I’m not sure whether this qualifies as a guilty pleasure or just an embarrassingly innocent one, but sometimes, when I’m feeling really crummy, I watch “Sesame Street.” Soothing, sunny, sweet but ...

Holiday specials have been kicking butt ratings-wise this year, perhaps as a temporary antidote to everything else that’s happenings in the world. Holiday specials have been kicking butt ratings-wise ...

My son Finn is 3 this Christmas so he’s really starting to get into the fun of the Christmas countdown. So what if Advent started on Sunday? We started opening doors the minute Pottery Barn Kids’ ...

If you ever wondered just how solid and confident the “Sesame Street” franchise remains, consider that one of the jokes in this year’s showcase “Elmo” special revolves around “The Sopranos.” Given ...

FINALLY – a Christmas special just like the ones I used to know. It’s tomorrow night’s “Elmo’s Christmas Countdown” on ABC, and it’s from the “Sesame Street” gang – so you know it’s good. Seems that ...

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Christmas -- it’s a time for Christmas specials. Of course (clears throat, tucks thumbs into suspenders, rocks back on heels) in my day, they really knew how to make those things, how to sock a lot of ...

Sesame Street's Elmo shows off his NASA-issued boarding pass for the Orion test flight, launching on Dec. 4. (Sesame Workshop) Can you tell me how to get, how to get to... Mars? Elmo, Cookie Monster ...

There's a miracle on Sesame Street in this special holiday tale. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their new friend Stiller the Elf are going to count down to Christmas with the Christmas Counter-Downer. But ...