I actually managed to watch 9TV's broadcast of
Sesame Street yesterday morning.
The good news: it's back!
The bad news: it's the edited 30-minute version.
The episode was actually first aired in the USA on November 2009, and features Michelle Obama in a segment towards the end.
Intro is so different, the street is familiar yet had some new elements: Mr. Hooper's store now has outside tables, and there's a lush garden area near the carriage house. Susan, Gordon, Bob, Maria and Luis are all still there, but they are practically senior citizens.
I have no idea who the other cast members are.
The show's format is more street-oriented, with hardly any animated number/letter clips now. The episode I watched was
"brought to you by the letter H and the number 40" -->
40??? During my time 12 was the maximum number that was featured, LOL.
Various 10-minute segments are also aired within the main show, which are combination muppet/cgi/animated segments--the one shown in the episode I watched was
Abby's Flying Fairy School. Thank God there was no
Elmo's World segment, or I would've changed the channel--can't stand that little abomination.