The BEST episodes of Sesame Street season 49

Every episode of Sesame Street season 49, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Sesame Street season 49!

On a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

Last Updated: 8/24/2025Network: HBO MaxStatus: Continuing
star
8.40
10 votes

#1 - Astronaut Elmo

Season 49 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/19/2019

Rosita, Elmo and Abby pretend to be astronauts and use their imaginations to go into space; with help from Chris, they figure out which "space tool" to use to fix their ripped spaceship.

Fixing X (repeat)
star
8.10
10 votes

#2 - Fixing X (repeat)

Season 49 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2019

Big Bird and Snuffy are the hosts of "The Letter of the Day Show" on Sesame Street, and learn all about how the letter X can come at the end of a word.

Cookie Monster's Museum Mystery (repeat)
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8.08
12 votes

#3 - Cookie Monster's Museum Mystery (repeat)

Season 49 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/13/2019

A brand-new museum has opened on Sesame Street - the Museum of Modern Cookie! Cookie Monster, Elmo and Chris are very excited to check it out. While walking around the museum, the paintings suddenly begin to disappear and the museum guards think Cookie Monster stole them. With Abby's help, Cookie Monster, Elmo and Chris catch who really was taking the cookie art. Season finale.

Math Magic (repeat)
star
8.06
17 votes

#4 - Math Magic (repeat)

Season 49 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/22/2018

Max the Magician appears on Sesame Street, doing magic tricks that make scarves appear and cards disappear.

star
8.00
9 votes

#5 - Four Furry Superheroes

Season 49 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/27/2019

Telly, Abby and Elmo pretend to be their favorite superheroes, The Furry Four.

star
7.87
15 votes

#6 - Elmo's Happy Little Train

Season 49 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2019

Elmo, Rosita, and Zoe play train and pretend to be the driver, conductor and passenger. They make up an adventure so that Oscar can play, too.

star
7.82
11 votes

#7 - Elmo Goes to Chicken School

Season 49 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/2019

Elmo helps Professor Buck Awe teach a class of chickens using strategies he learned in preschool.

star
7.80
10 votes

#8 - Honk If You Love Libraries

Season 49 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2019

With the help of librarian Grover and comic book superhero Galactic Gail (Zoe Kravitz), Nina and Elmo tour the different sections of the local library to find the books they need.

Dinosaur in the Laundromat
star
7.80
5 votes

#9 - Dinosaur in the Laundromat

Season 49 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/13/2019

There’s a strange noise on Sesame Street, and Rudy, Zoe, and Rosita suspect it’s a dinosaur! With the help of Bill Nye, they become scientists to observe, ask questions, and investigate the mystery.

So You Think You Can Choreograph
star
7.76
17 votes

#10 - So You Think You Can Choreograph

Season 49 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2018

Elmo and his friends are making a music video; when they ask Zoe to be the choreographer, she comes up with the perfect dance and teaches everyone the moves.

star
7.71
7 votes

#11 - Rudy Rides the Bus

Season 49 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2019

Elmo and Rudy play bus driver and bus monitor, driving a homemade bus and helping their friends get around Sesame Street.

Earth Day
star
7.67
9 votes

#12 - Earth Day

Season 49 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/20/2019

Rudy learns to be kind to the Earth after he sees what it would be like if everyone acted like him and threw their trash on the street.

star
7.63
8 votes

#13 - The Big Pretend Band

Season 49 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2019

Bert learns how to use his imagination and pretend-play a saxophone so that he can join his friends in their pretend band and play in a concert.

star
7.63
8 votes

#14 - Sesame Friendship

Season 49 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2019

Big Bird is building a tall block castle, but it accidentally gets knocked down. Big Bird thinks Snuffy did it and doesn't let him explain. Alan and Nina help them learn to stand up for themselves, listen to each other and apologize.

Hey! Sesame Street News
star
7.54
24 votes

#15 - Hey! Sesame Street News

Season 49 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2018

Chris's belt buckle is missing! Newspaper journalist Cookie Monster solves the mystery by asking the five W questions: who, what, where, when, why.

Picture This
star
7.46
24 votes

#16 - Picture This

Season 49 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2018

Alan gives Elmo, Rosita and Abby his old cameras to play with and suggests they can be photographers for the day; Abby, Rosita and Elmo go around Sesame Street learning how to use their cameras and taking pictures of things like sports and fashion.

When You're a Vet
star
7.43
30 votes

#17 - When You're a Vet

Season 49 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2018

Abby and Elmo play veterinarians. By using their eyes, ears and hands, Abby and Elmo figure out what's wrong with their pretend patients and help them feel better.

Julia's Haircut
star
7.43
7 votes

#18 - Julia's Haircut

Season 49 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/2019

Elmo, Abby and Alan play hair salon and pretend to be hair stylists to help Julia feel less scared about getting a haircut.

New Year's Eve on Sesame Street
star
7.42
12 votes

#19 - New Year's Eve on Sesame Street

Season 49 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/29/2018

It’s New Year’s Eve on Sesame Street! Rosita and Telly try to help Elmo stay awake until midnight so he can celebrate with his friends.

star
7.40
10 votes

#20 - Mechanics in Space

Season 49 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2019

Rudy pretends to be a space alien; when his spaceship won't start, Abby and Elmo play mechanics and fix it.

star
7.27
15 votes

#21 - Bath Time for Blankey

Season 49 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/2019

Abby brings Rudy to the laundromat to wash his stinky blanket, but new attendant Grover doesn't know how to use the machines; luckily, Chris brings in his dirty clothes too, and shows everyone how to use a washing machine and dryer.

star
7.09
11 votes

#22 - Walking the Dog

Season 49 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/23/2019

Elmo wants to be a dog walker just like dog walker Grover; his friends help him practice by pretending to be different kinds of dogs.

star
7.08
12 votes

#23 - Play Time

Season 49 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/5/2019

The gang is putting on a play about Little Miss Muffet, the classic nursery rhyme. Nina helps Big Bird take on the role of playwright when he has an idea for a new ending.

star
7.00
7 votes

#24 - Welcome to Sesame Hospital

Season 49 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/4/2019

Rosita, Abby, and Telly play hospital and pretend to be a doctor, nurse and x-ray technician. Chris pretends to be their patient and they help heal his funny bone.

star
6.71
7 votes

#25 - Elmo the Engineer

Season 49 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/2019

Elmo and his dad become engineers as they design a device to help Elmo put away his toys.