Sesame Street Premieres New Episodes Throughout March

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street, but season 49 still has a little ways to go. The iconic preschool series kicked off March with a new episode, “Mechanics in Space,” and will roll out new content all month, with fresh episodes debuting Saturday mornings at 9 a.m ET on HBO.

The alphabet is the subject in “Fixing X,” premiering on March 9. Big Bird and Snuffy are the hosts of “The Letter of the Day Show” on Sesame Street and learn all about how the letter “X” can come at the end of a word. In “Elmo Goes to Chicken School,” debuting March 16, Elmo helps Professor Buck Awe teach a class of chickens using strategies he learned in preschool. Andy Grammer guest stars.

In “Walking the Dog,” premiering March 23, Elmo wants to be a dog walker just like dog walker Grover. His friends help him practice by pretending to be different kinds of dogs. Finally, Elmo and his dad become engineers as they design a “toy putter awayer” to help Elmo put away his toys in “Elmo the Engineer,” premiering March 30.

Sesame Street is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms. Older episodes are available via PBS KIDS.

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James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book and Co-President of The International Toy Magazines Association (ITMA). He is also a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC), New York Comic Con, Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.