Sesame street articles
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'Sesame Street' writers reach tentative contract deal, averting strike
Writers Guild of America members employed by Sesame Workshop have struck a tentative contract deal with management, averting a strike after negotiations stalled over compensation and union representation for the nonprofit organization's animation and social media staff. The bargaining unit of 35 — which includes the "Sesame Street" writing staff — and Sesame Workshop settled on a new five-year contract Friday, the day their previous agreement expired. The new deal includes jurisdiction and...
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'Jim Henson Idea Man' takes a look at the creative mind behind 'Sesame Street'
The new documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” examines the life of the man behind “The Muppets” and “Sesame Street.”
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Sesame Street writers reach tentative agreement to avoid going on S-T-R-I-K-E
Devastating the collective political cartoonists of America—forced to crumple up potentially hundreds of hastily scrawled cartoons depicting Bert and Ernie screaming slogans while out on the picket lines—Deadline reports tonight that the Writers Guild Of America has reached a tentative agreement with Sesame Workshop, likely avoiding a strike that could have shut down production of long-running children’s educational series Sesame Street. The 35 writers on the series had authorized a vote to...