Grover Gets His Own Preschool Series. Plus: More 'Sesame Street' Spinoffs Coming

For over four decades the furry, blue monster known as Grover has been the workhorse on 'Sesame Street.' He's served that annoying, football-shaped headed, blue-haired customer who never seems happy, he's run back an forth screaming "Near!" and "Far!" dozens of times,and he's crashed into hundreds of walls and garbage cans in his role as Super Grover.

Now, all this hard work is paying off.

Cynopsis Media is reporting that Grover is getting his own series aimed at the preschool set. Titled 'Super Grover 2.0,' the six-minute-long show will focus on age-appropriate subjects in science and technology, including mathematics. Grover will encourage viewers to follow in his scientific experiments and teach them the abilities to observe and ask questions about the world around them.

In addition to Grover's new series, two additional programs are currently under production at Sesame Workshop. 'Count TV' will feature long-time Muppet Count von Count as he introduces the number of the day as well as helps out with some very basic math skills.

The other show, 'Goodnight, Elmo' moves the popular red-furred character out of his World and into his bedroom as he and his Dad make up bedtime stories that turn into fairy tales starring 'Sesame Street' characters. Both series will be five minutes each.

While 'Super Grover 2.0' was the only series mentioned as being a featured segment on the new season of 'Sesame Street,' there's a good chance 'Count TV ' and 'Goodnight Elmo' may be seen there as well. Most likely, these mini-casts will be shown in-between other preschool shows on Public Television as well as on cable network Sprout and the web.

The new season of 'Sesame Street,' its 41st, is expected to begin in November.