The Jim Henson Company

American entertainment company

The Jim Henson Company, Inc.

Logo used since 2001

The Jim Henson Company Lot in Los Angeles, pictured in 2006.

Formerly| Muppets, Inc. (1958–1976; 1985)
Henson Associates, Inc. (1976–1987)
Jim Henson Productions, Inc. (1987–1997)
Company type| Private
Industry| Entertainment
Founded| November 20, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-11-20)
Founders| Jim and Jane Henson
Headquarters| Jim Henson Company Lot,

Los Angeles, California

U.S.

Key people

| Brian Henson (chairman)
Lisa Henson (president & CEO)
Products| Puppetry, Animation, Computer graphics, Digital puppetry, Entertainment
Brands|

* The Muppets (1955–2004)†[a]
* Sesame Street Muppets (1969–2001)†[b]
* The Dark Crystal
* Labyrinth
* Fraggle Rock

Owner| Henson family
Parent| EM.TV & Merchandising AG
(2000–2003)
Divisions| Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Henson Recording Studios
Jim Henson Animation Studios
Henson Alternative
Website| henson.com

The Jim Henson Company, Inc., formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc. (commonly referred to as Henson), is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for its innovations in the field of puppetry, particularly through the creation of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets characters.[1]

Brian Henson is chairman and Lisa Henson is CEO. Since 2000, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered at the Jim Henson Company Lot, the historic former Charlie Chaplin Studios, in Hollywood.

The company was established in November 1958 by puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson,[2] and is currently independently owned and operated by their children. Henson has produced many successful television series, including The Muppet Show (1976–1981), Fraggle Rock (1983–1987), and Bear in the Big Blue House (1997–2006); as well, the company designed the Muppet characters for Sesame Street (1969–present).

The company has also produced theatrical films, including The Muppet Movie (1979), The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). Henson also operates Jim Henson's Creature Shop, an animatronics and special effects studio which has created characters and digital effects for both Henson productions and outside projects.[3] In 1989, the company entered merger negotiations with The Walt Disney Company, which were canceled following Jim Henson's death in 1990.

Subsequently, control of the company was assumed by Henson's children: Lisa, Cheryl, Brian, John, and Heather. In 2000, Henson was sold to German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG; by the end of that year, however, EM.TV's stock collapsed, and the Henson family re-acquired the company in 2003.

In the interim, EM.TV sold the rights to the Sesame Street Muppets to Sesame Workshop in early January 2001,[4] following a December 2000 announcement. Henson sold The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties to Disney in 2004, but retains the remainder of its program library and assets.

As of 2025[update], Brian, Lisa, Cheryl, and Heather Henson maintain control of the company. Their mother, Jane Henson, died in April 2013 and brother, John Henson, died in February 2014.

## History

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### 1958–1990

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Jim and Jane Henson officially founded Muppets, Inc. on November 20, 1958, three years after Sam and Friends debuted on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Aside from Sam and Friends, the majority of its work until 1969 was in advertising; appearances on late-night talk shows; and short "meeting films" primarily for enterprise use, produced from 1965 to 1996. In 1968, the company began designing characters and producing short films for the fledgling Sesame Street, which premiered on NET (succeeded by PBS) in November 1969.

One of the company's first characters to appear regularly on television, Rowlf the Dog, originated in commercials for Purina Dog Chow and became a regular character on The Jimmy Dean Show from 1963 to 1966. During this time, the show's host, Jimmy Dean, refused an opportunity to own 40% of the company, assuming that he did not attain that right. Jim Henson also pitched several different projects to the major American television networks, to little avail. Some ideas became unaired pilots, while others were never produced.

Henson Associates logo from 1976 to 1987.

In 1976, producer Lew Grade approached Henson to produce a weekly series in Grade's native United Kingdom. This series became The Muppet Show, produced by Associated Television (ATV) for the ITV network. The success of The Muppet Show led to the Muppets becoming an enduring media franchise. Another company controlled by Grade, ITC Entertainment, originally owned The Muppet Show, among other Henson productions, but Henson acquired the rights to these productions in the 1980s. During this time, Henson formed Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a special effects studio partially responsible for the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth; and television series The StoryTeller, Farscape, and Dinosaurs.

