Sesame Port

Sesame Port is the second Sesame Street co-production for. -based companies and  produced the series in association with. The show features the returns of Basil, Louis and Chaos from Sesame Park, alongside a new cast of Muppet characters. The first season consisted of 20 15-minute episodes, and debuted over, , and  in 2009.

A second season of 20 more episodes was broadcast from April 3, 2010 onwards. The third season of another 20 episodes aired from August 13, 2011 to December 24, 2011.

Production
In February 2008, the (SODEC) of  provided support to realize the new project. Additional funding was secured from the, the , and the. Taping for the first season began in May 2008 at Mel's Cité du Cinéma 2 in the Montreal Technoparc.

All the characters were developed by Sesame Workshop and CinéGroupe, and the Muppets for the series were built by in New York, who worked with exclusively local writers and Muppet performers. , and  auditioned and trained some of the new performers for the show, with James Rankin assisting with training.

The new songs and theme music were composed by Andrew Huggett, the background music was composed by.

Format
The series at aimed at an audience of 3 to 6-year olds. It is composed of original puppet segments featuring Muppets created specifically for the series, local mini documentaries depicting a child's eye view of life in Canada, educational short cartoons, and classic Muppet segments from the library of Sesame Street.

The main setting of the program is the "Sesame Port", a port in the Canadian Maritime village of Sleepy Cove where the Muppet characters of the series live.

Recurring segments include Chaos' World, which features puppets created by Noreen Young, and not by the Muppet Workshop, depicted within Chaos' imagination. The segment also features a mime named Cédric, similar to Mr. Noodle, who tries to answer Chaos' questions through pantomime.

Characters

 * Basil (performed by George Gillick) - A polar bear and the main character of the series
 * Louis (performed by Pier Paquette) - A bilingual otter who helps the audience learn French
 * Chaos (performed by Karen Valleau) - An energetic kitten.
 * April (performed by Jeannie Bagarella) - A full-body lioness.
 * Dungaree and Dungaroo (performed by and Dennis Gruijters respectively) - Two dock workers at Sesame Port.

Guest Muppets

 * Elmo (performed by ) - Appeared in 5 episodes of Season 1 and 15 episodes of Season 2
 * Grover (performed by ) - Appeared in 14 episodes of Season 2
 * Cookie Monster (performed by in season 2 and  in season 3) - Appeared in 14 episodes of Season 2 and 7 episodes of Season 3
 * Baby Bear (performed by ) - Appeared in 3 episodes of Season 1 and 7 episodes of Season 3