“Sesame Street” is back on the market, TheWrap has learned. HBO and Max have opted not to renew their deal with the children’s leader, which involved new episodes of “Sesame Street” first coming to the Warner Bros. Discovery companies.
In 2016, HBO struck a deal with Sesame Street Workshop so that new episodes of the series would come to HBO first before airing on PBS. It’s that portion of the deal that’s coming to an end.
This decision is based on a strategy shift for Max, which will pivot to focus more on adult and family programming rather than children’s content.