Sesame Street hits the open market

For a lot of people, the MOST famous street in America since the late 60′s has been an imaginary one. Now, the future of Sesame Street is a lot less certain.

According to an exclusive story in THR, HBO and Max have decided the juice isn’t worth the squeeze when it comes to the children’s show that debuted in 1969.

The streamer, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is going to keep library episodes of the long-running children’s show for now, but new episodes will have to find another platform to possibly foot the bill.

Sesame Street debuted on public television stations around the US on November 10, 1969. It was considered the first preschool educational television program to base its show content on child research. Now the show is left looking for ways to bring itself into the future.

The folks who run the show recently announced they were coming up with ways to reimagine the show in time for it’s 56th season. Sesame Workshop will drop the magazine-style format of the long-running children’s show in 2025. Instead, they plan on using a longer narrative-driven style, paired with a new cartoon “Tales From 123″

Meanwhile, over at Max, kids shows are about to take a backseat to anything else. Adult productions, and what the streamer calls “family fare” like the upcoming Harry Potter series are the kinds of projects they’ll be focusing on moving forward.