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YouTube Unveils First 30 Paid Channels

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: Sesame Street, YouTube

Sesame Street and Young Turks are among 30 YouTube services that, beginning today, will offer content to people who pay a subscription fee following a 14-day free trial period. They’ll cost an average of $2.99 a month, payable via credit card or Google Wallet, and some will go for as little as 99 cents, says YouTube Director of Content Partnerships Malik Ducard. Some will also have ads, but a majority won’t. Google will collect about 45% of the subscription and ad revenue. Most of the content will be available on demand but Ducard says the initiative will accommodate live transmissions. In addition, content providers can choose where among 10 countries they’d like to distribute their material. Others are expected to also launch subscription services on YouTube using what Ducard calls a “self-service” model. Sesame Street will start off providing full episodes of the TV show. YouTube lists participating channels here. The list includes Rap Battle Network, Baby First Plus, BIGSTAR Movies, Big Think, DHX Junior TV, Cars.tv, I Love Docs Channel, Gravitas Movies, HD Net, National Geographic Kids, Nelvana’s Treehouse Direct, (Roger) Corman’s Drive-In, DocuRama, NuestroPix, Gay Direct, PrimeZone Sports, Acorn TV, Laugh Factory VIP, PGA Digital Golf Academy, and UFC Select.

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Kevin Clash Sued By Fourth Accuser

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 10, 2012 @ 5:50pm PSTTags: Kevin Clash, Sesame Street

A fourth man has filed a lawsuit against Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash alleging sexual abuse. The latest suit was filed today in Miami, NBC News reports. The unidentified accuser claims Clash befriended him in late 1995 … Read More »

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Third Accuser Files Suit Against Kevin Clash

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 27, 2012 @ 12:14pm PSTTags: Kevin Clash, Sesame Street

A third man has filed a lawsuit against Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash, the longtime actor behind the PBS series’ leading character Elmo who resigned last week amid allegations of having underage sex with boys. The latest suit, … Read More »

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UPDATE: Kevin Clash Resigns From ‘Sesame Street’ As Second Accuser Files Lawsuit

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 9:55am PSTTags: Kevin Clash, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop

UPDATED: Sesame Street producer Sesame Workshop made it official on its blog this morning as a lawsuit was being filed in New York federal court charging Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash with sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Associated Press. The suit — which alleges that Cecil Singleton, then 15 and now an adult, was persuaded by Clash to meet for sexual encounters — marks the second accuser to come forward and allege an underage relationship with the multiple Emmy winner, who has been on the PBS series since 1982. Earlier this month, an unidentified man said he had a sexual relationship with Clash beginning when the man was 16. Clash took a leave of absence after those allegations were made public, but his accuser the next day took back his story, claiming the relationship was adult and consensual, and Clash said he was “relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest”. Here’s Sesame Workshop’s statement today announcing Clash’s departure: Read More »

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Accuser Of Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash Recants Claim Of Underage Relationship

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 13, 2012 @ 3:28pm PSTTags: Kevin Clash, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop

The unidentified man who said longtime Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash had a sexual relationship with him while he was underage has taken back his story. Through a release from his Pennsylvania law firm, the man said … Read More »

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‘Sesame Street’ Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash On Leave Amid Underage Sex Allegations

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 12, 2012 @ 7:54am PSTTags: Kevin Clash, Sesame Street
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Sesame Street‘s signature character Elmo will probably soon sound a little different. Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who has performed as the beloved red monster for the past 27 years, has been put on leave by Sesame Street producer Sesame Workshop over allegations he had a sexual relationship with a teen boy. The move comes on the heels of Sesame Street becoming a symbol of the campaign to defund PBS following Mitt Romney’s Big Bird comments during the first Presidential debate. Read More »

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UPDATE: Sesame Workshop Wants Obama’s Big Bird Ad Taken Down

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 9, 2012 @ 10:22am PDTTags: Barack Obama, Big Bird, Mitt Romney, Sesame Street

