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Sesame Street episode airdates

Boober_Gorg

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The following is a list of all the Sesame Street episode airdates I've been able to collect. Much of my research wouldn't be accurate without the help of the Museum of TV and Radio (for the most part but not always), Dave Norman and Greg Brobeck, to whom I owe much gratitude. I also got a lot of help from this useful website ...

1: 11/10/69
8: 11/19/69
43: 1/7/70
54: 1/22/70
83: 3/4/70
131: 11/9/70
158: 11/16/70
162: 11/22/70
198: 2/10/71
536: 11/19/73
560: 12/21/73
666: 11/4/74
796: 12/1/75
871: 3/15/76
926: 11/29/76
1037: 5/3/77
1041: 5/9/77
1056: 11/7/77 (TV Season lists this airdate as 11/8/77, but that was a Tuesday)
1090: 12/23/77
1091: 12/26/77 (Christmas Day observed)
1092: 12/27/77
1093: 12/28/77
1094: 12/29/77
1095: 12/30/77
1141: 3/6/78 (MT&R lists this airdate as 4/1/78, but that was a Saturday, so it might've been a weekend airing)
1186: 10/19/78 (MT&R claims it aired on this day, but I think they're wrong - this was a Thursday, and SS seasons usually premiered in November or December)
1316: 12/10/79
1364: 2/14/80
1396: 3/31/80
1836: 11/21/83
1839: 11/24/83 (Thanksgiving)
1933: 4/4/84
2096: 11/18/85
2122: 12/24/85
2123: 12/25/85
2124: 12/26/85
2125: 12/27/85
2173: 3/5/86
2179: 3/13/86
2208: 4/23/86
2356: 11/16/87
2358: 11/18/87
2404: 1/21/88
2432: 3/1/88
2440: 3/11/88
2475: 4/29/88
2476: 5/2/88
2477: 5/3/88
2481: 5/9/88
2482: 5/10/88
2483: 5/11/88
2485: 5/13/88
2486: 11/21/88
2558: 3/1/89
2574: 3/23/89
2606: 5/8/89
2607: 5/9/89
2608: 5/10/89
2609: 5/11/89
2610: 5/12/89
2615: 5/19/89
2616: 11/13/89
2691: 2/26/90
2746: 11/12/90 (Veterans' Day observed)
2773: 12/19/90
2776: 12/24/90
2795: 1/18/91
2817: 2/19/91 (the day before my 8th birthday :big_grin: )
2822: 2/26/91
2874: 5/9/91

Interesting that the Hawaii and Miles episodes aired during the holiday season. CTW had good timing. :smile:

If anyone has any airdates from (good) seasons that I didn't list, feel free to post them here - I'll know where to go from there. :wink:
 

ssetta

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Well, I don't know if it's necessarily 'good' timing, because who watches SS on Christmas Day?
 
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