NEW YORK -- Grab your hankies: To help kids coping with a parent in prison, "Sesame Street" created a Muppet whose father can't play with him because he's in jail. "Sesame Street" has always made it ...

Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and idealistic. And it has evolved, much like the New York City streets that inspired it. By Anna Kodé and Winnie Au In the ...