Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 1970s and ’80s, it wasn’t uncommon for Sesame Street to show nursing mothers — whether in a full segment or a passing clip ...

“Sesame Street” bowed 50 years ago, on Nov. 10, 1969, one week after the launch of PBS. A month later, Variety reporter Les Brown gushed, “It may be just the show to put public television on the ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

On November 10, 1969, television audiences were introduced to Sesame Street. In the more than 50 years since, the series has become one of television's most iconic programs—and it's not just for kids.