Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump picks up funds

Sesame Street and Netflix have reached a deal that will appear on streaming platforms after U.S. President Donald Trump funded the free airline channel PBS.

Netflix said the iconic program is “a cornerstone of children’s media, fascinating young people and fostering a love for learning.”

From later this year, Netflix will offer its 300 million subscribers a new season of the show and 90 hours of the first few episodes while still using it on PBS.

Sesame Street is also facing an uncertain future after entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the HBO platform.

Earlier this month, Trump issued an executive order to prevent the federal government from funding PBS and radio network NPR and accused them of “biased and partisan news coverage.”

The government agency Public Broadcasting Corporation has since supported the two broadcasters and has since announced the termination of a federal initiative that funded children's programs, including Sesame Street.

According to the deal, PBS will visit the Sesame Street episode the same day it was released on Netflix.

In the late 1960s, Sesame Street co-founders Lloyd Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney taught American children in a novel way.

A team led by developmental psychologists works with the founders of Sesame to analyze child psychology and create entertainment courses.

They collaborated with Muppets creator Jim Henson to create characters like Big Bird, a set that looks like a city street.

Since its debut on November 10, 1969, thousands of kids have grown up with the theme song of the show “Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?”

Over the past few decades, the program and its roles have surpassed the small screen.

Pop character Elmo entered the public policy focus when he was invited to discuss music education in Congress in 2002.

During the 2006 childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, Sesame Street raised the Healthy Habits segment designed to teach children about eating and exercising.

Cookie Monster declares Cookis “sometimes food” and teaches children a balanced diet.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama also visited Sesame Studio to film the segment about healthy eating.

Netflix has been increasing its focus on children’s content, accounting for 15% of its services.

It also announced Tuesday that new episodes of Peppa Pig and a mobile game with puzzles and coloring activities are coming.

The animated show centers on the adventure of a four-year-old piglet named Peppa, who lives with her family in a fictional British town.