For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

As a child, Riley LeBon was terrified of Count von Count on “Sesame Street.” Last week, the now-third-year University of Virginia student helped puppeteer the numbers-obsessed vampire with Muppet ...

A poster board highlighting a drag show performer, a pressing inquiry into the sexuality of Sesame Street puppet duo Bert and Ernie and a profanity-laced tirade all led to a lively congressional ...

Sesame Street, one of the most iconic children’s television shows of all time, turns 55 this year! Which got us wondering, how exactly did the beloved show begin ... Street and tell us who ...

Others shared their own experiences after meeting someone named out a famous Sesame Street character. 'I knew an adult (probably 40 now) named Ernie and he turned out fine. That said he probably ...

The drag performer Lil’ Miss Hot Mess has called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) “hateful” ignorance and fascism after Greene called her a “monster” and a “child predator” during a ...

Before becoming an opinion writer at The Wall Street Journal, I was a reporter. I can tell you from experience ... of your disdain if that is all you show them, and will in time try to close ...

The Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie are best friends who live together and share a bedroom, so rumours have swirled since the show began in 1969 that they are gay. The company behind the show ...

The next room focuses on 1950s Memphis, where King hosted a radio show ... Sesame Street and Labyrinth. The exhibit features 20 original puppets from Henson’s shows, including Kermit, Bert and ...