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Posted Wednesday 9/19/18 at 10:06PM EDT
Sesame Street posts video titled “Bert and Ernie Sing the Ding Along Song!” after hubbub over whether they're gay
As Slate points out, "Sesame Street’s latest move in a controversy over whether Bert and Ernie are gay was to...
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Posted Wednesday 9/19/18 at 2:34PM EDT
Ex-Sesame Street writer says his comments about Bert and Ernie being gay were misinterpreted
Mark Saltzman told Queerty he always saw Bert and Ernie as a "loving couple" inspired by his relationship with his...
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Sesame Street is wrong to say Bert and Ernie can't have a sexual orientation because they're puppets
Sesame Workshop quickly refuted ex-Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman's apparent confirmation to Queerty that Bert and Ernie are gay, saying...
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Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 3:13PM EDT
Sesame Street responds after ex-writer says Bert and Ernie are a gay couple: They "do not have a sexual orientation"
Mark Saltzman, who began writing for Sesame Street in 1984, said in an interview with Queerty the duo are a...
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Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 8:17AM EDT
Pampers gets rid of Sesame Street characters amid gender concerns
Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch no longer appear on Pampers diapers after complaints that Sesame Street...
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Posted Monday 9/10/18 at 2:00PM EDT
BBC announces Poldark will end with Season 5
The BBC period drama starring Aidan Turner based on Winston Graham's 12-book saga has begun filming on its fifth and...
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Posted Wednesday 9/05/18 at 3:54PM EDT
Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony will feature tributes from Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Jerry Seinfeld
The Oct.
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Posted Tuesday 8/21/18 at 10:26PM EDT
Betty White pokes fun at the title of her PBS special, Betty White: First Lady Of Comedy
"That means the oldest lady of television — and definitely gives a hint to my age," says the 96-year-old TV...
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Posted Saturday 8/11/18 at 4:53AM EDT
George R.R. Martin says in a PBS interview how The Lord of the Rings influenced Game of Thrones
The author spoke to The Great American Read about how the death of a Lord of the Rings character inspired...
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Posted Wednesday 8/01/18 at 1:35PM EDT
PBS special will celebrate Betty White's 80 years in show business with a special featuring Mary Tyler Moore's last interview
Betty White: First Lady of Television airs Aug.
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Posted Tuesday 7/31/18 at 1:32PM EDT
PBS Newshour's Judy Woodruff: Why we never say President Trump is lying
“I understand it's a term that’s used a lot now in news coverage, our view is that lying is not...
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Posted Tuesday 7/31/18 at 4:36AM EDT
PBS may be done with The Great British Baking Show
PBS CEO Paula Kerger says airings of American broadcasts of old The Great British Bake-Off episodes will stop after Season...
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Posted Tuesday 7/31/18 at 4:36AM EDT
Victoria Season 3 will kick off in 1848
With Prince Albert’s famed Great Exhibition of 1851 approaching, “I think we can safely say we’re not going to lose...
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PBS orders documentaries on Woodstock and Reconstruction, plus Ken Burns' The Gene
PBS announced it will mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival next year with a two-hour...
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Posted Monday 7/30/18 at 1:49PM EDT
PBS to air Mister Rogers documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The acclaimed film, which has earned $20 million at the box office this summer, will be shown as part of...