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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 ...

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, ...

Growing up with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show," some of our earliest friends were good-hearted, sassy puppets: Miss Piggy, the Count, Cookie Monster, Grover and Gonzo. But the people who ...

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 ...

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, ...

The cuddly Muppets we loved as kids have grown up and morphed into outrageous characters that like to talk trash. 10:02 p.m. June 10, 2026An earlier version of this post incorrectly said the “Puppet ...