Plaza Sésamo
First international co-production of Sesame Street, from Mexico.
It was one of the first true co-productions developed using a flexible model created by the American show's producers.[1] As of 2009, the show aired in 34 countries.[2] Plaza Sésamo, a co-production of Sesame Street, first aired in Mexico in 1972.[1]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Children's television series; Educational
- Based on
- Sesame Street
- Creator
- Joan Ganz Cooney
- Lloyd Morrisett
- Muppet characters
- by Jim Henson
- Country
- Mexico; Colombia
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Company
- Children's Television Workshop/Sesame Workshop
- Xerox
- Televisa
- Discovery Kids Latin America
- RCN Televisión
- First aired
- 6 October 1972
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
A Mexican board of advisers, chaired by psychologist Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero, set curriculum goals and approved all content.[3] The third season, filmed in 1983, focused on basic hygiene and family diversity.[4][5] In 1995, a fourth season was produced featuring new monsters Lola and Pancho and a set designed by architect Ricardo Legorreta.[6] A curriculum seminar, mirroring the approach taken for the American program, was held in Caracas, Venezuela, by the show's producers and researchers.[1]
For its first season, 130 half-hour episodes were filmed in Mexico City, using only Spanish.[3] December 2013 marked the premiere of the 15th season, which consisted of 52 episodes; this season was notable for being the first to be shot in Colombia.[7]
What the cited sources add
A Smithsonian.com article from 2009 states that Plaza Sésamo was one of the first co-productions Sesame Workshop undertook in 1972.[2] The article also reports that the show currently airs in 34 countries.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Meet Sesame Street's Global Cast of Characters: Abelardo - Mexico Plaza Sésamo", Smithsonian.com, 6 November 2009; "Television in Review: Sesame Street South of the Border", The Nashua Telegraph, 26 February 1975, p. 25; Cole et al. p. 148; Gettas, p. 57 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Meet Sesame Street's Global Cast of Characters: Abelardo - Mexico Plaza Sésamo", Smithsonian.com, 6 November 2009. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gettas, pp. 57—58 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gettas, p. 59 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gettas, p. 59; Gettas, p. 59 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Univision and Children's Television Workshop Announce National Rollout of 'Plaza Sesamo'", The Free Library, 11 December 1995; "Univision and Children's Television Workshop Announce the Introduction of 'Plaza Sesamo' in the United States", PR Newswire, 28 March 1995; Freeman, "Now, Big Bird en Espanol", MediaWeek, 3 April 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Plaza Sésamo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Production to Begin on Plaza Sésamo Season 15", Sesame Workshop, 8 October 2013; "Plaza Sésamo kicks off 40th Anniversary with Stakeholders Meeting in Bogotá", Sesame Workshop, 25 October 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Plaza Sésamo (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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