TV Guide: Sesame Street

Listing: Frankly It's Becoming a Habitat

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 10:00 AM PBS A real-estate agent tries to persuade Big Bird to move to a warm climate by taking him on a virtual tour that stops at a beach, a swamp and a rain forest.

Listing: Abby Has the Sparkle Fairy Freckles

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 9 10:00 AM PBS Abby develops a case of Sparkle Speckle Fairy Freckles, wherein freckles sparkle and glow, and eventually fall off. The Fairy Doctor tells her a spell that will let her keep them, but first she must catch them, as they're bouncing all over Sesame Street.

Listing: Elmo Finds a Baby Bird

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 10:00 AM PBS The gang takes a baby bird under its collective wing, until its mother shows up. While trying to teach it how to fly, Abby casts a spell to help, but the magic works on Chris by mistake. So she demonstrates how to fly with her own wings instead.

Listing: Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 10:00 AM PBS Mary Mary Quite Contrary plants a garden near Oscar's trash can, but the grouch doesn't like it.

Listing: Stinky's Annual Birthday Flower

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 10:00 AM PBS On Stinky the plant's birthday, Elmo, Zoe and the others each give him presents---including drums, a tutu, a guitar and balloons---that they like but that he, because he's a plant, can't use.

Listing: Bears Try to Hibernate

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 3 10:00 AM PBS Baby Bear's preparing to hibernate until spring, but he isn't tired enough for sleep. Hibernation expert Max Bear offers advice that includes leaving the warm cottage and sleeping outdoors.

Listing: Y a Quest Y Not

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 2 10:00 AM PBS Elmo, Abby and Telly learn about knights and embark on a quest to find words that begin with Y. The journey takes them to Gina's veterinarian office, the Laundromat and Hooper's store, but it's not until they meet a cow called a yak that they find one.

Listing: Abby Makes Seasons Change

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 10:00 AM PBS Abby tries to fulfill Elmo's wish for a winter day, but changes the spring day to summer by mistake. She tries again, and the day turns to autumn before, finally, she turns it to winter.

Listing: Wild Nature Survivor Guy

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 30 10:00 AM PBS Elmo and Rosita learn about nature from Wild Nature Survivor Guy, who eats a ripe tomato from a tomato plant, drinks water from leaves, stays warm by using feathers and finds shelter after dark in Big Bird's nest.

Listing: The Cookie Tree

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 10:00 AM PBS Cookie Monster tries to grow a chocolate-chip-cookie tree by planting a chocolate chip in some dirt. When his plan doesn't pan out, he asks Abby for a wish to make it come true, but the cookie trees are too high for Cookie Monster and Elmo to reach.

News: Sesame Street and Big Bird Feel 40 Years Young

TV Guide — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:58:00 -0500

For Big Bird, 40 is the new 6. Everyone's favorite 8-foot yellow lark and all his friends celebrated Sesame Street's 40th anniversary earlier this month. While the big Four-Oh means middle age in human years, it's forever young on the groundbreaking, self-renewing children's program. "Forty feels great! I feel pretty good because I'm 6 years old now in bird years," Big Bird tells TVGuide.com. "I was a wee child when it started. I think my first memory is Sesame Street." The same could be said for countless fans of the series that has netted a record 122 Emmys and has become one of TV's most enduring shows. See what Big Bird thinks has made Sesame Street so successful, what his Thanksgiving plans are and more!

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