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Sesame Street Debuts on Crave, Beginning April 15
– Crave becomes the Canadian streaming home for SESAME STREET, beginning with Season 51 –
– Content set to join Crave includes SESAME STREET, COOKIE MONSTER’S FOODIE TRUCK, ELMO’S WORLD, SESAME STREET MECHA BUILDERS, and a special collection of classic SESAME STREET episodes –
– Content set to join Crave includes SESAME STREET, COOKIE MONSTER’S FOODIE TRUCK, ELMO’S WORLD, SESAME STREET MECHA BUILDERS, and a special collection of classic SESAME STREET episodes –
TORONTO – (April 12, 2022) – Crave confirmed today that it has secured a deal with Sesame Workshop to bring iconic Sesame Street programming to the platform. Crave becomes the Canadian streaming home of SESAME STREET when Season 51 drops on Friday, April 15, along with the Sesame Street: Classic Episodes Collection featuring 20 timeless episodes of the series.
Additional Sesame Workshop programming coming to Crave this year includes: SESAME STREET Season 52, COOKIE MONSTER’S FOODIE TRUCK, ELMO’S WORLD, ONCE UPON A SESAME STREET CHRISTMAS, and SESAME STREET MECHA BUILDERS, the upcoming new CGI-animated SESAME STREET spinoff series.
“With classic characters and educational storylines, the iconic Sesame Street brand continues to resonate with Canadians across all generations,” said Justin Stockman, Vice President, Content Development and Programming, Bell Media. “We’re thrilled to bolster our kids collection with Sesame Street programming, and ultimately increase the value of Crave with content for all ages.”
“As a nonprofit organization, we’re committed to helping kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder,” said Whit Higgins, Senior Vice President, International Media & Education and Global Distribution, Sesame Workshop. “We’re excited to work with Crave to help elevate our mission and extend the reach of our engaging educational content and our beloved characters in Canada.”
Additional information about Crave’s Sesame Street lineup is below:
SESAME STREET – Season 51, 35 Episodes (April 15)
- Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster are back for more fun than ever before! Thisseason the team takes on playful problem-solving by exploring how you learn! Join the whole gang as they problem-solve by asking themselves, “what if?,” and saying, “let’s try” when faced with a problem. Special guests include Kelsea Ballerini, Stephen and Ayesha Curry, Billy Porter, and Issa Rae.
- A collection featuring 20 memorable SESAME STREET episodes from over the years that include special guest appearances by R2-D2 and C-P30, Mr. Rogers, Robin Williams, Feist, James Earl Jones, and Ryan Reynolds.
- COOKIE MONSTER’S FOODIE TRUCK is a dynamic new way for kids to learn where their favourite foods come from. In each five-minute episode, Cookie Monster and his hilarious pal Gonger receive a video call from a child who orders a favorite dish.
- Welcome to Elmo’s wonderful world, a place full of wonder, joy, and learning! Elmo uses his imagination to transform his bedroom into “Elmo’s World.”
- Everyone’s favourite monsters are back! Catch Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster as the team takes on playful problem-solving by exploring how you learn. Elmo’s adopted puppy Tango makes her debut with special guest appearances by Jon Batiste, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Naomi Osaka, and others.
- See Sesame Street characters like you’ve never seen them before – as CGI-animated robo superheroes-in-training. The Mecha Builders problem solve out of this world situations.
- In this 2016 special, Elmo’s dad shares a bedtime story with Elmo about his great-great-grandmonster, back when Sesame Street was a very different place – when everyone was so grouchy that Santa didn’t even visit! With help with his friends, Elmo brings kindness, holiday cheer, and the spirit of Christmas to Sesame Street.
About Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We’re present in more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For more information, please visit sesameworkshop.org.
About Crave
Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO, HBO Max Originals, SHOWTIME®, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, is the exclusive Canadian streaming home of FRIENDS, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series.. Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund numerous film projects, and features acclaimed selections from some of Canada’s prestigious film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, HOT DOCS, ImagineNATIVE, and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival.
Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with thousands of hours of exclusive French-language content. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, select LG Smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, select Samsung Smart TVs, and Xbox One. It’s also available through participating service providers across ten, 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company, providing Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming on network, specialty, pay and digital platforms. Visit our website at Crave.ca.
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