Sesame Street 50 Year Anniversary: The Evolution Of Children's Programming

Published November 26, 2019 at 12:40 PM EST

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Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby attend HBO Premiere of Sesame Street's The Magical Wand Chase at the Metrograph on November 9, 2017. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for HBO)

This year, Sesame Street turns 50. That means 50 years of Sunny Days, Elmo, Big Bird and the Letter of the Day.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans (@Deggans) about the show’s legacy of inclusion and why it still resonates with kids.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.