Sesame Workshop is making cuts to its employees, the nonprofit group confirmed on Wednesday. Nonetheless, the variety of staff affected wasn’t disclosed.
The information comes because the group’s flagship present, Sesame Road, continues its seek for a brand new TV or streaming dwelling after Warner Bros. Discovery declined to resume its output deal for brand spanking new episodes final yr. That adopted a change in total technique for HBO and Max to deal with grownup programming. Present episodes of Sesame Road will air by way of 2027 to honor the 10-year deal between each events.
Manufacturing for Season 56 is about to start subsequent month, however with out a deal in place, the group has acknowledged funding obstacles.
“Amid the altering media and funding panorama, we’ve made the tough choice to scale back the scale of our group,” a spokesperson advised ADWEEK. “These adjustments are obligatory to make sure that the Workshop is poised to proceed to ship on its mission for years to return, however that doesn’t make the human influence of those reductions any much less painful. As manufacturing of our 56th Season begins subsequent month, we stay as dedicated as ever to bringing Sesame Road to youngsters and households for many years to return.”
The Hollywood Reporter was the primary to report the information of HBO ending its cope with Sesame Road final December.
Sesame Workshop advised the publication that Sesame Road could have an up to date look and can finish the “journal”-style format it has had for years to lean into longer, narrative-led segments. It can even be paired with a brand new animated sequence referred to as Tales From 123. The final vital change Sesame Workshop made to the sequence was in 2016 when the present lowered the size of its episodes from one hour to half-hour.
Sesame Workshop has additionally undergone a number of management adjustments previously yr when CMO Samantha Maltin exited in October.
