can you talk about how the show was funded ?
Funded by U.S. federal government, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, CPB, and the Ford Foundation.
Sesame Street
As a result of Cooney's initial proposal in 1968, the Carnegie Institute awarded her an $1 million grant to create a new children's television program and establish the CTW, renamed in June 2000 to Sesame Workshop (SW). Cooney and Morrisett procured additional multimillion-dollar grants from the U.S. federal government, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, CPB, and the Ford Foundation.
what does the number at the beginning of sesame street mean UNANSWERABLE what is this street ? It  an American educational children's television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry when was it introduced ? November 10, 1969 talk about the cast ? Jim Henson and the Muppets' involvement in "Sesame Street" began when he and Cooney met at one of the curriculum planning seminars in Boston. does the show have any educational goals ? Yes, it was one of the few children's television programs to utilize a detailed and comprehensive educational curriculum, garnered from formative and summative research how was the reception towards the show ? Sesame Street" was praised from its debut in 1969. "Newsday" reported that several newspapers and magazines had written "glowing" reports about the CTW and Cooney.
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Sesame Street [SEP] Funding
As a result of Cooney's initial proposal in 1968, the Carnegie Institute awarded her an $1 million grant to create a new children's television program and establish the CTW, renamed in June 2000 to Sesame Workshop (SW). Cooney and Morrisett procured additional multimillion-dollar grants from the U.S. federal government, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, CPB, and the Ford Foundation. Davis reported that Cooney and Morrisett decided that if they did not procure full funding from the beginning, they would drop the idea of producing the show. As Lesser reported, funds gained from a combination of government agencies and private foundations protected them from the economic pressures experienced by commercial broadcast television networks, but created challenges in procuring future funding.