HBO Max drops 200 Sesame Street episodes from its catalog

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Variety is reporting that about 200 episodes of Sesame Street have been taken off of the air. The number of Sesame Street episodes on the service has fallen from around 650 to 856, according to Variety.

WarnerMedia signed a five-year deal to exclusively stream new episodes of Sesame Street on Warner Bros. Discovery in 2019.

We have reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery and Sesame Workshop to find out what happened to the episodes. The older episodes of Sesame Street are not the only ones that are being pulled. There are also some Sesame Street specials and a late-night show starring Elmo.

As they work toward bringing their content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering on both HBO Max and Discovery Plus, according to a statement from the company. Content will be removed from both platforms. Next summer is when the new app will be launched.

Warner Bros. Discovery has been dropping Warner Bros. content for a long time, and recently pulled at least six Warner Bros. movies. The company cut jobs because of the overlap from the Warner Bros. Discovery mega merger.