Jim Henson Productions logo from 1988 to 2001.

Later in his life, Henson produced Fraggle Rock and The Jim Henson Hour. In August 1989, Henson and Disney CEO Michael Eisner began merger discussions reportedly valued at $150 million, which also included a fifteen-year contract for Henson's personal "creative services."[5] However, the deal did not include the rights to the Sesame Street characters, which were owned by Henson, although merchandising revenue was split between Henson and the Children's Television Workshop.

Also during the negotiations, management of the company's Henson International Television distribution unit based in the United Kingdom purchased their unit from the company, leading to the establishment of HIT Entertainment.[6] On May 16, 1990, as negotiations continued, Jim Henson died of toxic shock syndrome. Following Henson's death, neither Disney nor Jim Henson Productions could come to an accord. Negotiations officially ended in December 1990, and Henson remained an independent company.[7][8]

### 1991–1999

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The Henson family assumed management of the company, and Brian Henson was named president, chairman, and CEO in January 1991.[9] In the following years, Henson entered into deals with several companies, including television rights to the Henson library with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon; a record label with BMG Kidz; and a home media label called Jim Henson Video in partnership with Buena Vista Home Video, which lasted until late 1997.[10] In 1995, Henson entered into an agreement with ABC to produce primetime television series, leading to Muppets Tonight and Aliens in the Family.

Following the releases of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island by Walt Disney Pictures, Henson formed Jim Henson Pictures with Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 1998, the company signed a deal with Columbia TriStar Home Video to launch Jim Henson Home Entertainment.[11] By 1999, Henson held partial interests in two cable channels: The Kermit Channel (broadcasting in Asia) and Odyssey Network (broadcasting in the United States), both jointly owned with Hallmark Entertainment. After Hallmark (through Crown Media Holdings) assumed full ownership of these networks, the Kermit Channel was discontinued and Odyssey was renamed the Hallmark Channel.

### 2000–2004

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Jim Henson Home Entertainment logo used since 2001.

In 2000, the Henson family sold the company to the German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG, for $680 million.[12][13] That summer, EM.TV sold Henson's stakes in the Odyssey and Kermit cable channels in exchange for an 8.2% stake in Hallmark-controlled Crown Media Holdings.[14] By the end of 2000, after EM.TV subsequently experienced major financial problems, EM.TV sold the company's ownership of the Sesame Street Muppets and Henson's small interest in the Noggin television network to Sesame Workshop,[15] and by early 2001, Henson itself was marked for sale.[16] Disney,[17] Viacom,[18] HIT Entertainment,[19] AOL Time Warner,[20] Haim Saban,[21] Classic Media,[22] as well as Henson management, among others, were all parties reportedly interested in acquiring the company.

In December 2002, a deal was announced in which EM.TV would sell a 49.9% stake in Henson to an investment group led by Dean Valentine, a former executive at Disney and UPN.[23] However, in March 2003, the deal was canceled, citing financial issues on Valentine's part.[24] In May 2003, EM.TV was reportedly nearing an agreement to sell Henson to a consortium between Classic Media and Sesame Workshop (with financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment),[25] until the Henson family re-acquired the company for a closing price of $84 million.[26]

In February 2004, Henson sold the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House to Disney,[27] who subsequently formed The Muppets Studio (known at that time as The Muppets Holding Company). The term "Muppet", likewise, became a legal trademark of Disney; Sesame Workshop retained permission to use the term for its Sesame Street characters under a perpetuity license from Disney.

### 2004–present

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On April 1, 2004, Henson and HIT Entertainment agreed to a five-year global distribution and production deal which included distribution of 440 hours of the company's remaining library including Fraggle Rock,[28] Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas,[29] The Hoobs and Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. In addition, the agreement also included the production of new properties, including Frances, in which both companies co-produced and also both co-own the copyright to the series.[30] After that deal expired, Henson entered into similar agreements with Lionsgate Home Entertainment on August 10, 2009[31] and later with Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment three years later on October 25, 2012.[32] As well, the company became involved with computer-animated projects, including the direct-to-video Unstable Fables series; Sid the Science Kid; Dinosaur Train; and Splash and Bubbles, as well as the puppet series Pajanimals.

