The Cricket's Daily 3: 'Sesame Street' in a richer neighborhood

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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• First-run episodes of "Sesame Street" will debut on HBO for the next five seasons, then play on PBS nine months later. The Internet reacted appropriately. [Los Angeles Times, Wired]

• The guy who forced both David Letterman and Conan O'Brien out of NBC to further his own career accused someone else of having a "mean streak." [The Huffington Post]

• A musical version of "Waitress" — Adrienne Shelley's 2007 movie starring Keri Russell as a pie-making waitress — will premiere on Broadway next spring, with songs written by Sara Bareilles. [The Hollywood Reporter]