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Just yesterday it was announced that HBO Max removed the HBO Max Originals  Esme & Roy ,  The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and  an unspecified “select group of  Sesame Street  specials. Now we Variety is reporting that the streamer has removed something even scarier...about 200 classic Sesame Street  episodes! I wish I could say you had until the end of the month to see them, but the worst part of the decision to remove these titles is that there wasn't any warning for fans to view them before they were pulled. As of today, HBO Max listed 456 total episodes of Sesame Street , with a selection from Seasons 1, 5 and 7 and the full lineup from the most recent Seasons 39-52.  Of those, only 29 are from the earliest seasons. Previously, the streaming service offered about 650 total Sesame Street episodes, including episodes from Seasons 2-4, Season 6 and those from every season between 8 and 35. Per Variety:  HBO and Sesame Workshop fir...

According to Variety ,  HBO Max will remove 36 titles from its service as early as this week including a few Sesame Workshop titles. The list includes the Sesame Workshop HBO Max Originals Esme & Roy , The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo and an unspecified “select group of Sesame Street specials. A spokesperson for HBO Max attributed the decision to the pending merge of the platform with Discovery+, which is also owned by Warner Bros. Discovery . “As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+,” HBO Max’s statement reads. “That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.” It is currently unclear whether they will be made available on DVD or rental services, or if their removal will result in them becoming completely inaccessible.