Sesame Workshop and the puppeteer who created Ernie spoke out after a "Sesame Street" writer said he based Bert and Ernie on a gay couple.

NECA has opened up preorders for the first two figures in their new Ultimates Sesame Street line. Bert and Ernie ship in January.

The recurring question shot back into our consciousness this week after a former “Sesame Street” writer who is gay said in an interview that he wrote Bert and Ernie as a “loving couple ...

Many times in Sesame Street, Ernie is met with a complicated issue that Bert and the viewers must help him solve. Bert and Ernie have been a dynamic duo for over fifty years.

A former "Sesame Street" writer has confirmed what fans have suspected for years - Bert and Ernie are a couple.

“Sesame Street” released a statement saying this is not the case. The statement says, “As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends.