"Sesame Street" and "Battlestar Galactica" Slated For Spanish-Language Editions

Univision will begin showing Season 1 of "Sesame Amigos", a new 30-minute Spanish-language program from Sesame Workshop, on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 8:30am ET/PT in its Saturday children’s programming block “Planeta U.” The network has scheduled 26 episodes featuring Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie and other familiar denizens of the popular PBS series "Sesame Street".

NBC Universo announced the launch on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 of "Battlestar Galactica", the 2004-2009 series from the Syfy channel. From Universal Cable Productions, the series will air for the first time in Spanish on U.S. television. The series starred Edward James Olmos, Grace Park, Mary McDonnell and Jaime Bamber. NBC Universo recently launched "Law & Order: L.A." and "Suits" in Spanish on Tuesday nights.

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