Netflix announced it has picked up Sesame Street after HBO recently dropped it. That’s good news. Even better news: when new episodes come out, they’ll be released to public television at the same time that they’re released on Netflix. Over the years they’ve had to change up their format a bit, but that’s both in response to the changing competition and in response to learning more about how kids learn than we knew in the 1970s.
Sesame Street still needs our support. Netflix is providing a basis for their funding but not everything. Plus, the current administration has cut federal support, so there are still financial gaps to fill.