'Sesame Street' finds a new streaming home on Netflix

Elmo, Big Bird and the remainder of the Sesame Street pack are moving into the Netflix neighborhood.

The streaming work volition debut the beloved preschool program’s 56th season, on with 90 hours of older episodes, aboriginal this year, the Los Gatos, Calif., amusement institution said Monday.

The determination comes months aft HBO’s genitor company, Warner Bros. Discovery, decided not to proceed its concern with the nonprofit Sesame Workshop aft a decennary arsenic portion of a cost-cutting move.

One happening remains: “Sesame Street” besides volition proceed to aerial connected PBS stations successful the U.S. and volition beryllium disposable crossed the nationalist broadcaster’s integer platforms. PBS has been the broadcast spouse since the puppets were pups backmost successful 1969.

Through its woody with Sesame Workshop, Netflix volition person exclusive worldwide premiere rights, and episodes volition beryllium disposable simultaneously connected PBS stations. Licensing presumption were not disclosed.

Netflix said the caller season, which volition beryllium released successful 3 batches, volition see immoderate format changes and the instrumentality of fashionable segments specified arsenic “Elmo’s World” and “Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck.” Episodes volition present beryllium built astir a 11-minute story, tailored to the shorter attraction spans of younger viewers.

The woody was a earthy for Netflix, which has go the go-to streaming work with programming to service astir each audience.

The institution said kids and household programming represents 15% of Netflix’s full viewing.