Twenty-seven years after Big Bird first landed in China, a localized, Mandarin-language version of "Sesame Street" will premiere in Shanghai on Dec. 22.

The U.S. children's show Sesame Street is finally coming to China after two years of delays caused by lack of ... Big Bird made an early foray into China in 1981 for a television special in which ...

Caroll Spinney, who played Sesame Street's Big Bird as well as Oscar the Grouch character since the premiere episode in 1969, is retiring. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...