end of the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, 3-year-old viewers had increased by 41 percent, 4-year-olds by 4 percent, and 5-year-olds by 21 percent. According to The New York Times, executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente "was itching to revamp the final segment" even before production of Elmo's World ended, but was prevented by the apparent satisfaction of the viewers and by tight budgets. They were also reluctant to replace the segment; as writer Joey Mazzarino explained, it was "an emotionally charged process" because Freudberg had become ill and was not present for the discussions about it.Elmo's World was replaced by Elmo: The Musical in 2012. Elmo's World continued to appear on repeats of Sesame Street, on DVDs, and on the show's website, which sold products related to the segment. In 2017, the 47th season of Sesame Street began airing on the cable subscription service HBO; Elmo's World returned, in a newly designed segment that ran five minutes at the end of each episode. Steve Youngwood, the Sesame Workshop's CEO, called it "fresh, contemporary". Footnotes References External links Elmo's World at official sesamestreet.org website Works cited Clash, Kevin, Gary Brozek, and Louis Henry Mitchell (2006). My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud. New York: Random House. Davis, Michael (2008). Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. New York: Viking Penguin. Fisch, Shalom M. and Lewis Bernstein (2001). "Formative Research Revealed: Methodological and Process Issues in Formative Research", In Shalom M. Fisch & Rosemarie T. Truglio. "G" is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street. Mahweh, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers. Gikow, Louise A. (2009). Sesame Street: A Celebration— Forty Years of Life on the Street.'' New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Herman, Karen (2004-07-20). Archive of American Television. Sesame Street segments Sesame Street 1998 American television series debuts 2009 American television series endings 2017 American television series debuts 2021 American television series endings 1990s American children's television series 2000s American children's television series 2010s American children's television series 2020s American children's television series 1990s preschool education television series 2000s preschool education television series 2010s preschool education television series 2020s preschool education television series American preschool education television series American television shows featuring puppetry Television controversies in the United States Television series about children