Sesame Street, the children's television show that has been running since 1969, is about to make the switch to cable onto the adult-orientated subscription channel HBO. The premium cable channel and Sesame Workshop, which produces 'Sesame Street,' have announced a five-year deal that will expand the Sesame Street increase the amount of programming it produces. However, the deal means that no new episodes of the program will be see for free on PBS until well into the middle of next year. The first HBO-produced editions of the show will be shown in the fall, whilst viewers on PBS will have to make-do with reruns for at least nine months, until HBO send over the new material.New episodes will begin airing in the fall first on HBO which will also produce a Sesame Street Muppet spinoff seriesHBO is partnering with Sesame Street to offer the next five seasons of the iconic children’s classic on the premium network’s platformsThe pact means that Sesame Workshop will be able to produce almost twice as much new content as previous seasonAfter nine months of exclusive HBO broadcasts, the show will air on PBSSesame Street has been running since 1969
He said it provides his organization with 'critical funding' to continue producing the show and airing it on _, its home for 45 years.