"Sesame Street" is erecting a new sign, as it changes hands from HBO to Netflix. And of course PBS is getting a cut.

Netflix saved 'Sesame Street' from an uncertain fate in a way that creates goodwill for the company—and bad publicity for one of its rivals.

Surging rents have come for Sesame Street. Kicked out of their former home on Max as the neighborhood undergoes its transformation to become HBO Max (again), the Muppets needed a new place to stay. Today,