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Sesame Street
The best lesson on grief ever made aired in 1983, and it starred a giant yellow bird 🐤💛
Who it's for
Sesame Street is the most researched show on TV; a 2013 meta-analysis (Mares & Pan) found positive learning effects across 15 countries.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Sesame Street is a children's educational series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, first broadcast in 1969, combining live action, sketch comedy, animation and Jim Henson's Muppets around a research-based curriculum to prepare young children for school. On a city street, human residents and Muppets share everyday stories, songs and lessons.
Where to find it
PBS; first-run episodes on HBO/Max 2016–2025 and on Netflix from November 2025 (alongside PBS). Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Some episodes on grief and divorce.
Age: TV-Y (all ages)
Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 10
