Kermit the Frog on Hannity & Colmes.
Spill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor.
Elmo and Cookie Monster with Brian Wilson in Washington, D.C.
Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Carol-Lynn Parente on FoxNews.com Live
Big Bird, Blue Jay, and Rosemarie Truglio discuss Sesame Workshop's anti-bullying initiative.
Sam the Eagle working at WGF News
Fox News Channel is a cable channel owned by Fox Corporation. Created by Rupert Murdoch in 1996, the channel has featured shows such as The Live Desk, Hannity & Colmes, Fox & Friends, and The O'Reilly Factor. One of the network's sister-stations is the Fox Business Network.
Appearances[]
- In July 2009, Elmo and Cookie Monster appeared on Fox News with Brian Wilson outside the US Capitol Building to discuss A Capitol Fourth. (video)
- After Episode 4160 of Sesame Street spoofed Fox News with Grouch news network "POX News" ("a trashy news show") Bill O'Reilly commented that "we may have to ambush Oscar." On the November 24, 2009 installment of The O'Reilly Factor, Sesame Workshop Executive Vice President Sherrie Westin appeared to explain to O'Reilly that Sesame Street frequently relies on parodies in order to engage parents and encourage them to watch with their children and that being trashy is a compliment to a grouch. Westin then introduced O'Reilly to Spill O'Reilly, who explained that much like Fox News, grouches are "fair and balanced"- they hate people from every political spectrum.
- On September 22, 2011, Elmo, Cookie Monster and Carol-Lynn Parente appeared via satellite in an interview for FoxNews.com Live to promote the 42nd season of Sesame Street. (video)
- In October 2011, Big Bird, Blue Jay and Rosemarie Truglio appeared via satellite in an interview to discuss Sesame Workshop's anti-bullying initiative. (video)
References[]
- On Episode 4160 of Sesame Street, Oscar has been reporting for GNN, the Grouch News Network, which features "All grouchy, all disgusting, all yucky news, all the time." Because all the stories keep backfiring on Oscar (happy endings for Sleeping Beauty and her Prince, Cookie Monster breaking a cookie but realizing he now has two cookies to eat, etc.), Grundgetta calls the station and announces that she is going to watch Pox News, which is a true "Trashy News Show."
- In The Muppets, Sam the Eagle can be seen as a correspondent for Everything Stinks on WGF News (a loose parody of the network).
Notes[]
- Ami Horowitz produced a short documentary, released on the FOX News website, with misinterpretations of statistics about rape frequency. The film's introduction of the country and its culture includes footage of the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show. An interview with Horowitz about the film on the FOX News series Tucker Carlson Tonight was indirectly cited by President Donald Trump in a 2017 rally speech.
- On June 9, 2020, the eponymous host of Tucker Carlson Tonight used clips from Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism to make his case that the media teaches anti-American values to children.