First, many viewers are very young — some just 18 months old, or even younger. Parents trusted “Sesame Street” — which ... to ...

For the first time in its 52-year run, Sesame Street is welcoming an Asian-American muppet. Meet Ji-Young: A 7-year-old Korean-American who will make her Sesame Street debut on Thanksgiving.

Since its launch in 1969, the show has often been kids’ first ... a street and a community that closely resembles what kids experience,” says Jeffrey D. Dunn, who arrived to run Sesame ...