abby was to be featured as abc world news "person of the week" on 11 august 2006; hurricane katrina/2006 israel-lebanon conflict dog rescuer linda nealon pre-empted her.[5] abby cadabby was featured on the 18 august broadcast, with the teaser, "femininity comes to sesame street".[2] she was touted as the first 3-year-old "person of the week".