Henson later formed Henson Alternative, which specializes in adult content, including the live shows known alternatively as Puppet Improv, Puppet Up!,[33] and Stuffed and Unstrung. In recent years, the Fraggle Rock characters have made several appearances, usually at special events. The characters appeared with Ben Folds Five in the music video for "Do It Anyway";[34] and in 2013, Gobo and Red Fraggle hosted a Fraggle Rock marathon on the Hub Network.

In 2019, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,[35] a prequel to The Dark Crystal, premiered on Netflix.[36] In 2022, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, a reboot of Fraggle Rock, premiered on Apple TV+.

On August 10, 2022, the company signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Shout! Factory which would allow Shout! to distribute thirteen series and specials from the Jim Henson catalog on home entertainment and streaming platforms across all territories.[37] A similar worldwide distribution agreement went into effect on January 5, 2024, for streaming, video on demand, broadcast, digital download, packaged media and certain non-theatrical rights for the films Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as well as behind the scenes specials Inside the Labyrinth and The World of the Dark Crystal.[38]

On June 20, 2024, the company announced they were planning to sell the Jim Henson Company Lot off La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, which it purchased in 1999, as “part of a much longer-term strategy to have The Jim Henson Company and our renowned Burbank-based Jim Henson’s Creature Shop under one roof, which is not feasible in Hollywood due to the space the Shop requires.”[39] In November of 2024, film producer McG and musician John Mayer bought the lot for $40 million.[40][41][42]

On February 25, 2025, the company appointed DeAPlaneta Entertainment as its distributor and licensor for several Henson properties such as Fraggle Rock, Dinosaur Train, Dot. and Pajanimals in European territories.[43]

## Staff

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### Henson family

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* Jim Henson (1936–1990) – Founder of The Jim Henson Company.
* Jane Henson (1934–2013) – Co-founder of The Jim Henson Company.
* Brian Henson – Chairman of The Jim Henson Company.
* Lisa Henson – CEO of The Jim Henson Company.
* Cheryl Henson – Board of Directors member, President of the Jim Henson Foundation. Formerly a liaison to Sesame Workshop from 1992 to 2000.
* John Henson (1965–2014) – Board of Directors member.
* Heather Henson – Board of Directors member.

### Leadership

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* Peter Schube – President and COO of The Jim Henson Company.
* Lori Don – Executive Vice President and CFO of The Jim Henson Company.
* Richard Goldsmith – Executive Vice President, Global Distribution, and International Consumer Projects.
* Joe Henderson – Executive Vice President, Worldwide Administration.
* Stephanie Schroeder – Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Legal.
* Halle Stanford – Executive Vice President of Children's Entertainment.
* Nicole Goldman – Senior Vice President, Marketing and Publicity.
* Anthony Wood - Senior Vice President of Human Resources.
* Karen Lee Arbeeny – Vice President, Business Operations, Global Distribution.
* Faryal Ganjehei – Vice President and Studio Operations at the Henson Recording Studio.
* Anna Jordan Douglass – Vice President, Digital Development & Interactive Media.
* Howard Sharp – Vice President of Administration.
* Peter Brooke – Creative Supervisor at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
* Jerry Houle - Vice President of Marketing 1977–1984
* Bryan O'Connell - Vice President, Children's Television.

### Other staff members

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* Karen Falk – Historian and archivist.

## Filmography

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Main article: List of The Jim Henson Company films

### Films

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Production company  | Title  | Release date  | Production partners  | Distributor

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Muppets Inc.  | Time Piece | 1965 |  | Pathé Contemporary Films
The Cube | February 23, 1969 |  | NBC
Henson Associates  | The Muppet Movie | June 22, 1979 | ITC Entertainment | Associated Film Distribution[c]
The Great Muppet Caper | June 22, 1981 | Universal Pictures[c]
The Dark Crystal | December 17, 1982 | Universal Pictures[d]
The Muppets Take Manhattan | July 13, 1984 |  | TriStar Pictures[e]
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | August 2, 1985 | Children's Television Workshop[f] | Warner Bros.
Labyrinth | June 27, 1986 | Lucasfilm | TriStar Pictures
Jim Henson Productions  | The Witches | August 24, 1990 | Lorimar Film Entertainment | Warner Bros.
Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D | May 16, 1991 | Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney-MGM Studios
Walt Disney Attractions
The Muppet Christmas Carol | December 11, 1992 | Walt Disney Pictures | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Gulliver's Travels | February 4, 1996 | Hallmark Entertainment | NBC
Muppet Treasure Island | February 16, 1996 | Walt Disney Pictures  | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Jim Henson Pictures  | Buddy | June 6, 1997 |

