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.

The University of Maryland celebrated the 90th birthday of Muppets creator and alumnus Jim Henson by attempting to break a world record.

"The Muppet Show" debuted 50 years ago, featuring a couple characters from the already-famous "Sesame Street." ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This combo of images provided by Julien's Auctions shows, from left, Dark Crystal skekGra the Heretic Circle of the Suns Skeksis Chair and The Dark Crystal Naia (Hannah John-Kamen) Drenchen Gelfling, ...

"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," Kiran Desai's 2025 novel, is a sprawling, multi-generational family saga that plays out ...

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 ...

Cast members Mickey Rooney (L) and Jason Segel (2nd L) talk to the Muppets at the ''The Muppets'' world premiere Reuters Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show How I Met Your ...