Sneak Peak: Kennedy Center Honors Sesame Street!

Last weekend Sesame Street was honored at the Kennedy Center where Sesame Workshop co-founders Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett accepted the award.

The Sesame Street cast honored Carroll Spinney, who died the day of the ceremony, by wearing yellow Big Bird feathers.

Below are some highlights of the red carpet, backstage, and ceremony:

The 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors marks the first time a television program will receive the award. The co-founders of Sesame Street, Joan Ganz Cooney and Dr. Lloyd Morrisett, will accept the Kennedy Center Honors on behalf of the show, Muppets creator Jim Henson, seminal Muppets artists Caroll Spinney and Frank Oz, and the thousands of creatives who have built the program’s 50-year legacy.

The Kennedy Center Honors airs Sunday Dec. 15th at 8pm‎ on CBS.