Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut that showed ...

Sonia Manzano, SESAME STREET’s Maria and 15-time Emmy Award winner, opened up about her new documentary, STREET ...

Following several months of upheaval, a sense of calm is coming to "Sesame Street." In a series of announcements May 19, the beloved children's show producer Sesame Workshop revealed it will begin ...

The trailblazing performer opens up about Street Smart: Lessons From a TV Icon, the shifting landscape of children's programming, and why cuts to public broadcasting risk harming the next generation ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that Sonia Manzano has been a source of inspiration to millions of children. The actress began playing Maria, one of the human residents of Sesame Street, in 1971, when she ...

It's the end of an era for "Sesame Street": Sonia Manzano--Maria for more than four decades--is retiring from the beloved children's program. News of Manzano's departure arrived in the form of a tweet ...

Everything's A-OK now that Sesame Street has been saved. Six months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew its deal for new episodes, threatening Big Bird's very existence, the iconic ...

"Sesame Street" has a new streaming home. Netflix will stream the next three seasons of "Sesame Street," as well as a library of past episodes, securing the future of the longtime children's program ...

“Sesame Street” is hitting the market, as Warner Bros. Discovery has opted not to renew its deal for new episodes of the long-running children’s program. Max will continue to license episodes from the ...

"He would just say things, 'If you don't want to be a murderer, don't be around people who shouldn't be killed,'" Sonia Manzano said of her "Sesame Street" co-star.

YouTube has struck a new deal with Sesame Workshop to bring hundreds of classic “Sesame Street” episodes to the video platform in January 2026. The deal, announced Thursday morning, will make YouTube ...

LOS ANGELES - "Sesame Street" is losing one of its most recognizable faces. Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the long-running PBS children's show, is retiring 44 years after joining the series, she ...