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The 19 pages that link to Sesame Street, each with the reason it gives.

• Children's televisionBroader topic: Its research-based design demonstrated that mass entertainment television could support early learning.

• Educational televisionBroader topic: Its research-informed format became a defining model for preschool educational television.

• Peabody AwardsBroader topic: Its Peabody recognition reflects the awards’ inclusion of educational programming.

• PBSBroader topic: Its long-running partnership with public television made it one of PBS's signature programs.

• The Muppet ShowCompared with: It was Henson's other major television success, built for education rather than variety comedy.

• MuppetBroader topic: Its Muppet characters helped teach literacy, numeracy, and social skills through comedy and songs.

• Jim HensonBroader topic: Henson’s Muppet characters helped make the series’ educational material engaging and memorable.

• The Electric CompanyRelated: The Electric Company followed the Workshop’s first major television success with a reading-focused series.

• Joan Ganz CooneyBroader topic: Cooney helped shape this series as the central test of her educational television model.

• Itzhak PerlmanRelated: Perlman’s appearances introduced his violin playing to a broad television audience.

• Kermit the FrogRelated: Kermit appeared in the show's early years, often introducing segments.

• Lloyd MorrisettBroader topic: The series was the central project Morrisett and Cooney designed for preschool learning.

• Mister Rogers' NeighborhoodCompared with: Its faster, curriculum-driven format offers a useful contrast with Rogers's intimate, reflective style.

• Children's television seriesBroader topic: It combines puppetry, animation, and live action to teach early literacy and numeracy.

• Blue's CluesCompared with: Its research-based educational tradition preceded and informed later preschool television, including Blue's Clues.

• Buffy Sainte-MarieRelated: Her appearances introduced her music and Indigenous perspectives to young audiences.

• Luther VandrossRelated: Vandross appeared as a singer on the show early in his career.

• Rubber duckRelated: Ernie’s attachment to a rubber duck helped make the toy a pop-culture emblem.

• Toots ThielemansBroader topic: Thielemans’s harmonica features in the series’ familiar theme music.