“Sesame Street” characters new and old. Encircling Big Bird, clockwise from top left: Basma, from the Arabic-language version of the show, “Ahlan Simsim”; cousins Gabrielle and Tamir, recent additions to the U.S.
show; Ahlan Simsim’s Jad; Ernie; Bert; Cookie Monster; Abby Cadabby; Elmo and his dog, Tango; Rosita; Julia; Grover.As the second week of March 2020 neared its end, the producers ofwere days away from wrapping principal photography on the program’s 51st season. They never quite got there—at least not in customary fashion., like so many workplaces, was abruptly shut down in response to the rapid onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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