Fans have shocking reactions to Sesame Street landing on Netflix

One might assume there would be much rejoicing over a beloved children's television series coming to Netflix. After all, the giant steamer typically gives the creators it works with a lot of room to do their magic. Sometimes, being on Netflix gives us more access as we can take the show anywhere.

If we assumed all of the above, we would be wrong. The situation surrounds what should be good news: Netflix will be adding the decades-long beloved show Sesame Street to its lineup. The move involves showing older episodes of Elmo, Bert, Ernie, and all of the other iconic characters, and new episodes.

The show will appear for its 56th season with the new episodes, but the older ones will be at least 90 hours worth. In other words, there will be a lot to see. Sesame Street began on PBS and was recently streamed on HBO Max. That network chose not to renew the series at the end of last year.

Social media's reaction to Sesame Street landing on Netflix is weird

The new episodes will still be seen on PBS stations and Netflix. Each episode will feature one 11-minute story instead of bouncing around like old-school Sesame Street used to. That does not mean the older version is better or the newer one is; both iterations are excellent.

Or, again, one might have assumed. If you judge the merit of Sesame Street's greatness solely on the social media reaction to the news that it is moving to Netflix, you would think that demons might have made the children's program. It seemed harmless and good for learning, but others view it differently.

The reactions on the slime that is X/Twitter include, "N (for Netflix) is for No thanks." Another read, "Hopefully, it goes back to being a wholesome kids' show and not the brainwashing thing it became on PBS." What?

And though the show has been on for five decades (which means many people watch), one response read, "Sesame Street is like the WNBA. It has a lot of fans on Twitter but not a lot of people actually watch."

The above responder managed to be sexist and factually incorrect in two sentences. That is social media for you.

Thankfully, many other responses expressed happiness at reading that Netflix is adding Sesame Street. People were happy the show was staying alive and on a vibrant streamer—it deserves to be.

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