The film depicts "profane, drug-using, misogynistic" puppets, the lawsuit says. The makers of "Sesame Street" are suing the production company behind a new raunchy, R-rated film with puppet characters ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For nearly 50 years Sesame Street has presented children with characters and stories that reflect ...

The nonprofit behind Sesame Street has officially lost its legal battle against the creators of Melissa McCarthy’s raunchy puppet comedy The Happytime Murders. A New York Judge ruled on Wednesday that ...

Comedian Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming R-rated movie co-starring fouled-mouthed Muppet-like characters draws a clear line between itself and “Sesame Street,” despite contrary claims by the makers of the ...

What do puppets do when they are not bringing joy to children? According to “The Happytime Murders,” a movie starring Melissa McCarthy in which puppets and humans inhabit the same world, the lovable ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The company behind “Sesame Street” is suing ...

The parent organization behind “Sesame Street” is suing the studio STX over the upcoming Melissa McCarthy movie “The Happytime Murders,” alleging that the sexually explicit comedy set in an imaginary ...