TV Tuesday: On the Younger Side

[yourlibrarian]

Sesame Street has been picked up by Netflix and may be going global. Are there kids’ shows you wish were better known elsewhere?

How do you feel about the return of those shows in a different era (such as the new Muppets Show special on Disney+)? Are these shows underappreciated by general audiences?

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[yourlibrarian]

Relatedly, Global streamer Netflix reduced commissions for kids’ content between 2024 and 2025, even as its animation sensation KPop Demon Hunters surpassed one billion views.

So despite the Sesame Street pickup, "content aimed at children and families accounted for just 4% of the platform’s total commissions during those two years, down from 9% between 2022 and 2023."

I know that historically, children's programming was tied together with broadcasting license renewals as part of the public service mission of broadcast TV in the U.S. Don't know what the case might be with programming elsewhere in the world?