His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized children’s television. By Richard Sandomir The beloved ...

At age 82, I am in the middle part of the risky phase of life called life review. Like any life, mine has had successes and failures, and things good and bad. One chapter of my professional life, in ...

Lloyd Morrisett, who helped pave the way for “Sesame Street,” died Monday at the age of 93. Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney began working on the Children’s Television Workshop, which would later spawn ...

The film discusses the innovative use of television as a teaching tool for children, particularly through programs like "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company," created under the leadership of Joan ...

Created in 1971 when the United States Department of Education asked the Children's Television Workshop for a way to teach children to read, it stopped production in 1977 and has been off the air ...