I was relieved to read your last paragraph. The story sounds like the kind of thing we are supposed to respond to with something like outrage that they are screwing with an iconic cultural tradition. But based on my SS experience, extensive but now about 12 years removed from my last real exposure, it sounds to me like this story could be headlined: "PBS Fixes Sesame Street".
On Thursday, August 13, 2015, <[email protected]> wrote: > Last fall, PBS quietly unveiled a half-hour edition of "Sesame Street" > that aired hand-in-hand with the original 60-minute version. The > 30-minute edition was essentially a condensed version of the original, with > most of the show's second half (primarily "all Elmo, all the time") removed. > > Now, the 60-minute version will be gone altogether come mid-November, as > PBS and Sesame Workshop have opted to go just with the 30-minute version, > citing the usual "changing viewer habits" and "positive affiliate reaction" > reasons ... > > > http://current.org/2015/08/pbs-will-drop-hourlong-sesame-street-from-fall-schedule/ > > I'm the father of a soon-to-be pre-kindergartner, and she lost interest in > "Sesame Street" over the course of the last year. But when she did watch, > I noticed she did not have any interest in watching the full hour. Her > preference was watching segments that interested her -- she was more > enthralled in watching, say, a two-minute lesson on letters and numbers > than a 20-minute "Elmo fest". When Elmo or another character/segment she > didn't care for popped up, we'd leave the room to color, read, or some > other activity. > > > JD > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
