Netflix Sets Premiere Dates for ‘Sesame Street,’ New Season of ‘Ms. Rachel’

Netflix is ready to tell its subscribers how to get to Sesame Street.

The streaming giant has set premiere dates for a slew of its kids and family programming, including the debut of Sesame Street on its service, as well as season two of Ms. Rachel, which has consistently been on the Netflix top 10 list since it debuted earlier this year.

Season 56 of Sesame Street will debut on Netflix November 10, with season two of Ms. Rachel dropping Sept. 1. Those shows join a previously announced fall slate that includes new Blippi and Cocomelon shows, Dr. Seuss shows, and season 12 of Gabby’s Dollhouse, which will launch Nov. 17.

Sesame Street had been debuting new episodes on HBO and HBO Max since 2016, but the Warner Bros. Discovery platform opted not to renew its deal with Sesame Workshop last year, putting the program’s future availability in question.

Netflix stepped in May, inking a deal for the show beginning with this year’s new season, also striking an unusual arrangement that will see new episodes become available on PBS the same day they premiere on Netflix, ensuring wide availability of the show. Sesame Workshop is planning a new format for Sesame Street this season, dropping the magazine format in favor of a longer narrative-driven format, paired with a new animated segment Tales From 123.

Ms. Rachel, meanwhile, has emerged as one of Netflix’s biggest preschool hits, taking the content that she had created for YouTube and repurposing it for a new audience on Netflix, with promising results, given the shows ubiquity in the top 10 list.

Along with the premiere dates, Netflix also announced a slate of kids games based on well-known IP, which will complement its video programming. The games include three concepts based on the world of Dr. Seuss, Paw Patrol Academy, based on the popular Nickelodeon franchise (also available on Netflix) and Lego Duplo. Netflix also has the right to make Sesame Street games, under its agreement with Sesame Workshop.