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Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Re: Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Post by netfl0 »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #28
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

Can you tell me more about the Elmoization of Sesame Street?

> It premiered on November 16, 1998, as part of the show's structural change and originally ran fifteen minutes at the end of each episode until 2009, but was then rebooted in 2017. It was designed to appeal to younger viewers and to increase ratings, which had fallen in the past decade. The segment is presented from the perspective of a three-year-old child as represented by its host, the Muppet Elmo, performed by Kevin Clash in the original series and Ryan Dillon in the 2017 reboot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo%27s_World

Re: Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Post by op00to »

shitloadofbooks wrote: post #29
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

What is "pre-elmoization" Sesame Street and why do you think it's better?

Elmo talked to children like babies. Before elmo, Sesame Street treated children as adults. They still do at times.

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Ericson2314 wrote: post #28
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

Can you tell me more about the Elmoization of Sesame Street?

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Post by shantly »

shitloadofbooks wrote: post #29
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

What is "pre-elmoization" Sesame Street and why do you think it's better?

Big Bird used to clearly be the "main" or primary point-of-view character. He behaved somewhat older than the lower range of the target audience and so was a good aspirational, but not unrelatably-old, character for them.

Then Elmo became highly bankable (Tickle Me Elmo) and they leaned hard on him. Elmo is... not as good for modeling behavior and interactions.

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Post by vhold »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #28
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

Can you tell me more about the Elmoization of Sesame Street?

Sesame street was considerably funkier, psychedelic and kind of gritty. Elmo was a herald of a much cleaner and sort of infantilized Sesame Street. The massive commercial success of the Elmo toys especially made it feel like it had become very commercial and a lot less grassroots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwio5qGg8o4

Re: Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Post by aguyfromnb »

gtirloni wrote: post #3

I would expect PBS, of all TV stations, to be less constrained by distribution contracts and to be able to stream their content worldwide. Instead, they choose Youtube TV which is US-only.

>Instead, they choose Youtube TV which is US-only.

I'm an avid PBS Frontline viewer (some of the best documentaries out there). As a Canadian, I can watch most of them on the PBS website, but the odd time an episode will be rights restricted. I assume this is because of footage or music that they are unable to clear the licenses for outside of the US. And really, as a publicly funded broadcaster, why should they care about me in Canada?

Re: Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Post by bcrosby95 »

shitloadofbooks wrote: post #29
shantly wrote: post #26

I still just want one simple place to stream all (most, or half, even, would be great, for that matter) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and pre-Elmoization Sesame Street for my kids. Anything else would be a welcome bonus but I mostly just want those.

What is "pre-elmoization" Sesame Street and why do you think it's better?

Because kids don't learn anything from Elmo, especially when he's running the show. He represents a child at their pinnacle of overtly bad behavior problems: a toddler. He's pure entertainment: loud, bright red, and obnoxious.

Obviously kids love it.

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