AP Spotlight TELEVISION Sesame Street's new season: Bubba Wallace, Netflix and a whole lot of chickens MARK KENNEDY Associated Press Nov 6, 2025 Nov 6, 2025 Updated 8 hrs ago 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New home. Some format changes. Same monsters.kAmQ$6D2>6 $EC66EQ =2F?496D :ED deE9 D62D@? @? }@G] `_ H:E9 }p$rp# 492>A:@? qF332 (2==246 2D 2 8F6DE[ 2 D=:89E=J EH62<65 7@C>2E 2?5 2 ?6H H2J E@ H2E49 — G:2 }6E7=:I]k^Am NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace appears on the Season 56 premiere of "Sesame Street." Sesame Workshop kAmQ%96C6 J@F 2C6[ 9:[Q t=>@ :?G:E6D G:6H6CD 2E E96 E@A @7 E96 D9@H] Qt=>@ D@ 92AAJ E@ D66 J@F]Qk^AmkAm%96 A@AF=2C 49:=5C6?VD DE2A=6 H:== 36 @776C:?8 2? ``\>:?FE6 >2:? DE@CJ 2E E96 E@A — FA 7C@> h >:?FE6D =2DE J62C — 2?5 2 76H ?6H D68>6?ED >:I65 H:E9 72G@C:E6 C6EFC?:?8 @?6D]k^Am kAmQx? E96 9:DE@CJ @7 V$6D2>6 $EC66E[V H6VG6 2=H2JD C6:?G6?E65 :? 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