in 2022, but abortion remains an unsettled issue in several. A licensing law in Missouri stood to curtail abortions until it was
Perez told The Associated Press in an interview before the ceremony that there would be news about Sesame Workshop’s future released “in the coming days.” Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery decided not to renew its deal for new episodes that air on HBO and Max, though episodes will remain on the streaming service until 2027.“’Sesame Street’ is not going to go away,” Perez said. “It will never go away. It’s obviously been a beloved show for so long.”
However, there are changes coming to the new season, which currently has no distribution deal. Perez said the segments on the new season will be longer and “really focused on character,” while also focusing on its audience’s emotional well-being and development.“The more kids want to hang out with our characters on ‘Sesame Street,’ the more they’re going to take in those lessons,” said Perez, adding that there would also be updates to the show’s look and feel. The new season will also feature more exploration of the “Sesame Street” neighborhood and a look inside the legendary two-story brownstone at 123 Sesame Street.Though Sesame Workshop receives only a small amount of government funding, Perez urged viewers to support public media, especially following President Donald Trump’s
to cut funding to PBS and NPR.“We believe in the power that public funding has for children’s media,” he said. “I think people should support their local PBS affiliates and support children’s media because it is an entry point for children to really start to see the world outside of their homes.”
Jayaram said she felt the time was right to for the Elevate Prize Foundation to stand with The Sesame Workshop and its work.
“This is a foundation that’s about social impact,” she said. “So the symbolism of us joining forces with a children’s program is to say that even though our leaders are grown adults, it’s the child in all of us that we need to revive and remember our essential values as humans.”Though Lineker is leaving his role at “Match of the Day,” he has signed a contract extension that will see him host the national broadcaster’s coverage of the FA Cup through to 2026 as well as next year’s World Cup tournament in North America. He has for years been the BBC’s highest paid star.
Prior to Lineker’s apology, the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie said the broadcaster’s reputation is “held by everyone and when someone makes a mistake, it costs us.”He added: “And I think we absolutely need people to be the exemplars of BBC values and follow our social media policies, simple as that.”
The Campaign Against Antisemitism has urged Davie to sack Lineker, who is also the co-founder of the hugely successful “Goalhanger” podcasts, makers of the popular “The Rest is History” series and its spin-offs about politics, football, entertainment and money.“As the BBC’s highest-paid presenter and owner of a major media enterprise, maybe he knows exactly what he’s doing,” a spokersperson for the organization said. “Having looked the other way until now, at this point, it is clear that Mr. Lineker’s continued association with the BBC is untenable. He must go.”