2013

Television & Movies

 * Sesame Street season 44, September 16
 * Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular, November 28

Appearances

 * The Swedish Chef in SportsCenter commercials on ESPN, January
 * Big Bird with Michelle Obama in "Let's Move!" PSAs, February
 * Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal on Good Luck Charlie, April 28
 * Gobo and Red Fraggle host the Fraggle Rock-athon on The Hub, April 21
 * Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, Telly, Cookie Monster and Ismael Crúz Cordova on Good Morning America, May 10
 * Eric Jacobson and the Muppet Workshop on CNN, July 7
 * Kermit the Frog and Steve Martin on Funny or Die, August 21
 * Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Murray, Count von Count, and Big Bird on Good Morning America, September 13
 * Cookie Monster on The Wendy Williams Show, September 25
 * Elmo, Grover, Zoe, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Murray, Count von Count, Big Bird and Snuffy on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, September 25
 * Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on The Colbert Report, September 26
 * Rosita, Elmo, Zoe, Murray Monster, Count von Count Abby Cadabby, Grover, Telly Monster and Cookie Monster on Today, September 29
 * Grover and Bert on #5Facts, October 9
 * Frank Oz and Brian Jay Jones promoting Jim Henson: The Biography on Today, October 15

Live Appearances

 * Big Bird at Qualcomm's CES 2013, January 7
 * Alan, Bob, Gordon, Maria, Gina, Rosita, Grundgetta, and Herry Monster at From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook, January 28
 * Sonia Manzano, Joey Mazzarino, supervising producer Nadine Zylstra and researcher Autumn Zitani, "Master Class with Sesame Workshop: Inspiring the Global Child", TIFF Kids International Film Festival, April 19 (full event April 18 to 21)
 * Miss Piggy, Gobo Fraggle, Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney, Eric Jacobson and John Tartaglia at MOMI, May 21
 * Rosita and Abby Cadabby, with a walkaround Cookie Monster, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration event
 * Maria (Sonia Manzano) and Cookie Monster (David Rudman), and walk-around characters of Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover, 10th Annual WTTW Kids Fun and Run, August 25
 * Red Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Karen Prell, Kathy Mullen, and Michael Frith at Dragon*Con, September

International Appearances

 * Ernie on DAS!, January 2
 * Pferd & Wolle on DAS!, January 3
 * Ernie and Bert on DAS!, January 4
 * Elmo on DAS!, January 5
 * Finchen and Wolf on DAS!, January 6
 * Ernie & Bert on German NDR Info radio (video available), January 6
 * H. Melvin Ming, Cookie Monster (David Rudman), Pferd, Wolle, Finchen, Elmo, Ernie & Bert at Sesamstrasse's 40th anniversary press conference birthday party, Samson, Ernie & Bert at the 40th anniversary live concert (Hamburg, Germany), January 7 (live appearances)
 * Ernie, Bert & Elmo on Hamburg Journal, January 7
 * Ernie & Bert on German N-JOY radio (video available), January 8
 * Ernie & Bert on TV Total, January 31
 * Miss Piggy on Red Nose Day (Pepe in promos), March 15
 * Ernie & Bert on SWR3 latenight (Germany), April 12
 * Ernie on Hamburg Journal, May 14
 * Ernie at 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse exhibition opening night launch party in Hamburg, Germany, May 14 (live appearance)
 * Samson, Ernie and Bert on Wer hat's gesehen?, June 16
 * Ernie at the 10th annual Hamburg Animation Awards, August 6 (live appearance)
 * Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Wolf & Preston Rabbit on Das Herbstfest der Träume, October 12 (live TV appearance)
 * Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Wolf & Preston Rabbit on Das Magazin zum Herbstfest, October 18

International Television & Movies

 * Treehouse TV will give up the rights to Sesame Street and its spin-offs

Books

 * Labyrinth graphic novel, April 9
 * Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Where No Muppet Has Gone Before, May 14
 * Jim Henson: The Biography, September 24

Storybooks

 * The Muppets: For the Love of Miss Piggy, January 2
 * Elmo's Daddy, January 8
 * Sesame Beginnings: It's Time!, January 8
 * Tuck Me In, Elmo!, January 8
 * The Muppets: Easter Eggstravaganza!, February 5
 * Elmo at the Zoo, February 5
 * The Muppets: Fozzie's Funny Business, April 2
 * The Muppets: Bunsen and Beaker Save the Show, September 3

Home Video

 * Elmo's World: All Day With Elmo, February 5
 * Fraggle Rock: The Complete First Season (re-release), March 12
 * Fraggle Rock: The Complete Second Season (re-release), April 16
 * Elmo the Musical, May 7
 * Fraggle Rock: Meet The Fraggles, May 14
 * Fraggle Rock: The Complete Third Season (re-release), May 14
 * Fraggle Rock: 30th Anniversary Complete Series Collection, May 14
 * Fraggle Rock: The Complete Fourth Season (re-release), June 11
 * The Jim Henson Collection, June 11
 * Arts and Crafts Playdate, July 9
 * The Muppet Movie (The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition), Blu-ray, August 13
 * C is for Cooking, September 10
 * Being Brave, October 1
 * Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas and The Christmas Toy, October 8
 * Fairytale Fun, November 5
 * Sesame Street: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Popular Children's Television Series, November 16
 * Muppet Treasure Island & The Great Muppet Caper (Of Pirates & Pigs Collection), Blu-ray, December 10

International Home Video

 * Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 7: Die neue Brille, February 8
 * Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 8: Alles Schrott?, February 8

Video games

 * Kinect Sesame Street TV, season 2, January 7
 * My Muppets Show app, June 17 (in Australia), August 1 (worldwide release)

Comics

 * Sesame Street Issue #1 - I is for Imagination, May 1

Merchandise

 * Muppet bobblehead dolls (Funko)
 * Muppet Vinylmation, series 3, July 26

Albums

 * The Muppet Movie (CD reissue), August 13
 * Dream a Dream and See, September

Theme park

 * Spaghetti Space Chase, indoor Sesame Street ride at Universal Studios Singapore, March 1

Web content

 * "Can You Tell-y Me How to Get to a Billion?", February 14
 * "Ricky Gervais and Pepe the King Prawn on the Set of Muppets Most Wanted", February 25
 * "Counting the "You"s in YouTube", March 6
 * "Sesame Street Explores National Parks", June 4
 * "Royal Baby Congratulations from Miss Piggy & Kermit the Frog!", July 22
 * "Me Want It (But Me Wait)", August 5
 * "Sesame Street: Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More", September

People

 * Jane Henson dies, April 2
 * Faz Fazakas dies, September 30

Events
December 13, 2012 - April 7 May 5, 2013 (extended) (as Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 40.! Ein Ausflug in die Welt der Sesamstraße)
 * 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse anniversary exhibition
 * Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen (Berlin, Germany),
 * Altonaer Museum (Hamburg, Germany), May 15, 2013 - March 16, 2014
 * Sesamstrasse 40th anniversary birthday party & concert (Hamburg, Germany), January 7
 * Original National Children's Museum opening; the museum and its Sesame display were bumped up to December 2012.
 * Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary boutique at FAO Schwarz in New York City, April