The Muppet Show started as two pilot episodes. The episodes didn’t get any traction in the states. However, the show was picked up by producer Lew Grade in the U.K., who agreed to co-produce the show.

That great American acting company, the Muppets, returns once again to television in the 10-part series “The Muppets Mayhem,” premiering Wednesday on Disney+. Like any company of contract players, ...

"My dad was a workaholic," Jim Henson's son Brian [Henson] told RadarOnline. com, without a hint of bitterness.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. In what is being described as "a Willy Wonka moment," the Jim ...

Disney's up-and-down handling of the Muppets hits a new rocky patch, as the studio prepares to re-align the Muppets' place at Disney World. Reading time 2 minutes When Disney began teasing a raft of ...

Jane Ann Nebel loved the Nativity scene beneath her parents’ Christmas tree. As a young child in St. Albans, Queens, she often played with the ceramic figurines — cradling the Baby Jesus in her palm, ...

Puppets and props from Muppets creator Jim Henson's extensive career will go up for auction this fall, including pieces from children’s shows such as “Fraggle Rock” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of ...

The U.K. public broadcaster teams with the Jim Henson Co. on "That Puppet Game Show," which will combine elements of game shows and sitcoms and feature celebrity guests. By Stuart Kemp THR's awards ...

You could say Kathryn Mullen was Yoda’s right-hand woman. It takes at least two people to manipulate a glove puppet, and while the great Frank Oz operated the little green Jedi master’s head and left ...