Sesame Street has been through so many things over its long 40 year history... maybe even 41 or 42 year history, if you count the preproduction years... and I think the show has been struggling on and off since the 90's, due in part to people leaving or passing on, and the horrible state that kid's shows were in the 90's (we don't need examples, we all know them).... and I feel every so often, the show loses and finds itself over and over. I still feel the show is the best preschool kid's show around, and it keeps true to its experimental nature it had since inception. And it deserves all the awards it gets and more. No other show in history accomplished what SS has... and I'm not talking about just the show itself... it did so much for the world.