Season 50 (2019-2020)

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Sesame Street
Premiere	November 16, 2019 (5001)
Finale	July 11, 2020 (5035)
Episodes	35

Sesame Street's 50th season will premiere on HBO on November 16, 2019. The season premiere was preceded by a primetime special celebrating the show's 50th anniversary a week earlier.

Season overview

The season's main curricular focus is "the power of possibilities, empowering kids to take safe risks and learn from their mistakes."^[1] The season features a new recurring segment, "Big Bird's Road Trip," showing Big Bird making new friends across the United States.

The season also introduces a new human child character, Charlie, as portrayed by Violet Tinnirello.

This will be the last season to air on HBO. For Season 51, the series will move to HBO Max, with first-run episodes premiering on a video streaming service for the first time, while continuing to air on PBS at a later date.^[2]

Production

Filming of episodes began on October 15, 2018.^[3] Production wrapped on December 14, 2018.^[4]

Caroll Spinney's final vocal performances as Big Bird and Oscar were recorded for this season.^[5]

Celebrities

Several celebrities visited the set during production of season 50, some of whom will feature as guest stars. Celebrities who visited the set during production of the season include Michael Che, Misty Copeland, Dave Grohl, Bindi and Robert Irwin, Chloe Kim, Maren Morris, Charlie Puth, Thomas Rhett, and Chrissy Teigen.