* Columbia Pictures
* American Zoetrope

| Sony Pictures Releasing
Muppets from Space | July 14, 1999 | Columbia Pictures[e]
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | October 1, 1999 |

* Columbia Pictures
* Children's Television Workshop

Rat | October 6, 2000 (UK)  |

* Universal Focus
* Universal Pictures

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | December 2, 2001 | Hallmark Entertainment | CBS
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | November 29, 2002 |

* NBC Studios

| Universal Pictures[e]
Good Boy! | October 10, 2003 |

* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
* MGM Distribution Co.

Five Children and It | October 15, 2004 |

* Isle of Man Film Commission
* Davis Films
* UK Film Council
* Endgame Entertainment

| Capitol Films
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | October 17, 2004 | Hallmark Entertainment | Syfy
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | May 20, 2005 |

* The Muppets Holding Company[g]
* Fox Television Studios
* Touchstone Television

| ABC
MirrorMask | September 30, 2005 | Destination Films |

* Samuel Goldwyn Films (USA)
* Tartan Films (UK)

The Jim Henson Company  | Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby | March 4, 2008 |

* Prana Animation Studios
* Flame Ventures
* The Weinstein Company

| Genius Products
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | September 9, 2008
Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show | December 16, 2008
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie | March 25, 2013 |

* Nine Eye Stone Productions

| PBS
NCircle Entertainment
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | October 10, 2014 |

* Walt Disney Pictures
* 21 Laps Entertainment

| Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Lily the Unicorn | June 26, 2015 |

* Amazon Studios

| Amazon Prime Video
Turkey Hollow | November 21, 2015 |  | Lifetime
The Star | November 17, 2017 |

* Columbia Pictures
* Sony Pictures Animation[48]
* Franklin Entertainment
* Walden Media
* Affirm Films

| Sony Pictures Releasing
Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island | April 10, 2021 |

* Universal 1440 Entertainment

| PBS
Universal Pictures
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio[49] | December 9, 2022 |

* ShadowMachine
* Netflix Animation
* Double Dare You Productions

* Netflix

The Portable Door | April 7, 2023  | Story Bridge Films  |

* Madman Entertainment
* Sky Cinema
* MGM+ (USA)

Jim Henson Idea Man | May 31, 2024  | Imagine Documentaries
Diamond Docs
Fifth Season | Disney+
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip | March 28, 2025  |

* Walt Disney Pictures
* 21 Laps Entertainment

Untitled Labyrinth spin-off sequel[50] | TBA  |

* TriStar Pictures
* TriStar Productions

| Sony Pictures Releasing
The Buried Giant |

* Netflix Animation

| Netflix

### Television

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Jim Henson Television

The Jim Henson Television logo used from 1997 to 2006.

Company type| Division of The Jim Henson Company
Industry| Television production
Founded| 1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Founder| Jim Henson
Defunct| April 28, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-04-28)
Fate| Disbanded and folded into The Jim Henson Company
Headquarters|

United States

Area served

| Worldwide
Products| Television series

From 1969 to 2000, Henson was contracted to design and create Muppet characters for Sesame Street. With the exception of occasional appearances in the Muppets franchise, the characters were used exclusively for Sesame Street, but Henson legally owned these characters prior to their acquisition by Sesame Workshop. The only exception was Kermit the Frog, who was featured in other projects prior to Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop retains the rights to use any Sesame Street footage featuring the character.

The sale ended any direct affiliation between The Muppets and Sesame Street, although the series retains use of the term "Muppet" under license from Disney. Many of the puppeteers continue to perform with both The Muppets and Sesame Street franchises. While no longer owning the Sesame Street characters, Henson continues to design them.[51] This list excludes pre-2001 Sesame Street co-productions outside the United States.

