‘Sesame Street’s Elmo To Host ‘Playdate’ Special To Comfort Kids During Coronavirus Crisis; Will Air On Multiple WarnerMedia Networks
Sesame Avenue‘s Elmo is doing his half to assist consolation children and households through the coronavirus pandemic. Sesame Avenue: Elmo’s Playdate, a half-hour particular, will air throughout HBO, HBO Latino, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Community and Boomerang on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 PM ET/PT, WarnerMedia stated right this moment. The particular may even air on PBS Youngsters on the identical time, and can later air internationally in Australia, Canada, and the UK.
A part of Sesame Workshop’s Caring for Every Different initiative, the particular will characteristic celeb friends Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hathaway and Tracee Ellis Ross. Designed as a video convention, the particular follows Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby and their well-known mates as they discover new methods to play and study collectively. They’ll additionally have a good time the EMTs, docs, and different on a regular basis heroes who’re serving to households by means of the well being disaster, sing songs, play video games and take foolish dance breaks. Ross performs a sport of “Elmo Says,” Miranda pops in for a couple of rounds of “Previous McDonald Had a Farm,” Hathaway and Elmo get shifting with “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.”
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“WarnerMedia acknowledges how troublesome these isolation efforts are for households, particularly ones with kids,” stated Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, WarnerMedia Leisure and Direct-to-Client. “With Sesame Avenue: Elmo’s Playdate airing concurrently throughout our networks, we’re assured that this particular will carry members of the family collectively for a novel in-home viewing expertise that may present laughter, pleasure and reduction throughout this difficult time.”
Sesame Avenue: Elmo’s Playdate may even be out there on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and companions’ streaming platforms, in addition to a part of the HBO providing on HBO Max on the time of its launch.
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