Season 49 (2018-2019)



Sesame Street 's 49th season premiered on HBO on November 17, 2018. The season was preceded the week prior by the prime time special, When You Wish Upon a Pickle.

Season overview
The season's main curriculum is "Learning Through Play," seeing the characters learn about different jobs through games and creative activities.

The season features Abby's Amazing Adventures, a new animated segment.

Production
Primary production started the week of October 16, 2017, and wrapped on December 15. Additional filming took place during the week of April 9, 2018

Celebrities appearing in the season include Jack Antonoff, Chance the Rapper, Andy Grammer, Tiffany Haddish, Keegan-Michael Key, Solange Knowles, Zoë Kravitz, Bill Nye,  Questlove, and Allison Williams.

Other celebrities who visited the set during production of the season included Zooey Deschanel, Jenny Slate and Ellie Kemper (taping online segments of Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck), Amanda Seyfried and Blake Lively (taping When You Wish Upon a Pickle), and Whoopi Goldberg, Ann Harada‏, Kate Micucci, Patton Oswalt, Meredith Salenger, Bindi and Robert Irwin, and Anne and Wil Wheaton.

Episodes

 * Episode 4901 - When You're a Vet
 * Episode 4902 - Picture This
 * Episode 4903 - Hey! Sesame Street News
 * Episode 4904 - So You Think You Can Choreograph
 * Episode 4905 - Elmo’s Factory
 * Episode 4906 - Math Magic (repeat)
 * Episode 4907 - New Year’s Eve on Sesame Street
 * Episode 4908 - Play Time
 * Episode 4909 - Bath Time for Blanky
 * Episode 4910 - Astronaut Elmo (repeat)
 * Episode 4911 - Honk if You Love Libraries
 * Episode 4912 - Elmo's Happy Little Train
 * Episode 4913 - The Big Pretend Band
 * Episode 4914 - Sesame Friendship
 * Episode 4915 - Rudy Rides the Bus
 * Episode 4916 - Mechanics in Space
 * Episode 4917 - Fixing X (repeat)
 * Episode 4918 - Elmo Goes to Chicken School (repeat)
 * Episode 4919 - Walking the Dog
 * Episode 4920 - Elmo the Engineer
 * Episode 4921 - Julia's Haircut
 * Episode 4922 - Dinosaur in the Laundromat
 * Episode 4923 - Earth Day
 * Episode 4924 - Four Furry Superheroes
 * Episode 4925 - Welcome to Sesame Hospital
 * Episode 4926 - Wild Adventure on Sesame Street
 * Episode 4927 - Little Bo Peep Lost Her Cow
 * Episode 4928 -
 * Episode 4929 - Oscar Uncanned
 * Episode 4930 -
 * Episode 4931 -
 * Episode 4932 - Baby Bear’s Just Right Cafe
 * Episode 4933 -
 * Episode 4934 -
 * Episode 4935 -

Cast

 * Alan: Alan Muraoka
 * Chris: Chris Knowings
 * Nina: Suki Lopez
 * Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

Sesame Street Muppet™ Performers
 * Pam Arciero, Jennifer Barnhart, Tau Bennett, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Ryan Dillon, Stacey Gordon, Eric Jacobson, Haley Jenkins, John Kennedy, Kathleen Kim, Peter Linz, Spencer Lott, Carmen Osbahr, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Bryant Young