#### TV series

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Production company  | Title  | Creator(s) / Developer(s)  | Release date  | Production partners  | Network

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Henson Associates, Inc.  | The Muppet Show | Jim Henson  | 1976–81  | Associated Television
ITC Entertainment | ITV (UK)
Syndication (US)
Fraggle Rock | 1983–87  | CBC (Canada)
HBO
Television South | CBC (Canada)
HBO (US)
ITV (UK)
Muppet Babies | Jim Henson

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(d): Jeffrey Scott  | 1984–91  | Marvel Productions | CBS
Little Muppet Monsters | Jim Henson  | 1985
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series | Jim Henson

* * *

(d): John Semper & Cynthia Friedlob  | 1987  | NBC
Jim Henson Productions, Inc.  | The StoryTeller | Jim Henson

* * *

(d): Anthony Minghella | 1988–90  | TVS | NBC (US)
Channel 4 (UK)
HBO (US) (Greek Myths)
The Jim Henson Hour[e] | Jim Henson  | 1989  |  | NBC
The Ghost of Faffner Hall |  | Tyne Tees Television | ITV (UK)
Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories |  | 1990  | Television South West | ITV (UK)
The Disney Channel (US)
Dinosaurs | Michael Jacobs
Bob Young

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(d): Jim Henson  | 1991–94  | Michael Jacobs Productions
Walt Disney Television | ABC
Dog City | Jim Henson

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(d): Peter Sauder
J.D. Smith  | 1992–95  | Nelvana Limited | Fox Kids (US)
YTV (Canada)
CityKids | Jeffrey Solomon  | 1993–94  | The CityKids Foundation  | ABC
Secret Life of Toys |  | 1993  |  | The Disney Channel (US)
BBC (UK)
Jim Henson's Animal Show |  | 1994–98  | Survival Anglia, Ltd.  | Fox Kids (seasons 1–2)
Animal Planet (season 3)
Muppets Tonight |  | 1996–98  |  | ABC
Disney Channel
Aliens in the Family | Andy Borowitz
Susan Borowitz | 1996  | The Stuffed Dog Company  | ABC
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | Dr. Seuss | 1996–98  |  | Nickelodeon
Jim Henson Television  | Bear in the Big Blue House[h] | Mitchell Kriegman | 1997–2006  | Shadow Projects | Playhouse Disney
Brats of the Lost Nebula | Dan Clark  | 1998–99  | Decode Entertainment
Wandering Monkey Entertainment  | The WB (US)
YTV (Canada)
Mopatop's Shop | (d): Jocelyn Stevenson | 1999–2003  | Carlton Television | ITV (CITV)
Construction Site |  |
Farscape | Rockne S. O'Bannon | Hallmark Entertainment | Nine Network (Australia)
Sci-Fi Channel (US)
Family Rules | Russell Marcus  | 1999  |  | UPN
The Fearing Mind | Billy Brown  | 2000–01  | Angel/Brown Productions  | Fox Family
The Hoobs | Jocelyn Stevenson
Brian Henson | 2001–03  | Decode Entertainment  | Channel 4 (UK)
TVOKids (Canada)
Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola |  | 2001  |  | Hallmark Channel
Bambaloo |  | 2002–03  | Yoram Gross-EM.TV | Seven Network
ABC TV
Animal Jam[i] | John Derevlany | 2003  |  | TLC
Discovery Kids
The Jim Henson Company  | Frances [j] | Russell Hoban

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(d): Alex Rockwell
Halle Stanford  | 2008  | HIT Entertainment |
Sid the Science Kid |  | 2008–13  | KCET (2008–09)
KOCE-TV (2010–12)  | PBS Kids
Jim Henson's Pajanimals | Jeff Muncy and Alex Rockwell  | Sixteen South
John Doze Studios
Ingenious  | PBS Kids Sprout
Dinosaur Train[53] | Craig Bartlett | 2009–20  | Info-communications Media Development Authority
Sparky Animation
FableVision
Snee-Oosh, Inc. (uncredited)
Tail Waggin' Productions  | PBS Kids
Jim Henson's The Possibility Shop | Courtney Watkins  | 2009–11  |  |
Hot Dog TV |  | 2010  |  | Cartoon Network
Me and My Monsters | Mark Grant
Claudia Lloyd

