Netflix is turning up the play button. From Sesame Street, a long-running American educational children’s television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry’s familiar faces and Gabby’s Dollhouse, a live-action and animated preschool series on Netflix, growing gang to four-pawed pirates sailing into preschool waters, the streamer has unveiled a fresh slate of series, films and games for its youngest audiences.
The new lineup expands worlds kids already know while introducing fresh faces, from the seafaring crew of Puppy Pirates a popular children’s chapter book series written by Erin Soderberg Downing and an upcoming preschool animated television series greenlit for Netflix, to more prehistoric mayhem in Bad Dinosaurs, a computer-animated slapstick comedy series about a family of T-rexes navigating life in a colorful and chaotic prehistoric world.
Kids and family viewing accounted for 15 per cent of Netflix’s total view hours in the first half of 2026, with the segment clocking 106 billion hours since the beginning of 2023.
Netflix vice president, animation series, kids + preschool Heather Tilert shared, “We’re curating a slate of favourite-worthy series, films, and games to serve kids at every age and stage of their development. Whether that’s spending more time with Gabby and her adorable sister Doozie, meeting the crew of Puppy Pirates for the first time, or growing up alongside more Sesame Street, we’re building a place parents can feel good about.”
Sesame Street is getting a bigger postcode on Netflix. Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby and the gang are returning for more adventures, with Netflix developing a new Sesame Street film alongside Rideback and Sesame Workshop, two major media entities.
The streamer has also extended its deal with Sesame Workshop, keeping new seasons of the series coming through season 62.
Season 57 volume four arrives on 23 November, followed by volumes five and six in 2027. Meanwhile, the CG-animated Mecha Builders, an animated 3D children’s television series and a spin-off of Sesame Street, is set to arrive on 26 October. The Street, it seems, is staying busy.
Gabby’s Dollhouse is adding another room to its ever-expanding playhouse. Doozie’s Doghouse, a mixed-media companion series centred on Gabby’s sister Doozie, premieres on 9 November. The series promises tail-wagging adventures, imaginative play and plenty of puppy-powered chaos.
Then, on 9 December, Gabby’s Dollhouse: Makers and Bakers, an upcoming family reality competition series on Netflix inspired by the animated hit Gabby’s Dollhouse, will serve up a festive helping of creativity. The four holiday-themed episodes will see young baker-and-maker duos tackle crafting and baking challenges, with Laila Lockhart Kraner returning as Gabby and Aidy Bryant, Justin Willman and Melissa Villaseñor joining as judges. More episodes will follow in 2027.
The Gabby effect is already sizable. Seasons one to 13 have amassed more than 670 million views since 2024, while season 14 landed at number four on Netflix’s global top 10 and reached the top 10 in 63 countries.
Netflix is also unleashing a new crew with Puppy Pirates. Created by Matthew Fernandes, the preschool series follows four heroic hounds sailing the high seas in search of lost treasures and pretty much anything else that has gone missing, including stuffies.
Four paws, one ship and plenty of high-seas mischief. Consider the preschool adventure officially under way.
The prehistoric fun is far from extinct. Bad Dinosaurs has been renewed for seasons two and three, with eight episodes each. Created by Joel Veitch, Alex Mallinson and David Shute, the series will bring back more prehistoric laughs and dino-sized mischief.
Season one spent five weeks in Netflix’s global top 10 and has amassed nearly 55 million views since its 2024 debut. These dinosaurs are clearly not going anywhere fast.
The fun is also moving beyond the screen, with Netflix Playground adding more games to its growing library.
A new Trash Truck, an animated children’s television series on Netflix about a six-year-old boy named Hank and his best friend, a giant, emotional, and non-verbal trash truck, mobile game launches on 27 October, while Numberblocks: Hide and Seek, an official interactive mobile learning app and a popular animated episode theme based on the Bafta-winning CBeebies children’s television series Numberblocks and KPop Demon Hunters: Ready, Set, Shine, an upcoming interactive kids’ mobile game set in the KPop Demon Hunters universe, arrive on 29 September.
Designed for children aged eight and under, Netflix Playground comes with every Netflix membership, with no in-app purchases or additional fees. Games can also be played offline, handy for journeys when the internet decides to take a timeout.
Netflix is also giving parents a helping hand at bedtime and beyond. A new low-stimulation collection brings together shows and films with slower pacing, softer visuals and simple, predictable stories, including Trash Truck, Puffin Rock, a gentle, award-winning animated preschool television series about a young puffin and her baby brother exploring their island home off the coast of Ireland and Llama Llama, a popular children’s book and animated television series character created by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney.
The streamer has also introduced two curated playlists: All-Star Preschool for its youngest viewers and Ultimate Kids for children aged five to eight. Both playlists autoplay continuous episodes, meaning less scrolling and more storytelling.
Meanwhile, Bedtime Stories with Netflix Jr., an award-winning audio and video series designed to help young children relax, quiet their minds, and transition smoothly into sleep, has released a new episode featuring The Creature Cases, an animated preschool children’s television series created by Gabe Pulliam for Netflix. The award-winning podcast has clocked more than 19 million listens and listen hours across podcast platforms and Netflix Jr. YouTube.
From Sesame Street to Puppy Pirates and Gabby’s latest playhouse expansion, Netflix is packing its kids’ universe with more worlds to explore, more characters to meet and plenty more reasons to hit play.