UPDATE, 10:22 AM: The production company behind Sesame Street is not happy with the new Obama campaign ad slamming Mitt Romney and featuring footage of Big Bird (see it below). “Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate … Read More »

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‘The Daily Show’ Rips Fox News For Slamming ‘Sesame Street’; Jon Stewart Goes Full Muppet: Video

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday October 9, 2012 @ 7:53am PDTTags: Fox News Channel, Sesame Street, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The fallout over Mitt Romney’s presidential debate promise to cut federal funds to PBS continues with Jon Stewart turning the argument against Sesame Street on its fuzzy head. Then it’s a visit to This Week With George Snuffleupagus. Watch the video:

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R.I.P. Jerry Nelson

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 24, 2012 @ 2:47pm PDTTags: Sesame Street

Jerry Nelson, a puppeteer with Sesame Street for more than four decades, has died. He was 78. Nelson was best known for voicing the numbers-obsessed Count von Count, but was behind dozens of beloved characters including Snuffleupagus, Sherlock … Read More »

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U.S. Pulls Plug On Funding For Pakistani ‘Sesame Street’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 5, 2012 @ 4:44pm PDTTags: Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop

The U.S. has halted funding for a Pakistani version of Sesame Street amid allegations of financial mismanagement by a local organization that co-developed the project. U.S. Embassy spokesman Robert Raines said … Read More »

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Pink Slips at Sesame Workshop

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 12:27pm PDTTags: Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop

EXCLUSIVE: About a dozen people were laid off today at Sesame Workshop, producers of Sesame Street. The job cuts were at the company’s main New York offices as it “shifted some resources to better align with our strategic priorities and … Read More »

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ABC And ‘General Hospital’ Top Daytime Emmy Award Nominations

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday May 9, 2012 @ 8:06am PDTTags: Daytime Emmy Awards, General Hospital, Sesame Street

2012 Daytime Emmy AwardsThe nominations for the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. ABC received 56 nominations, ahead of PBS (51), syndication (46), Nickelodeon (40), CBS (33), and NBC (24). General Hospital‘s 23 nominations topped Sesame Street (16), The Young And The Restless (16), Days Of Our Lives (15), and The Ellen DeGeneres Show(12). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chairman Malachy Wienges says that negotiations are still taking place to have the June 23 awards telecast. The awards are presented by NATAS in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Here are the nominees in the main categories:

Related: Daytime Emmys Headed To HLN?: Report Read More »

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‘Sesame Street’ Producers: Bert & Ernie Are Not Gay

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Sesame Street
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In the grand tradition of the Tinky Winky Teletubby, who was constantly dogged by speculation that he is gay, fellow pre-school characters Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street too have been battling rumors that they’re a closeted gay … Read More »

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2011 TCA AWARDS: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Wins Program Of The Year, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Named Best New Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday August 6, 2011 @ 9:00pm PDTTags: Friday Night Lights, Game of Thrones, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Modern Family, Nick Offerman, Oprah Winfrey, Restrepo, Sesame Street, The Amazing Race, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ty Burrell
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As a new NBC series, Friday Night Lights won Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association’s awards in 2007. Four years later, as a departing DirecTV show, Friday Night Lights tonight won the top TCA award, Program of the Year. HBO’s Game of Thrones was named outstanding new program during the non-televised ceremony hosted by Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman at the Beverly Hilton. Oprah Winfrey got a career achievement TCA award to go with her recently awarded Oscar “for her influence through 25 seasons of The Oprah Winfrey Show,” while Offerman received an Individual Achievement in Comedy Award to make up for the Emmy-nomination snub last month. CBS’ The Amazing Race, whose best series Emmy-winning streak was broken last year, is starting a new one at the TCA Awards, winning the first award in newly established reality program category. Here is the list of the winners in 12 categories voted by the members of TCA, a media organization comprised of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from the U.S. and Canada:

Program of the Year
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Modern Family (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming
The Amazing Race (CBS) Read More »

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