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• Sesame Street Changes with the Times Again

  The Children's Television Workshop, producers of Sesame Street and other public television hits for shorties, has announced that it will develop its longtime favorite Bert and Ernie characters into a more openly gay couple in a committed relationship.  Long suspected by homosexuals to be "family," Bert and Ernie have remained in an ambiguous roommate relationship throughout Sesame Streets' nearly 40-year history.  But CTW spokeswoman Irene Hutchins was quoted as explaining that"Sesame Street has always evolved with the times in which real children are living.  More and more children today Read More... Posted Apr 01 2009, 12:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: sesame street, gay dads, Shannon LC Cate, bert and ernie, children's television workshop

• Mark Your Calendars: Sesame Street Supports Military Parents Coming Home

  In its ongoing project to assist military families and help children adjust to the changes wartime military deployments bring, the Children's Television Workshop will be airing a Sesame Street prime-time special called "Coming Home."  April has been declared the month of the military child and the show will air April 1 (check your local listings for times). Sesame Street's production company, the Children's Television Workshop has already aired an earlier special about parents leaving for deployments abroad.  In this special, the focus is on returning parents.  The show will cover the special concerns of families with a returning military member who has been injured--either visibly or invisibly--and the best ways to adjust to a "new normal." Sesame Street's military family initiative Read More... Posted Jan 28 2009, 03:30 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: sesame street, Iraq War, military families, Shannon LC Cate, children's television workshop, military deployment