Sesame Street

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In this Aug. 22, 2001 photo, Muppets Bert, left, and Ernie, from the children's program "Sesame Street," are shown in New York. Under a new partnership announced Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, by Sesame Workshop and HBO, the premium cable channel will carry the next five seasons of "Sesame Street" on HBO and its related platforms. PBS, the long-time home of the children's program, will continue to air the show as well. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser/File)

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This image released by PBS shows "Sesame Street" character Murray Monster, left, and actor Benedict Cumberbatch during the taping of a video posted Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, on PBS' YouTube channel. (AP Photo/PBS)

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This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Murray Monster, left, and actor Benedict Cumberbatch during the taping of a video for "Sesame Street," posted Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, on PBS' YouTube channel. (AP Photo/Sesame Workshop)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 24, 2011, file photo, then-Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash poses with the "Sesame Street" muppet in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

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**FILE** Puppeteer Kevin Clash poses Jan. 24, 2011, with "Sesame Street" muppet Elmo for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film "Being Elmo" in Park City, Utah. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Big Bird is a longtime character on the children's television show "Sesame Street." (Associated Press)

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will join Elmo for Thursday's episode of the children's show "Sesame Street." He visited the set a few months ago, before the start of the NFL season, to record the segment. (Sesame Street via Associated Press)

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Preschool students at the Lessie Bates Davis Family Resource Center in East St. Louis, Ill., watch a new episode of "Sesame Street" on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/The Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)