I hope Sesame Workshop never sells the company

[salemfan]

If you really think Disney wouldn’t absolutely ruin the show in some way then it really shows what little you know of the company.

I was expanding the issue beyond the show. But you're telling me it's not just the show Disney would worsen, they'd worsen all of the franchise-books, direct-to-video programs, apps, live shows, initiatives. In fact, the organization that used to be Children's Television Workshop (CTW) changed its name to Sesame Workshop because they (including the Sesame Street franchise for which they were known) had expanded beyond TV shows, meaning that Sesame Street had expanded beyond just being a TV show.
You probably bet that the "Little Children, Big Challenges" initiative and the "See Amazing In All Children" initiative about autism and the newer book series "Sesame Street Tough Topics" would get worsened if Sesame Street became a Disney property. What would Disney do to those initiatives? And as I was asking, would those aforementioned long out-of-print books from the 70s get reissued by Disney Publishing Worldwide?

 

[salemfan]

After all, Disney is continuing to make pointless live-action remakes, and making sequels that nobody is asking for, including Toy Story 5 and Ice Age 6.

Ice Age wasn't even an original Disney property. They own it from the acquisition of 20th Century Fox. But have they ruined The Simpsons or Star Wars?

 

[salemfan]

It is probably best for me to point out that Bill Nye the Science Guy, which was on PBS, was a co-production of Disney.

 

[Spongybobchum]

I know most of this talk is about Disney, but i think Paramount buying SS won't be much better.
The show would likely have to move to Nick Jr if that happened (one good thing that could happen from it is Paw Patrol finally dying), and the social media accounts would likely become plagued with useless posts of Paramount-owned characters crossing over with the SS gang (they did that to the Garfield social media ever since 2019).
And R.I.P. Sesamestreet.org, too.
And likely R.I.P. Sesamstrasse because i don't think Paramount will pay to keep that running. They'll likely replace it with a German dub on Nick Jr Germany.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Wait, is that what’s happening?

 

[salemfan]

Since Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO, which has been the broadcaster of Sesame Street for a few years and old episodes have been available on Max (also owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) , would Warner Bros. Discovery make things worse if they became the owner of the Sesame Street franchise?

 

[Spongybobchum]

Since Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO, which has been the broadcaster of Sesame Street for a few years and old episodes have been available on Max (also owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) , would Warner Bros. Discovery make things worse if they became the owner of the Sesame Street franchise?

Yup.

 

[salemfan]

Yup.

Why would Warner Bros. Discovery still make things worse if they became the owner of the Sesame Street franchise rather than Disney?

 

[salemfan]

Wait, is that what’s happening?

No, this is a thread that started when somebody expressed a hope that Sesame Workshop would never sell the company. It was started right after the rights to the Muppets were sold to Disney, three years after the Jim Henson Company sold all of their share in the rights to Sesame Street to Sesame Workshop.

 

[salemfan]

After all, Disney is continuing to make pointless live-action remakes

I know this was from before there had been so many live-action remakes of Disney cartoon movies, but do you feel the live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians (which was based on a Dodie Smith book) was a pointless move?