Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of "Sesame Street" that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with most of the show's second half (primarily "all Elmo, all the time") removed.
Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, citing the usual "changing viewer habits" and "positive affiliate reaction" reasons ... http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in "Sesame Street" over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers than a 20-minute "Elmo fest". When Elmo or another character/segment she didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some other activity. JD -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
