http://www.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?id=5663-3252324-9G5HrkXHClM73eNuFLVAmw&t=3

"A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch."