Edited sentence: As CTW researchers Shalom Fisch and Lewis Berstein stated, researchers, as experts, acted as "advocates" for children while the show's writers and producers brought their instincts and past successes with entertaining children through television.Researchers and production staff were viewed as a team working together to ensure the best possible product.The production staff recognized early in Sesame Street's history that having access to researchers to gather children's reactions and to inform production was a valuable resource.The show's staff work to ensure that the relationship between producers and researchers is not adversarial, but that each side contributes "its own unique perspective and expertise"