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The Sesame Street experience is nearly universal, beginning with the television programs, extending through magazines, licensed products, daycare centers and grass-roots outreach efforts:
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In the U.S. alone, there are over 74 million "graduates" of Sesame Street. |
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Approximately 8 million people in the U.S. tune in to Sesame Street each week. |
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Sesame Street is the number one program recalled by mothers of children ages 6 months to 11 years who were asked to name any children's program. |
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More mothers with a child under 3 watch Sesame Street than any other children's program on commercial television. |
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Parents of preschoolers are most likely to choose Sesame Street as the one program they would want their child to watch. |
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To date, Sesame Street has won 97 Emmy Awards - more Emmys than any other television show in history. |
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Sesame Street and its international co-productions have aired in over 120 countries since its inception, making it the most widely viewed children's series in the world. |
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A portion of the proceeds received from the sales of Sesame Street products help fund Sesame Workshop's educational programs worldwide. |
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Sesame Street books and magazines are published in 5 continents and many languages to delight and educate children the world over. In 2004, over 18 million Sesame Street books and magazines were sold worldwide. |
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New children's book categories will be introduced in Spring 2005, including value-added Novelty Books, Educational Workbooks and Flashcards, as well as expanded traditional categories such as Coloring/Activity Books and traditional Storybooks. |
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Sesame Street has a series of award-winning CD ROMs, PlayStation and GameBoy titles, as well as a web site - www.sesameworkshop.org - that educates and entertains over 1,000,000 visitors each month. Online tools have also been developed for Publishing Licensees to aid in creative development and content re-purposing, including a browseable archive of over 250 book and magazine titles. |
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Healthy Habits for Life is a content-driven initiative developed to help young children and their caregivers establish an early foundation of healthy eating and exercising. Overall health and well-being is a crucial part of our ever-developing Sesame Street curriculum. |
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Sesame Workshop, the producers of Sesame Street, provides educational resources featuring Sesame Street characters that are used by Ready to Learn Coordinators in workshops with caregivers and parents.
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