'Sesame Street' gets new streaming home, but will also stay on PBS

Sesame Street's Cookie Monster & Elmo join Cameo Kids

Elmo and Cookie Monster are the first "Sesame Street" characters to join the platform. (Credit: Cameo via PR Newswire)

NEW YORK - Can you tell me how to get, how to get to "Sesame Street?"

Well, soon, you’ll be able to get there via Netflix.

‘Sesame Street’ will be on Netflix

What we know:

On Monday, Netflix announced that new episodes of "Sesame Street" will be released on Netflix. The children’s staple will also stay on its long-standing home PBS.

This means the new episodes will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same day, starting later this year. Select past episodes will also be available on Netflix worldwide.

Sal Perez, the show’s executive producer and a Sesame Workshop vice president, told The Associated Press recently that segments on the new season will be longer and "really focused on character," while also focusing on its audience’s emotional well-being and development.

For Season 56, episodes will revolve around one 11-minute story, the Netflix release said.

What we don't know:

No specific premiere date was immediately announced.

What they're saying:

"This unique public-private partnership will enable us to bring our research-based curriculum to young children around the world with Netflix’s global reach, while ensuring children in communities across the U.S. continue to have free access on public television to the ‘Sesame Street’ they love," Sesame Workshop said in its press release.

‘Sesame Street’ will leave HBO, Max

The backstory:

The change for the more than 50-year-old show comes after Warner Bros. Discovery decided not to renew its deal for new episodes that air on HBO and Max, though episodes will remain there until 2027.

Sesame Street puppet charactors Zoe and Cookie Monster pose next to street sign. (Credit: (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

"Sesame Street" has been shown in more than 150 countries, amassing more than 200 Emmys in addition to Grammy and Peabody awards and a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime artistic achievement.

Its fan-favorite characters like Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird and the Cookie Monster will now reside along the likes of other popular children’s programming.