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Sesame Street's Future Is in Jeopardy
Newsweek ^ | 3/26/25 | Marni Rose McFall

Posted on 03/31/2025 9:02:02 AM PDT by DallasBiff

The future of the long-running children's TV show Sesame Street is in jeopardy after a U.S. House DOGE subcommittee called the chief executive of PBS to Capitol Hill to testify on Wednesday, with a potential aim of wiping out its funding.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: doge; groomers; grooming; killbigbird; sesamestreet; sunnyday
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To: DallasBiff
Congress funds PBS through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which provides only FIFTEEN PERCENT of PBS stations revenue.

This reminds me so much of any state or county funding cuts. They will first fire teachers and park rangers, curtail park hours, increase class sizes, reduce classroom time, etc. Their gut reaction is ALWAYS to stick it to us citizens. "We'll show YOU!! Pay us or Big Bird gets it!"

I've been in many companies where we have had to cut expenses by more than 15%. You can do that with targeted cuts and cutting out wasteful spending.

They don't need to cut Burt, Ernie and Big Bird. It's the same old game.

21 posted on 03/31/2025 9:27:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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To: DallasBiff

Every time, there are attempts to stop guv. funding of PBS, this old canard emerges.


22 posted on 03/31/2025 9:29:22 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Cold_Red_Steel

I saw a photo of Elmo keying a tesla. I say heck no! Lol


23 posted on 03/31/2025 9:30:24 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DallasBiff

It seems to me that Sesame Street was one of the first contributors the the shortened attention spans that children seem to have today. If it’s not a new, exciting thing popping up every 30 seconds, kids lose interest. A living teacher in a classroom doesn’t stand a chance to hold their attention during a math lesson, unless they juggle chainsaws in between each problem they put on the board.


24 posted on 03/31/2025 9:35:29 AM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: DallasBiff

Children’s Workshop made significant demands for HBO to carry their new episodes before it went to PBS, the went to Max after HBO balked at the renewal of the contract, and finally lost the contract with Max when what they were offering the subscription channel was even more limited.

If it loses PBS funding, it has literally tens of thousands of licensing deals to fall back on for income. And someone will carry on broadcasting it.

That the American people don’t have these licensing deals for what they paid for is the problem here.


25 posted on 03/31/2025 9:37:12 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: posterchild

“Those few who watch every day for 40 years might see some repeats but they likely have other problems to worry about.”

LOL...love your snark! Glad to see you’re worried about those people in straitjackets at the “Happy Dale Home.”


26 posted on 03/31/2025 9:38:15 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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To: DallasBiff

Because of the loss of 1% of its funding?


27 posted on 03/31/2025 9:39:44 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: DallasBiff

My father told me that SS was communist back in the 60s/early 70s, and not to watch it.


28 posted on 03/31/2025 9:43:13 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: DallasBiff

If you take the animated and Muppet only sequences, you could run the show indefinitely


29 posted on 03/31/2025 9:43:14 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Red Badger
"They don’t. It’s owned by The Sesame Workshop, formerly known as The Children’s Television Workshop."

I guess the argument for supporting Sesame Street is that it's "educational." Given the state of education today, my question would be, what evidence is there that Sesame Street is beneficial in any way?

30 posted on 03/31/2025 9:44:00 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: DallasBiff

That’s true! Let Sesame Street be privately funded by the Jim Hanson company.


31 posted on 03/31/2025 9:45:18 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: jmcenanly

Correct.


32 posted on 03/31/2025 9:45:52 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

Please. SS swag has been raking it in for FREAKIN’ DECADES!!


33 posted on 03/31/2025 9:46:11 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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34 posted on 03/31/2025 9:48:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Flag_This

It’s a TV babysitter......................


35 posted on 03/31/2025 9:54:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger; null and void; rx; rxsid; Diogenesis; Travis McGee; Jane Long

36 posted on 03/31/2025 10:04:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Lizavetta

I still have my Cookie Monster stuffed doll from when I was a kid.


37 posted on 03/31/2025 10:10:15 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: DallasBiff

Women and children hardest hit.


38 posted on 03/31/2025 10:25:53 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: DallasBiff

One can only hope...


39 posted on 03/31/2025 10:26:17 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: DallasBiff

Disney owns it Newsfake.

Morons.


40 posted on 03/31/2025 10:27:26 AM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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