It’s hard for me, a former child superfan of “Sesame Street,” to write about the show without sounding mawkish. It’s even harder now that I’ve got two small children of my own. So I might as well ...

Apart from the giant yellow bird, the red furry monster and the blue Muppet with an insatiable appetite for cookies, “Sesame Street” appears as real as the New York City streets that inspired it.

Diane Sawyer attends the Sesame Workshop 2024 Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 29 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images At this phase of the doomscrolling era, chronically ...