Longtime “Sesame Street” writer Judy Freudberg, who co-created the show’s “Elmo’s World” segment and also scripted animated features “An American Tail” and “The Land Before Time,” died of a brain ...