Sesame Street, along with all public broadcasting programs, are threatened by Republican budget cuts. The children's television show has been educating youth commercial-free since 1969, but proposed budget cuts to public broadcasting may remove our beloved Big Bird from TV.

Republicans would love to slash the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the company responsible for distributing government support to public broadcasting programs such as PBS and NPR.

Sesame Street is one of the best children's programs out there, a commercial-free safe place for children to learn and be entertained. Losing Big Bird and his gang would be a terrible loss for generations to come, and we cannot let Republican budget cuts put an end to this educational masterpiece. Please act now.

We urge you not to compromise the education of our youth by taking away such valuable programs as Sesame Street. Thousands of Americans rely on public media for high-quality, commercial-free programming for our children and unbiased global and local news.