Tubi is leaning into nostalgia with a new offering for viewers: hundreds of classic Sesame Street episodes spanning the show’s early decades. Starting Wednesday, April 1, the Fox-owned free streaming service will host 250 episodes from seasons one through 38, covering airings between 1969 and 2007, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The lineup will rotate quarterly, with 10 percent of episodes swapped for additional classic installments, ensuring longtime fans and new viewers alike have fresh-old content to explore.
Highlights in the Tubi library include the show’s 1969 premiere, Gordon Introduces Sally to Sesame Street, the 1988 wedding of Maria and Lewis (with Elmo as ring-bearer), the 1980 visit from Star Wars’ C-3PO and R2-D2, and the series’ early on-location episode, Big Bird Goes to Hawaii (1978).
Produced by the New York-based nonprofit Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street has aired on PBS since its debut in 1969. Over the years, streaming platforms have increasingly sought rights to the series. HBO carried the show from 2015 for several years before Netflix began airing new episodes alongside PBS in 2025. That same year, YouTube secured a deal to showcase classic episodes.
The Tubi partnership underscores the enduring appeal of characters like Big Bird and Elmo and reflects broader audience interest in nostalgic programming. A recent survey conducted by Tubi and The Harris Poll found that 97 percent of respondents wanted to watch content over a decade old, and 79 percent believed streaming services should revive beloved projects alongside new releases.