Sesame Street

Series Similar to Sesame Street

If you enjoyed Sesame Street, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Schoolhouse Rock!

   1973 · Children · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8.2), hidden gem.

   Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children's programming on the U.S. television network ABC. The topics covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics. This television program was often rated TV-G in the United States. The series' original run lasted from 1973 to 1985; it was later revived with both old and new episodes airing from 1993 to 1999. Additional episodes were produced in 2009 for direct-to-video release.

2. Maya y los Tres

   2021 · Adventure, Children, Fantasy · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   A Mesoamerican warrior princess embarks on a quest to recruit three legendary fighters to help save the world of gods -- and humankind.

3. Captain Kangaroo

   1961 · Comedy, Children · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8).

   Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. In 1986, the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of past episodes, distributing the newer version of the series until 1993. The show was conceived and the title character played by Bob Keeshan, who based the show on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children". Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show when it aired on NBC. Captain Kangaroo had a loose structure, built around life in the "Treasure House" (later known as "The Captain's Place") where the Captain (the name "kangaroo" came from the big pockets in his coat) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. Keeshan performed as Captain Kangaroo more than 9000 times over the nearly 30 year run of the show.The show was telecast live to the East Coast and the Midwest for its first four years and broadcast on kinescope for the West Coast, as Keeshan would not perform the show live three times a day, and was in black-and-white until 1967. The May 17, 1971 episode saw two major changes on the show: The Treasure House was renovated and renamed "The Captain's Place" and the Captain replaced his navy blue coat with a red coat. In September 1981, CBS shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour, briefly retitled it "Wake Up with the Captain", and moved it to an earlier time slot; it was later moved to weekends in September 1982, and returned to an hour-long format. It was canceled by CBS at the end of 1984.

4. Wallace & Gromit

   1989 · Comedy, Children · ended85% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (9).

   A series of films following hapless inventor Wallace and his pet dog Gromit. 

5. Ben 10: Alien Force

   2008 · Action, Children · ended83% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8).

   Five years after the original Ben 10 series, Ben Tennyson is a normal teenager who has put away his toys, including the Omnitrix that gave him his powers.

6. Marvel Funko Shorts

   2016 · Children, Science-Fiction · ended82% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts, which are just so charming, cute and fun that you'll want to watch them over and over again. Each of the three shorts – Spellbound, Bait N Switch and Chimichangas and feature some of Marvel's most popular superheroes and villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool and Venom.

7. Salty's Lighthouse

   1997 · Children, Fantasy · ended82% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, hidden gem.

8. Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock

   2022 · Children, Family · returning82% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8).

   Jim Henson's fun-loving, musical Fraggles are back! Join Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober, and new Fraggle friends on hilarious, epic adventures about the magic that happens when we celebrate and care for our interconnected world.

9. Puffin Rock

   2015 · Children · returning81% match

   Recommended for similar Children profile, highly rated (8).

   Puffin Rock is an animated children's series about a young puffin named Oona and her baby brother Baba. Set on a beautiful Irish island, the show explores nature, friendship, and family through their adventures. Narrated by Chris O'Dowd, it's perfect for preschoolers.

10. Pig City

    2002 · Children · ended80% match

    Recommended for similar Children profile, hidden gem.

    You know the story of "The Three Little Pigs", right? Now step into the more modern story about a pig named Mikey, a humble and cool fifteen year old country pig who goes to live with cousins Martha and Reggie in the city.