When I was a little kid, I spent a lot of time peeking into The Fix-It Shop. It was the place where toasters and picture frames were repaired on “Sesame Street,” and it was run by Luis, the only ...

It’s hard for me, a former child superfan of “Sesame Street,” to write about the show without sounding mawkish. It’s even harder now that I’ve got two small children of my own. So I might as well ...

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...