“Sesame Street,” the 56-year-old institution of children’s television, has signed a new distribution deal with Netflix, as well as a separate deal with PBS, the show announced on Monday.

Sesame Workshop, producer of Sesame Street and other educational media for children, announced that new episodes of the children’s series’ 56th season will be available on both Netflix and PBS Kids.

CPB will ‘wind down’ operations following federal funding cut, threatening popular programs like Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.

Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same ...

Netflix is stepping in to save Sesame Street. The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros ...

The 'Sesame Street' cast is pictured in 1969. The long-running children's show has signed a new distribution deal with Netflix after being dropped by HBO. (Getty) ...

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Sesame Workshop, producer of the long-running children’s show Sesame Street, announced layoffs this week. “Amid the changing media and funding landscape, we have made the difficult decision to reduce ...

"Sesame Street" will also continue to be available on PBS KIDS across its digital video and games platforms. This will make the show available to watch for free for children around the country.