Season 48 (2017-2018)



Sesame Street 's 48th season premiered on HBO on November 18, 2017. The season was preceded the week prior with the prime-time special, The Magical Wand Chase.

Overview
The season continues applying its kindness curriculum to new material, as this season adds a focus on celebrating diversity. The season features special guest appearances by international Sesame Street characters Chamki (from Galli Galli Sim Sim), Lily (from Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie) and Zuzu (from Takalani Sesame).

The season introduces a new segment starring Cookie Monster, "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck." Aided by Gonger of The Furchester Hotel, the five-minute segments introduce the origins of certain food items as the monsters cook up orders in their food truck.

Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson perform Big Bird and Oscar's voices respectively in new material for the season. This is also the last season to feature Billy Barkhurst as Ernie, with Peter Linz having taken over the role mid-2017.

Production
The season began production in the fall of 2016, with partial taping officially beginning on October 31, 2016 and ending on December 9. Filming resumed the week of January 30, 2017 and continued through the week of February 27.

Episodes
Episodes 4801 - 4835 (35 episodes)


 * Episode 4801 - A Sesame Street Thanksgiving
 * Episode 4802 - Rosita's Sneaky Sneakers
 * Episode 4803 - Elmo's Nursery Rhyme
 * Episode 4804 - Rapunzel Gets a Haircut
 * Episode 4805 - Martian Mission
 * Episode 4806 - Clothing Drive
 * Episode 4807 - M is for Missing
 * Episode 4808 - Abby's Sock Solution (repeat)
 * Episode 4809 - Our Family's Way
 * Episode 4810 - The Last Straw
 * Episode 4811 - Kitty Kindness
 * Episode 4812 - Hair Training
 * Episode 4813 - Book Worming
 * Episode 4814 - Chinese New Year
 * Episode 4815 - Chamki Visits Sesame Street
 * Episode 4816 - Street Food
 * Episode 4817 - Crafty Friends (repeat)
 * Episode 4818 - It’s Dance Your Favorite Dance Day
 * Episode 4819 - Me Am Cookie Monster (repeat)
 * Episode 4820 - Elmo's Butterfly Friend (repeat)
 * Episode 4821 - Shape Hunt
 * Episode 4822 - The Helpful Cloud
 * Episode 4823 - The Happy To Be Me Club (repeat)
 * Episode 4824 - My Rahki Family (repeat)
 * Episode 4825 - The Wheel Deal
 * Episode 4826 - Grandparent's Day (repeat)
 * Episode 4827 - The New Old MacDonald
 * Episode 4828 - Oscar the Kind
 * Episode 4829 - Elmo and Abby's Bubble Fun (repeat)
 * Episode 4830 - The Golden Triangle (repeat)
 * Episode 4831 - Fido the Frog
 * Episode 4832 - Abby and Zoe Love Karate
 * Episode 4835 - The Count’s Counting Error

Characters

 * Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Telly Monster, Zoe, Ernie, Bert, Baby Bear, Prairie Dawn, Snuffy, Count von Count, Slimey, Julia, Herry, Honkers, Anything Muppets, Rudy, Freddy, The Martians, Louie, Mrs. Crustworthy, Mr. Johnson, Ovejita, The Duke, Gonger, Chamki, Lily, Zuzu

Cast

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

Sesame Street Muppet™ Performers
 * Pam Arciero, Billy Barkhurst, Jennifer Barnhart, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Ryan Dillon, Stacey Gordon, Eric Jacobson, Ghazal Javed, John Kennedy, Peter Linz, Boitumelo Maretele, Carmen Osbahr, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Bryant Young

Guest Stars
 * Leon Bridges, Alessia Cara, Ilana Glazer, Ellie Goulding, Josh Groban, Laurie Hernandez, Padma Lakshmi, John Legend, Lucy Liu, Kate McKinnon

Credits

 * Executive Producer: Brown Johnson
 * Line Producer: Stephanie Longardo
 * Supervising Producer: Benjamin Lehmann
 * Coordinating Producer: Mindy Fila
 * Producer: Karyn Leibovich
 * Directors: Ken Diego, Jack Jameson, Benjamin Lehmann, Scott Preston, Chuck Vinson, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra, Marilyn Agrelo, Alan Muraoka, Liliana Olszewski
 * Head Writer: Ken Scarborough
 * Writers: Molly Boylan, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Jennifer Capra, Jessica Carleton, Geri Cole, Joe Fallon, Christine Ferraro, Liz Hara, Ron Holsey, Raye Lankford, Benjamin Lehmann, Andrew Moriarty, Max Nicoll, Carol-Lynn Parente, Luis Santeiro, Ken Scarborough, Belinda Ward
 * Puppets, Costumes, Props: The Jim Henson Company NY Creature Shop - David Bizzaro, Ben Durocher, Victoria Ellis, Liz Hara, Michelle Hickey, John Douglas James, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Lafferty, Lara MacLean, Anney Ozar, Constance Peterson, Kate Rusek, Sierra Schoening, Jessica Simon, Polly Smith, David Valentine, Jason Weber, Stacey Weingarten, Matt Withiam
 * Music Director: Bill Sherman
 * Music Coordinator: Tyler Hartman
 * Music Director - (Vocals): Paul Rudolph
 * Music Copyist: Joe Fiedler
 * Music Director - (Arrangements and Orchestrations): Joe Fiedler
 * Composers: Eli Bolin, Nicholas Dayton, Joe Fiedler, Chris Jackson, Tom Kitt, Tim Kubart, George Noriega, Kathryn Raio, JP Rende, Paul Rudolph, Bill Sherman, Joel Someillan, Sean McPherson, Jake Huffman, Matthew Sklar
 * Sesame Street Band: Randy Cohen, Michael Croiter, John Deley, Doug Derryberry, Joe Fiedler, Rob Jost, Gary Meyer, Kenny Rampton
 * Production: Melissa Creighton, Gabriella Degennaro, Joseph Roddy
 * Associate Producers: Theresa Anderson, Andrew Moriarty
 * Production Coordinators: Maxwell Nicoll, Kelly Ferrara
 * Control Room PAs: Christina Elefante, Andrew Moriarty
 * Production Designer: David Gallo
 * Prop Coordinator: Keith Olsen
 * Associate Directors: Frank Campagna, Emily Cohen, Ken Diego, Todd E. James
 * Script Supervisor: Jennifer Capra
 * Re-Recording Mixers: Michael Barrett, Dick Maitland, C.A.S
 * Sound Effects Editor: Dick Maitland, C.A.S
 * Music Editors: Jorge Muelle, Paul Rudolph
 * Technical Directors: Tom Guadarrama, Mary Crowley, Manse Sharpe
 * Cameras: Frank Biondo, Jerry Cancel, Shaun Harkins, Mark Britt, Rich Freedman, Mark Renaudin, Patrick Minietta
 * Elmo's World Animation:
 * Producer: Jack Spillum
 * Creative Director: Ian Chernichaw
 * Animation Director: Justin Simonich
 * Lead Designers: Michael Scanlon, Dagan Moriarty
 * Designers: Jason McDonald, Kip Rathke, Sarah Rebar
 * Animators: Joe Andriola, Anne Witbeck, H. Stephen Mead, Alex Torres
 * Animation Editor: Nathaniel Wixon
 * Compositor: Kat Llewellyn
 * Production Coordinators: Yuewen Jiang, Tsukasa Nakamori, Kayvalyn Tersch
 * Senior V.P. of Curriculum & Content: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
 * Special Thanks To: Definition 6, Hyperactive, Magnetic Dreams, Studio G Brooklyn
 * Taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York