Credits

 * Executive Producer: Brown Johnson, Benjamin Lehmann
 * Senior Producer: Stephanie Longardo
 * Coordinating Producer: Mindy Fila
 * Producer: Karyn Leibovich
 * Post Producer: Todd E. James
 * Line Producer: Aimee Blackton
 * Directors: Marilyn Agrelo, Ken Diego, Shannon Flynn, Benjamin Lehmann, Linda Mendoza, Alan Muraoka, Liliana Olszewski, Scott Preston, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra
 * Head Writer: Ken Scarborough
 * Writers: Molly Boylan, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Jennifer Capra, Jessica Carleton, Geri Cole, Joe Fallon, Christine Ferraro, Liz Hara, Ron Holsey, Keion Jackson, Elizabeth Keyishian, Raye Lankford, Benjamin Lehmann, Andrew Moriarty, Max Nicoll, Carol-Lynn Parente, Luis Santeiro, Belinda Ward
 * Film Producer: Kimberly Wright
 * Senior V.P. of Curriculum and Content: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
 * Sesame Street Curriculum and Content Team: Jessica DiSalvo, Susan Scheiner, M.A., Autumn P. Zitani Stefano, M.A.
 * Associate Producers: Andrew Moriarty, Bryce-Loren Walker
 * Production Coordinators: Christina Elefante, Kelly Ferrara, Maxwell Nicoll
 * Production (Jim Henson): Melissa Creighton, Gabriella Degennaro, Joseph Roddy
 * Puppets, Costumes, Props: The Jim Henson Company NY Creature Shop - David Bizzaro, Brian Carson, Ben Durocher, Victoria Ellis, Tyler Hall, Michelle Hickey, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Lafferty, Lara MacLean, Laura Manns, Casey Miller, Anney Ozar, Constance Peterson, Lily Rosen, Kate Rusek, Sierra Schoening, Polly Smith, Kelly Snook, Whitney Thayne, David Valentine, Jason Weber, Stacey Weingarten
 * Music Director: Bill Sherman
 * Music Director - (Arrangements and Orchestrations): Joe Fiedler
 * Music Director - (Vocals): Paul Rudolph
 * Music Copyist: Joe Fiedler
 * Music Coordinator: Tyler Hartman
 * Composers: Eli Bolin, Nicholas Dayton, Dominic Fallacaro, Joe Fiedler, Tim Kubart, Jennifer Nettles, Kathryn Raio, JP Rende, Paul Rudolph, Bill Sherman, Shaina Taub, Craig Thomas
 * Sesame Street Band: Randy Cohen, Michael Croiter, John Deley, Doug Derryberry, Joe Fiedler, Rob Jost, Gary Meyer, Kenny Rampton
 * Production Designer: David Gallo
 * Post Production Graphics provided by Ed Mundy
 * Prop Coordinator: Keith Olsen
 * Lighting Designer: Dan Kelley
 * Costume Designer: Brian C. Hemesath
 * Celebrity Talent Booker: Bella Harkins
 * Child Talent: Carolyn Volpe, Ph.D
 * Supervising Editors: Todd E. James, Memo Salazar
 * Associate Directors: Frank Campagna, Emily Cohen, Ken Diego, Todd E. James, Mike Walker, Ashmou Younge
 * Key Control Room Production Assistant: Christina Elefante
 * Control Room Production Assistants: Kelly Ferrara, Andrew Moriarty, Noelle Scindian, Elena Sporillo
 * Stagehands: Steve Dannenberg, Russell Hooton, Karen Sunderlin
 * Elmo's Wonderful World / Abby's Amazing Adventures - Animation & Compositing:
 * Producer: Jack Spillum
 * Co-Director / Creative Director: Ian Chernichaw
 * Co-Director / Associate Producer: Justin Simonich
 * Lead Designers: Dagan Moriarty, Michael Scanlon
 * Lead Animator: Joe Andriola
 * Compositor/Visual Effects: Kat Llewellyn
 * Smartie: Deborah Grausman
 * Basket: Ulyana
 * Sound Effects Editor: Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
 * Supervising Sound Editors: Fritz Lang, Chris Prinzivalli, Marshall Woodall
 * Sound Editor: Chris Sassano
 * Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Barrett, Dick Maitland, C.A.S.
 * Music Editors: Tyler Hartman, Paul Rudolph
 * Supervising Music Editor: Michael Croiter
 * Technical Directors: Beverly Alkow, Mary Crowley, Richard Drummond, Tom Guadarrama, Manse Sharpe
 * Camera: Ryan Balton, Frank Biondo, Mark Britt, Jerry Cancel, Rich Freedman, Manny Guiterez, Shaun Harkins, Ray Hoover, Anthony Lenzo, John Michaeljohn, Patrick Minietta, Dante Pagano, Tom Quigley, Mark Renaudin, Paul Wilkins, Judy Willinger
 * Senior Video: James Meek
 * Recordist: Ernie Albritton, Josh Broome
 * Utility (video): Barbara Bianco, Keith Guadarrama, Michael McCormack
 * Utility (audio): Gordon Price
 * Script Supervisor: Jennifer Capra
 * Sesame Street Research Team: Jennifer Kolter Clarke, Ph.D., David I. Cohen, Becca K. Seibert, Courtney B. Wong
 * Special Thanks to Definition 6, Hyperactive, Magnetic Dreams, Studio G Brooklyn
 * Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York