Television and movies
- Sesame Street: When Families Grieve, April 14
- Sesame Street Season 41 begins on PBS, September 27
- Fraggle Rock returns to U.S. television in reruns on The Hub, October 10
International Television & Movies
- Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse premieres on the Latin American Disney Channel, May 21
- Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez premieres on the Latin American Disney Channel, May 28
- Sesamstrasse season 38, August 29
- Sesamgade season 2, August 29
- Me and My Monsters debuts on BBC-CBBC, October 18
- Sesamstrasse präsentiert: Eine Möhre für Zwei premieres, October 23
Appearances
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, January 3
- America's Funniest Home Videos, January 10
- Cake Boss, January 18
- Sesame Street Live on PIX 11 Morning News, February 5
- Grover on The Dr. Oz Show, February 26
- Elmo on The Wendy Williams Show, March 1
- Elmo on The Dr. Oz Show, March 2
- Grover at the Shorty Awards, March 3
- Cookie Monster on Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, April 23
- The Muppets on The Nerdist, April 27
- Elmo on Today, May 3
- The Muppets on Lost Slapdown, May
- Big Bird on Martha, May 25
- Fozzie Bear, Cat Cora, and Angelo on The Early Show to promote The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora, September 15
- Elmo, Super Grover 2.0, and Carol-Lynn Parente on Good Morning America, September 24
- Super Grover 2.0 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, September 24
- Elmo on The Wendy Williams Show, September 27
- Elmo on 11 News, December 2
- Elmo and a broccoli on KITV 4 News, December 8
- Cookie Monster on Saturday Night Live, December 18
International Appearances
- Elmo on Milkshake! 29, 30th June and 2 July
- Elmo on Live from Studio Five, July
- Pferd, Wolle and Martin Paas on Hamburg Journal, July 21
- Elmo and Abby Cadabby on The Project, July 22
- Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Tree
- Al Sabor Del Chef, November 26
Live appearances
- Kermit the Frog (and walk-around Sweetums) at Walt Disney World's 1st Social Media Celebration, Epcot Center, February 10
- Bob McGrath and Fran Brill with Prairie Dawn at the 62nd Annual Writers Guild of America Awards East, February 20
- The cast of Sesame Street at the AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards, February 22
- Grover (and Eric Jacobson) at the 2nd Annual Shorty Awards, March 3
- Elmo at Busch Gardens, March
- White House Egg Roll: Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Rosita, Gordon and Maria, April 5
- Katie Couric with Elmo, Jesse, and Rosita at a tree planting ceremony at Madison Square Park, for the launch of When Families Grieve, April 8
- Miss Piggy attends the Good Housekeeping Shine On Event, April 12
- Karen Prell and Red Fraggle at Free Comic Book Day, May 1
- Elmo at Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times screening, Children's Aid Society Dunlevy Milbank Center Boys & Girls Club, May 6
- Elmo at the Peabody Awards, May 17
- Various characters, Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala, June 2
- Karen Prell and Red Fraggle at San Diego Comic-Con, July 24
On the Web
- The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora, September 13
Merchandise
- Abby Cadabby's Box of Fun: Rhyme with Me
- Sesame Street apps: Elmo's Monster Maker, Bert's Bag, Rosita's Jump Count
- Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure Wii, DS, and PC game
- Cookie's Counting Carnival Wii, DS, and PC game
- Asonde Manabu Typing: Sesame Street Hen PC game
- Muppet Vinylmation series 1
Storybooks
Attractions and Events
- Minneapolis, Minnesota declares Sesame Street Live Day, January 13
- Jim Henson's Fantastic World
- Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS), January 1 - March 14
- Nation Heritage Museum (Lexington, MA), April 3 - June 27
- Fresno Metropolitan Museum (Fresno, CA), July 17 - October 10
- Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL), October 30 - December 31
- ToonSeum exhibit "The Art of Caroll Spinney", November 6, 2010 to January 30, 2011
International Attractions and Events
- Schuif Gezellig Aan in Helmond, March 2 to September 12
- Schuif Gezellig Aan in Alkmaar, October 9 to February 28, 2011
Albums
- Sesame Street: Old School: Volume 1, March 23
- Sesame Street: Old School: Volume 2, October 26
People
- Jimmy Dean dies, June 13
- Jack Parnell dies, August 9
- Danny Epstein dies, August 10
- Michael Smollin dies, September 30
- Barbara Billingsley dies, October 16
Stage Shows
- Sesame Street Live presents Elmo's Healthy Heroes!
Home Video
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series: The Complete Series, January 19
- Elmo's World: Let's Play Music, February 2
- Fraggle Rock: Wembley's Egg Surprise, February 9
- The Hoobs: Hoobloads of Learning and Fun, February 9
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Rainbow & Other Springtime Stories, March 9
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures, April 6
- The Song of the Cloud Forest and Other Earth Stories, April 13
- Jim Henson's Animal Show: Lions, Tigers & Bears, April 13
- The Best of Elmo 2, May 4
- Firefly Fun and Buggy Buddies, June 1
- Dog City: The Movie, June 8
- ABCs with Elmo, July 6
- Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting, July 13
- Henson's Place, August 3
- P Is for Princess, August 3
- Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly, September 14
- Counting with Elmo, September 14
- Iron Monster and Sesame Heroes, October 5
- Shalom Sesame: Welcome to Israel, October 5
- Shalom Sesame: Chanukah: The Missing Menorah, October 5
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, October 12
- C is for Cookie Monster, October 19
Muppet Character Debuts
- Eine Möhre für Zwei: Wolf, Günni
- The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora: Angelo
- Sesame Street
- Recurring characters: Super Grover 2.0
- When Families Grieve: Uncle Jack, Aunt Jill, Jesse
- Zhima Jie: Da Niao Kan Shijie: Lily
International Home Video
- Studio DC: Almost Live - Extended Edition, March 11
- Studio DC: Almost Live - Edición Extendida, August 25
- Ernie und Bert im Land der Träume DVD 1, October 29
- Die Muppet Show: Season One, December 2
- Die Fraggles: Season 1.1, December 10
- Die Fraggles: Season 1.2, December 10
- Die Fraggles: Season 2, December 10
- Die Fraggles: Season 3, December 10
- Die Fraggles: Seasons 4 & 5, December 10
Parades
- 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade features balloons version of Elmo and Big Bird and the walk-around character cast of Sesame Street (Abby, Elmo, Zoe, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, The Count, Telly)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Kermit the Frog balloon and the Sesame Street float
- Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the walk-around Sweetums in Disney's Honorary VoluntEars Cavalcade at Disneyland and Walt Disney World
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