Play with Me Sesame: What happened?

[Buff Beaker]

why did play with me sesame fail? Why did the show not last very long?

 

[D'Snowth]

I'm going to go out on a limb and theorize that Sesame Workshop selling off their part ownership of Noggin to Viacom played a major factor in it.

 

[Buff Beaker]

That makes sense. But why couldn't have sesame workshop continue the show on pbs instead of noggin ?

 

[MWoO]

I mean, there wasn't really any reason for the show to exist other than to give Nogin a show with name recognition.

 

[Buff Beaker]

I mean, there wasn't really any reason for the show to exist other than to give Nogin a show with name recognition.

Yeah I agree. I wish sesame could find a way to make a really good spin off show.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Give Elmo a spin off, tbh. That way his segments which, quite frankly feel out of place in the main show anyway, don't take up time on SST.

 

[Oscarfan]

Um, PWMS was an innocuous little show on a preschool cable channel. It had no lofty goals like the regular Sesame. It strove to be nothing more than a half-hour of engaging content, that's it. It didn't "fail" because it only had three seasons. It was barely a thing to even think to consider a failure.

 

[MuppetSpot]

I think it was basically a cheap way to have puppeteers and such do a Sesame spin off without doing much effort.

 

[Buff Beaker]

I think it was basically a cheap way to have puppeteers and such do a Sesame spin off without doing much effort.

Yeah. I wish SW would do a proper spinoff for sesame. Maybe about Murrary? (Just Kidding)