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(d): Rebecca De Souza  | 2010–11  | Tiger Aspect Productions
Sticky Pictures  | Network Ten (Australia)
CBBC (UK)
Wilson & Ditch: Digging America | Joe Purdy
Craig Bartlett  | 2010–12  |  | PBS Kids
That Puppet Game Show | Jamie Ormerod  | 2013–14  | BBC Entertainment  | BBC One
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge |  | 2014  |  | Syfy
The Doozers |  | 2014–18  | DHX Studios Halifax | Hulu (US)
Kids' CBC (Canada)
Hi Opie! | Barbara Slade | 2014–16  | marblemedia  | TVO Kids
Dot. | Randi Zuckerberg | 2016–18  | Industrial Brothers  | CBC Kids (Canada)
Universal Kids (US)
Splash and Bubbles | John Tartaglia | 2016–18  | Herschend Studios  | PBS Kids
Word Party | Alex Rockwell  | 2016–21  |  | Netflix
Julie's Greenroom | Julie Andrews
Emma Walton Hamilton
Judy Rothman | 2017  |
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance[54][55] | Jim Henson (characters)

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(d): Jeffrey Addiss
Will Matthews  | 2019  |
Fraggle Rock: Rock On! |  | 2020  |  | Apple TV+
Earth to Ned[56][57] |  | 2020–21  | Marwar Junction Productions  | Disney+
Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time | Duff Goldman | 2021  |  | Discovery+
Harriet the Spy[58] |  | 2021–23  | Postworks New York
Wellsville Pictures
Titmouse, Inc. | Apple TV+
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock[59] | Jim Henson (original series)

* * *

(d): Matt Fusfeld
Alex Cuthbertson  | 2022–present  | New Regency
Fusfeld & Cuthbertson Regional Entertainment
Slumberkins[60] | Alex Rockwell  | 2022  | Factory
The Storyteller[61] | Jim Henson (original series)  | TBA  | Fremantle |
Lore Olympus[62] | Rachel Smythe  | TBA  | Webtoon |

##### As a contributor

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* The Tonight Show (1955–61)
* The Jimmy Dean Show (1963-66)
* Sesame Street (1969–present)[f]
* Saturday Night Live (Season 1)
* "The Land of Gorch" segments (1975–76)
* The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2012–14)

#### TV specials

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* Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
* The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
* The Frog Prince (1971)
* The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
* Out to Lunch (1974)
* The Muppets Valentine Show (1974)
* The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
* Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)[e]
* The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
* John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)[e]
* The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
* Of Muppets and Men (1981)
* The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
* Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)[e]
* The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
* The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
* The Christmas Toy (1986)[e]
* A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)[e]
* Sesame Street... 20 Years & Still Counting (1989)
* The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)
* The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
* Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)

### Direct-to-video

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* Jim Henson Play-Along Video (1988)[e]
* Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear: A Comedy Show Starring Fozzie Bear and You
* Mother Goose Stories: Miss Muffet, Songs of Sixpence, Little Boy Blue (1987–1990)
* Neat Stuff... To Know and Do
* Peek-A-Boo, A Big Surprise for Little People[63]
* Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along: Rowlf teaches kids about music
* Wow, You're a Cartoonist!
* Muppet Sing Alongs
* Billy Bunny's Animal Songs (1993)[64]
* It's Not Easy Being Green (1994)
* Muppet Treasure Island Sing Along (1996)
* Things That Fly (1996)[65]
* Muppet Classic Theater (1994)[e]
* Jim Henson's Preschool Collection (1995)[e]
* Mother Goose Stories: Humpty Dumpty
* Mother Goose Stories: Mary Had a Little Lamb
* Muppets on Wheels
* Yes, I Can Be a Friend
* Yes, I Can Learn
* Yes, I Can Help[66]
* Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

### Web content

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* The Skrumps (2007)
* The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing! (2008)

### Henson Alternative

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The following list contains projects of The Jim Henson Company under its Henson Alternative banner.

#### Movies

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Title  | Release date  | Production partners  | Distributor

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The Happytime Murders[67] | August 24, 2018 |

* STX Films
* H. Brothers
* Black Bear Pictures
* TMP
* On the Day Productions

| STX Entertainment

#### Television series

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The first eight series are produced under its Henson Alternative banner exclusively in North America before premiering worldwide in 2015.

