Originally designed for inner city children, ages 3-5 years, "Sesame Street" was designed to increase knowledge in the areas of: symbolic representation (pre-reading skills), cognitive organization which entails relational concepts, reasoning and problem solving, and the child and his world. This study examined the effects of the program on 5, 6, and 7-year-old children living in isolated communities on the coast of Labrador. Since these children functioned cognitively 1-2 years below their chronological age when compared to urban middle-class children, focus was placed on whether the program could be a valuable learning device for children older than those for which it was designed and who were functioning below average for their ages. Over a three year period, children in grades K-2 were administered the: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, and Criterion Reference Tests. The results showed that though there was an initial gain by those viewing the program, by the end of the second year all groups were functioning at an equal level. Suggestions are made for continued enrichment throughout elementary school rather than a short-term program. (NQ)