WHEN YOU WISH UPON A PICKLE: A SESAME STREET SPECIAL KICKS OFF A NEW SEASON OF SESAME STREET NOV. 10, FOLLOWED BY NEW WEEKLY EPISODES STARTING NOV. 17
Blake Lively And Amanda Seyfried Make Guest Appearances In WHEN YOU WISH UPON A PICKLE: A SESAME STREET SPECIAL; Guests In Weekly Episodes Include Jack Antonoff, Chance The Rapper, Andy Grammer, Tiffany Haddish, Keegan-Michael Key, Solange Knowles, Zoë Kravitz, Bill Nye, Questlove And Allison Williams
For almost five decades, SESAME STREET has been helping kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder. This November, the groundbreaking show kicks off its 49th season with a special evening presentation of WHEN YOU WISH UPON A PICKLE: A SESAME STREET SPECIAL, debuting SATURDAY, NOV. 10 (7:00–7:45 p.m. ET/PT), followed by new weekly episodes starting SATURDAY, NOV. 17 (9:00–9:30 a.m.). This season, the iconic children’s show will explore a “Learning Through Play” curriculum that models how kids can build school readiness skills as they try out different roles during play.
In line with the new curriculum, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A PICKLE: A SESAME STREET SPECIAL puts a madcap spin on pretend-playing different careers. After a mysterious Wish Pickle is delivered to Sesame Street, Elmo, Abby and Bert see their wishes coming true. All three wish to have jobs, and once the Wish Pickle springs into action, Elmo finds himself switching bodies with Chris so that he can be grown up and run Hooper’s store. Abby gets to solve mysteries with her favorite literary detective. And Bert winds up on TV to achieve his impossible dream of being a TV weathercaster. In the end, Elmo, Abby and Bert learn that if they believe in themselves — and practice, and play it, and dream it — they can be anything they want to be, without needing magic.
Season 49 of SESAME STREET features “Abby’s Amazing Adventures,” a recurring animated segment starring Abby Cadabby. In each episode, Abby and her stepbrother, Rudy, travel beyond Sesame Street to solve problems in fantastical new places with the help of a magical basket. Together, they complete “missions” like traveling deep under the sea to photograph a rare fish, visiting an active volcano as scientists to find lava rocks and even blasting into space as astronauts to fix a space station. Led by SESAME STREET curious and determined fairy-in-training, “Abby’s Amazing Adventures” serves as a valuable example of young girls thinking big and imagining exciting futures for themselves.
As always, this season of SESAME STREET features a lineup of top celebrity guests. Individual episodes throughout the season celebrate the careers theme, as the gang learns about scientific inquiry with Bill Nye, explores the library with Zoë Kravitz, plays the drums with Questlove, and more.
November’s weekly episodes:
Season 49, Episode 1: “When You’re a Vet”
Topic: Veterinarian
Debut: SATURDAY, NOV. 17 (9:00–9:30 a.m. ET/PT)
Abby and Elmo play veterinarians. By using their eyes, ears and hands, they figure out what’s wrong with their pretend patients and help them feel better.
Guest: Tiffany Haddish.
Season 48, Episode 2: “Picture This”
Topic: Photographer
Debut: SATURDAY, NOV. 24 (9:00–9:30 a.m.)
Alan gives Elmo, Rosita and Abby his old cameras to play with and suggests they can be photographers for the day. Abby, Rosita and Elmo go around Sesame Street learning how to use their cameras and taking pictures of things like sports and fashion.
December episodes:
Season 49, Episode 3: “Hey! Sesame Street News!”
Topic: Newspapers
Debut: SATURDAY, DEC. 1 (9:00–9:30 a.m. ET/PT)
Cookie Monster is a journalist for Abby and Big Bird’s newspaper, “Hey! Sesame Street News!” He solves the mystery of Chris’ missing belt buckle by asking the five “W” questions: who, what, where, when and why.
Guest star: Keegan-Michael Key
Season 49, Episode 4: “So You Think You Can Choreograph”
Topic: Choreographer
Debut: SATURDAY, DEC. 8 (9:00–9:30 a.m.)
Elmo and his friends are making a music video. When they ask Zoe to be the choreographer, she comes up with the perfect dance and teaches everyone the moves.
Season 49, Episode 5: “Elmo’s Factory”
Topic: Factory
Debut: SATURDAY, DEC. 15 (9:00–9:30 a.m.)
Elmo has a lot of anything holders to make, so Chris helps Elmo put together his own factory. Elmo’s friends work as a team and each takes on a different job to help make the anything holders more quickly.
Season 49, Episode 6: “Math Magic”
Topic: Magician
Debut: SATURDAY, DEC. 22 (9:00–9:30 a.m.)
Max the Magician amazes Rosita, Big Bird and Elmo with his magical, mathematical tricks.
Season 49, Episode 7: “New Year’s Eve on Sesame Street”
Topic: Holidays
Debut: SATURDAY, DEC. 29 (9:00–9:30 a.m.)
It’s New Year’s Eve on Sesame Street. Rosita and Telly try to help Elmo stay awake until the new year so that he can celebrate with his friends.
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