Plaza Sésamo is the Latin American co-production of Sesame Street. Premiering in November 1972 and co-produced with Televisa, the series initially featured a mixed cast of Panamanian, Argentinian, and mostly Mexican performers, featured "neutral Spanish", and was meant for kids up to 8 years old. It aired at 2:30 pm on Canal 2. As the years progressed, the series more explicitly reflected Mexico, where the show is shot; in addition to airing in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, the series debuted on PBS on April 3, 1995, broadcast primarily in Southwest markets on Saturday mornings. The program is also seen on UniMás. It is the only Sesame Street co-production that can be widely seen in the United States. The series was discontinued in 2016 and all materia
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| - Plaza Sésamo is the Latin American co-production of Sesame Street. Premiering in November 1972 and co-produced with Televisa, the series initially featured a mixed cast of Panamanian, Argentinian, and mostly Mexican performers, featured "neutral Spanish", and was meant for kids up to 8 years old. It aired at 2:30 pm on Canal 2. As the years progressed, the series more explicitly reflected Mexico, where the show is shot; in addition to airing in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, the series debuted on PBS on April 3, 1995, broadcast primarily in Southwest markets on Saturday mornings. The program is also seen on UniMás. It is the only Sesame Street co-production that can be widely seen in the United States. The series was discontinued in 2016 and all materia
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| - Plaza Sésamo is the Latin American co-production of Sesame Street. Premiering in November 1972 and co-produced with Televisa, the series initially featured a mixed cast of Panamanian, Argentinian, and mostly Mexican performers, featured "neutral Spanish", and was meant for kids up to 8 years old. It aired at 2:30 pm on Canal 2. As the years progressed, the series more explicitly reflected Mexico, where the show is shot; in addition to airing in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America, the series debuted on PBS on April 3, 1995, broadcast primarily in Southwest markets on Saturday mornings. The program is also seen on UniMás. It is the only Sesame Street co-production that can be widely seen in the United States. The series was discontinued in 2016 and all material produced for the Latin American market was rebranded simply as Sésamo. Abelardo once visited his cousin Big Bird on Sesame Street in the US in an episode that aired on Cinco de Mayo. The series was a regional semi-finalist for the 2006 International Emmy Awards, up against 5, Rue Sésame, another co-production of Sesame Street. Episodes from 1997 to 2006 have been available on PBS Kids Sprout's on-demand service. A number of episodes from season 9 are available for purchase from The iTunes Store. Addtionally, episodes from Season 9 up to 12 are available on Hulu.
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