Sesame Street Season 48 begins shooting, HBO premiere set for November 2017

[Oscarfan]

It's almost as if the Muppet characters are objectively more popular than the human ones, therefore they'd get better treatment...

 

[D'Snowth]

Nothing, so why do you keep derailing every single Sesame topic about it?

 

[Censored]

Nothing, so why do you keep derailing every single Sesame topic about it?

I wasn't. I was commenting. I'm sorry if someone is forcing you to read it.

 

[D'Snowth]

Yeah, you're right, and I'm sorry your obsessive and compulsive behavior exhausted my patience to the point that I was goaded into a slight transgression.

 

[Censored]

Yeah, you're right, and I'm sorry your obsessive and compulsive behavior exhausted my patience to the point that I was goaded into a slight transgression.

Ok. I forgive you.

 

[Censored]

It's almost as if the Muppet characters are objectively more popular than the human ones, therefore they'd get better treatment...

Now, what did the human characters ever do to you?

 

[Oscarfan]

Nothing. I'm not pleased with the move, but it happened and it's time to move on. Half you don't watch the show today anyway; you still have your memories and YouTube clips to honor their legacy.

 

[Censored]

Nothing. I'm not pleased with the move, but it happened and it's time to move on. Half you don't watch the show today anyway; you still have your memories and YouTube clips to honor their legacy.

Their dismissal was unnecessary and you know it.

 

[Oscarfan]

Probably. They were appearing less and less each season still. Bob called the show a "hobby" as of a few years ago. It's nice that they were still around, but if they're relegated to a two-second cameo or whatever, I think that's a waste. Either use them fully or don't.

If anything seems sour, it's that it seems that the producers and such weren't 100% clear with the cast with their intentions. And it's not as if SW directly told the news outlets and such what their plans were. All the foofarah around their departure I blame on Steve Swanson, who broke the story and tried getting everyone's attention to it using a confusingly worded, out-of-context soundbite.

Bottom line, SS did what it had to do to survive in the current TV climate, which is in a spot nobody 10 years ago would've predicted. Yes, that's a shame it's focus on bottom line tactics, but to paraphrase Sonia: she agrees, but if the show is reflective of the times, that that is much more indicative of our society and not the show.

 

[Censored]

Probably. They were appearing less and less each season still. Bob called the show a "hobby" as of a few years ago. It's nice that they were still around, but if they're relegated to a two-second cameo or whatever, I think that's a waste. Either use them fully or don't.

Oh yes, all or nothing. The best way to approach a situation.