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" The network that brought you bloody shows like\u00A0Game of Thrones\u00A0and\u00A0The Sopranos\u00A0is going in a decidedly fuzzier direction.\u00A0ABC News\u00A0reports that the premium cable channel\u00A0will be first to show new episodes of...\u00A0Sesame Street. Yes, the\u00A0next five seasons of\u00A0Sesame Street\u00A0will be available on HBO, HBO on\u00A0demand, and streaming\u00A0platforms HBO Go\u00A0and HBO Now. With this deal, Sesame Workshop now has the budget to produce twice as much content compared to previous seasons. It&amp;#039;ll start a\u00A0Sesame Street\u00A0Muppet spinoff series, and make new educational series for children. And it\u00A0isn&amp;#039;t totally abnormal for HBO to feature kids&amp;#039; content;\u00A0it has a separate digital cable channel dedicated to child-friendly shows. But don&amp;#039;t worry if you don&amp;#039;t pay for premium cable and your little one\u00A0starts griping. Episodes of\u00A0Sesame Street\u00A0will still air on PBS, just nine months after they air on HBO. New episodes will start airing on HBO as early as this fall. All episodes will be 30 minutes long, which is new for the show; Sesame Street has been an hourlong program since it started in 1969. This isn&amp;#039;t exactly\u00A0the first time that\u00A0HBO has intersected with the residents of\u00A0Sesame Street. Everyone&amp;#039;s favorite puppet show\u00A0has produced spot-on parodies of\u00A0Game of Thrones\u00A0and\u00A0The Sopranos,\u00A0among others.\u00A0Take a look at a few highlights.\u00A0                             "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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