Sesame Park

McCarthy partnered with the Children's Television Workshop to introduce new, CBC-produced segments to the show's original American footage.

In 1972, the bulk of Sesame Street's content was licensed out to CBC Television, originally as five-minute interstitials during commercial breaks.

Some Spanish segments still aired in Canada, although fewer in number and usually related to the show's Hispanic main-cast characters, Maria and Luis.

[3] In 1987, a series of specially made Canadian Muppet characters were introduced, including Basil the Bear, French-Canadian Louis the Otter, and Dodi the bush pilot.

In 2000, Sheila McCarthy won Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series, for her role in an episode of the show, beating out fellow guest star Pier Kohl, as well as others.

Guest Eric Peterson won again for Best Performance in a Preschool Program or Series, beating out Pier Kohl, James Rankin, Natasha LaForce and Gisèle Corinthios.

In addition, since the rise of cable television in Canada in the 1970s (and before that for communities close to the US border), the original American Sesame Street could still be viewed on PBS-affiliated stations.

Various segments, including Global Grover and Elmo's World, have aired separately on the channel for many years after Open Sesame.