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  • Adored by the Network: The American Forces Network loved this show and aired it for two hours every week. It reran on their AFN Family subchannel up through 2018.
    • Noggin aired the show frequently when they were still broadcasting it. It often showed up on their schedule right before or after reruns of Sesame Street proper, and in consistently good time slots for its target audience to catch it. The same applied with its run on Sprout, where it ran for a few extra months longer than Sesame did after the cable rights moved to HBO.
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Ernie was played by John Tartaglia in Season 2 rather than Steve Whitmire.
    • After having taken over the roles a few years earlier, this show marks the first full Sesame Street production where Eric Jacobson replaces Frank Oz as Grover and Bert due to the latter retiring from Muppet performing to focus on his directorial career. note  Cookie Monster, Oz's third major Sesame character, made a few appearances in season 2, performed here by David Rudman (who had begun playing him the previous year).
  • Screwed by the Network: The show was cancelled in 2007 when Noggin ended its partnership with Sesame Workshop. It later moved to PBS Kids Sprout.
    • For unexplained reasons, Play With Me Sesame was one of the few Sesame Workshop shows to not be included with their HBO deal. This also applies to HBO Max.
  • The Original Darrin: Steve Whitmire returned to playing Ernie in season 3 after being replaced by John Tartaglia in season 2.

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