* Tinseltown (2007)
* Alt/Reality (2010–2011)
* Simian Undercover Detective Squad (2012)
* Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del (2006)
* Del's Vegas Comedy Binge (2007)
* Late Night Liars (2010)
* Marvin E. Quasniki for President (2011–12)
* Neil's Puppet Dreams (2012–13)
* Ketchup with the Hot Dogs (2013–14)
* Good Morning Today (2013–14)
* No, You Shut Up! (2013–2016)
* The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell (2018)
* The Miskreants (2019-2020)

#### Stage shows

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* Puppet Up! - Uncensored (2005–present)
* Stuffed and Unstrung (2010–2013)

#### Other productions

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* The Muppet segments of the Nintendo Digital Event, shown during E3 (2015).
* Star Fox Zero commercial (2016).

## See also

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* Sesame Workshop
* Ragdoll Productions
* Tippett Studio

## Notes

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1. ^ In February 2004, the company sold the rights to The Muppets to The Walt Disney Company, now controlling the Muppets through its subsidiary The Muppets Studio.
2. ^ In January 2001, the company sold the rights to the Sesame Street Muppets to Sesame Workshop.
3. ^ a b The film's home media, TV, and digital distribution rights were purchased by The Jim Henson Company from ITC Entertainment in August 1984.[44] The film rights were then acquired by Walt Disney Studios upon their parent company's acquisition of the Muppets franchise in 2004.[45] Currently, Universal Pictures handles theatrical distribution[46]—due to prior contractual obligations with the former Associated Film Distribution and ITC—but the film's ownership and copyright are controlled by Disney, with home media reissues of the film branded as a Walt Disney Pictures release.
4. ^ The film's home media, TV, and digital distribution rights were purchased by The Jim Henson Company from ITC Entertainment in August 1984.[44] Currently, Universal Pictures handles theatrical distribution[47]—due to prior contractual obligations with the former Associated Film Distribution and ITC.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The film's home media, TV, and digital distribution rights were not purchased by The Jim Henson Company from Walt Disney Studios upon their parent company's acquisition of the Muppets franchise in February 2004.
6. ^ a b The Sesame Street Muppets only.
7. ^ After the Muppets' acquisition to Disney in 2005.
8. ^ The Walt Disney Company acquired Bear in the Big Blue House from The Jim Henson Company in 2004.[52] The transaction included all of the series' characters, television library, copyrights and trademarks.
9. ^ The Walt Disney Company is filmed on location at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida to help Animal Jam from The Jim Henson Company in 2002. The transaction included all of the series' characters, television library, copyrights and trademarks by Jim's company itself.
10. ^ Co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and HIT Entertainment. Both companies co-own the copyright.

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* Official website
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* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025, Disney+ film)

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Books|

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* Muppet Babies (2018–2022) (episodes)
* Muppets Now (2020)
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Specials|

* Hey, Cinderella! (1969)
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* The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
* The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
* The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
* Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)
* The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
* A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
* Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
* The Earth Day Special (1990)
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* The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
* Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)
* Studio DC: Almost Live (2008)
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* Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013)
* Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

Films|

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* The Muppet Movie (1979)
* The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
* The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
* The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
* Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
* Muppets from Space (1999)
* The Muppets (2011)
* Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

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Television|

* Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
* The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
* The Christmas Toy (1986)
* It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
* The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)

Direct-to-
video|

* Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
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Music|

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* The Muppet Show (1977)
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* The Muppet Movie (1979)
* Ol' Brown Ears Is Back (1993)
* Muppet Beach Party (1993)
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* The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More (2002)
* A Green and Red Christmas (2006)
* The Green Album (2011)
* The Muppets (2011)
* Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
* The Electric Mayhem (2023)

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Songs|

* "Rainbow Connection"
* "Bein' Green"
* "Mahna Mahna"
* "When the River Meets the Sea"
* "Bohemian Rhapsody"
* "Man or Muppet"

Web series|

* Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony (2005–06)
* The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora (2010)

Video games|

* Pigs in Space (1983)
* Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989)
* Muppets Inside (1996)
* Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
* Muppet Kids (1997)
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* Muppet Pinball Mayhem (2002)
* Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
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