This first episode of "Sesame Street" — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. "'Sesame Street' was 100% about education." That turns out not to be true, and "Sesame Street" now delivers 10-minute narratives. In 2016, Levine and economist Melissa Kearney at the University of Maryland produced one of the most widely cited studies about the impact of "Sesame Street." "There's no question that the introduction of 'Sesame Street' was a good thing," Levine said.

Source: ABC News November 05, 2019 16:41 UTC