History of Sesame Street including changing its traditional magazine format to a narrative format. Because of the popularity of the Muppet Elmo, the show incorporated a popular segment known as "Elmo's World". "Sesame Street" has won eight Grammys and over a hundred Emmys in its history—more than any other children's show. In the late 1960s, 97% of all American households owned a television set, and preschool children watched an average of 27 hours of television per week; programs created for them were widely criticized for being too violent and for reflecting commercial values. Producer Joan Ganz Cooney called children's programming a "wasteland", and she
Richard S. Kline or Draw" a decade earlier. This was Kline and Friends' most recent game show to date. Richard S. Kline Richard S. Kline is an American television producer and director whose most notable work was in game shows. He directed and produced programs for Barry & Enright Productions until 1984, after which he formed his own production company, Kline & Friends. One of Richard S. Kline's early shows where he worked as a director was on Jack Barry's "The Joker's Wild" on CBS, starting in 1972. He also served as an associate producer, and did both jobs until the series ended