Three new children's series, featuring Grover, Elmo and others, are in development from Sesame Workshop.

The shows are "Super Grover 2.0" (13x6), "Count TV" (26x5) featuring Count Von Count and "Goodnight, Elmo" (52x5).

"Sesame Workshop prides itself on constantly experimenting with new formats and characters that will engage our viewers in the most positive way," says Miranda Barry, Sesame Workshop's executive vice president of creative. "In this instance, we've taken some of our most beloved muppets and paired them up with age-appropriate curricular goals that create an in-depth and fun-filled learning experience for young children and their families."

In addition, Sesame Workshop is also readying The Sesame International Web starter kit, based on the Sesame Street website, to assist partners with creation of unique Web experiences. The kit comes with content for kids and adults such as interactive games, videos, coloring pages, parenting tips and family activities.

The new formats and Web starter kit will be highlighted at Mipcom in October.