# The Jim Henson Company

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.
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, 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 visual effects studio which has created characters and effects for both Henson productions and outside projects. 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, 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, 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
### 1958 to 1990

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.
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.
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." 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. 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.

### 1991 to 1999

The Henson family assumed management of the company, and Brian Henson was named president, chairman, and CEO in January 1991. 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 with Buena Vista Home Video. 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. 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 to 2004

In 2000, the Henson family sold the company to the German media company EM.TV & Merchandising AG, for $680 million. 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. 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, and by early 2001, Henson itself was marked for sale. Disney, Viacom, HIT Entertainment, AOL Time Warner, Haim Saban, Classic Media, 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. However, in March 2003, the deal was canceled, citing financial issues on Valentine's part. 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), until the Henson family re-acquired the company for a closing price of $84 million.
In February 2004, Henson sold the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House to Disney, 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 to present

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, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, 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. After that deal expired, Henson entered into similar agreements with Lionsgate Home Entertainment on August 10, 2009 and later with Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment three years later on October 25, 2012. 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!, 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"; and in 2013, Gobo and Red Fraggle hosted a Fraggle Rock marathon on the Hub Network.
In 2019, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a prequel to The Dark Crystal, premiered on Netflix. 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 Henson catalog on home entertainment and streaming platforms across all territories. 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.
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.” In November of 2024, film producer McG and musician John Mayer bought the lot for $40 million.
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.

## Staff
### Henson family

* 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

* 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

### Other staff members

* Karen Falk – Historian and archivist.

## Filmography
### Films

| Production company | Title | Release date | Production partners | Distributor |
| Muppets Inc. | Time Piece | 1965 | | Pathé Contemporary Films |
| Muppets Inc. | The Cube | February 23, 1969 | | NBC |
| Henson Associates | The Muppet Movie | June 22, 1979 | ITC Entertainment | Associated Film Distribution |
| Henson Associates | The Great Muppet Caper | June 22, 1981 | ITC Entertainment | Universal Pictures |
| Henson Associates | The Dark Crystal | December 17, 1982 | ITC Entertainment | Universal Pictures |
| Henson Associates | The Muppets Take Manhattan | July 13, 1984 | | TriStar Pictures |
| Henson Associates | Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird | August 2, 1985 | Children's Television Workshop | Warner Bros. |
| Henson Associates | Labyrinth | June 27, 1986 | Lucasfilm | TriStar Pictures |
| Jim Henson Productions | The Witches | August 24, 1990 | Lorimar Film Entertainment | Warner Bros. |
| Jim Henson Productions | Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D | May 16, 1991 | Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney-MGM Studios Walt Disney Attractions |
| Jim Henson Productions | The Muppet Christmas Carol | December 11, 1992 | Walt Disney Pictures | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
| Jim Henson Productions | Gulliver's Travels | February 4, 1996 | Hallmark Entertainment | NBC |
| Jim Henson Productions | 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 |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Muppets from Space | July 14, 1999 | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Jim Henson Pictures | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | October 1, 1999 | Columbia Pictures Children's Television Workshop | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Rat | October 6, 2000 (UK) | Universal Focus Universal Pictures | |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | December 2, 2001 | Hallmark Entertainment | CBS |
| Jim Henson Pictures | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | November 29, 2002 | NBC Studios | Universal Pictures |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Good Boy! | October 10, 2003 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM Distribution Co. | |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Five Children and It | October 15, 2004 | Isle of Man Film Commission Davis Films UK Film Council Endgame Entertainment | Capitol Films |
| Jim Henson Pictures | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | October 17, 2004 | Hallmark Entertainment | Syfy |
| Jim Henson Pictures | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | May 20, 2005 | The Muppets Holding Company Fox Television Studios Touchstone Television | ABC |
| Jim Henson Pictures | 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 |
| The Jim Henson Company | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | September 9, 2008 | Prana Animation Studios Flame Ventures The Weinstein Company | Genius Products |
| The Jim Henson Company | Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show | December 16, 2008 | Prana Animation Studios Flame Ventures The Weinstein Company | Genius Products |
| The Jim Henson Company | Sid the Science Kid: The Movie | March 25, 2013 | Nine Eye Stone Productions | PBS NCircle Entertainment |
| The Jim Henson Company | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | October 10, 2014 | Walt Disney Pictures 21 Laps Entertainment | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| The Jim Henson Company | Lily the Unicorn | June 26, 2015 | Amazon Studios | Amazon Prime Video |
| The Jim Henson Company | Turkey Hollow | November 21, 2015 | | Lifetime |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Star | November 17, 2017 | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Franklin Entertainment Walden Media Affirm Films | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| The Jim Henson Company | Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island | April 10, 2021 | Universal 1440 Entertainment | PBS Universal Pictures |
| The Jim Henson Company | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | December 9, 2022 | ShadowMachine Netflix Animation Double Dare You Productions | Netflix |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Portable Door | April 7, 2023 | Story Bridge Films | Madman EntertainmentSky CinemaMGM+ (USA) |
| The Jim Henson Company | Jim Henson Idea Man | May 31, 2024 | Imagine Documentaries Diamond Docs Fifth Season | Disney+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip | March 28, 2025 | Walt Disney Pictures 21 Laps Entertainment | Disney+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Untitled Labyrinth spin-off sequel | TBA | TriStar Pictures TriStar Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Buried Giant | TBA | Netflix Animation | Netflix |

### Television

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. This list excludes pre-2001 Sesame Street co-productions outside the United States.

#### TV series

| Production company | Title | Creator(s) / Developer(s) | Release date | Production partners | Network |
| Henson Associates, Inc. | The Muppet Show | Jim Henson | 1976–81 | Associated Television ITC Entertainment | ITV (UK) Syndication (US) |
| Henson Associates, Inc. | Fraggle Rock | Jim Henson | 1983–87 | CBC (Canada) HBO Television South | CBC (Canada) HBO (US) ITV (UK) |
| Henson Associates, Inc. | Muppet Babies | Jim Henson(d): Jeffrey Scott | 1984–91 | Marvel Productions | CBS |
| Henson Associates, Inc. | Little Muppet Monsters | Jim Henson | 1985 | Marvel Productions | CBS |
| Henson Associates, Inc. | Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series | Jim Henson(d): John Semper & Cynthia Friedlob | 1987 | Marvel Productions | NBC |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | The StoryTeller | Jim Henson(d): Anthony Minghella | 1988–90 | TVS | NBC (US) Channel 4 (UK) HBO (US) (Greek Myths) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | The Jim Henson Hour | Jim Henson | 1989 | | NBC |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | The Ghost of Faffner Hall | | 1989 | Tyne Tees Television | ITV (UK) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories | | 1990 | Television South West | ITV (UK) The Disney Channel (US) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Dinosaurs | Michael Jacobs Bob Young(d): Jim Henson | 1991–94 | Michael Jacobs Productions Walt Disney Television | ABC |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Dog City | Jim Henson(d): Peter Sauder J.D. Smith | 1992–95 | Nelvana Limited | Fox Kids (US) YTV (Canada) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | CityKids | Jeffrey Solomon | 1993–94 | The CityKids Foundation | ABC |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Secret Life of Toys | | 1993 | | The Disney Channel (US) BBC (UK) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Jim Henson's Animal Show | | 1994–98 | Survival Anglie, Ltd. | Fox Kids (seasons 1–2) Animal Planet (season 3) |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Muppets Tonight | | 1996–98 | | ABC Disney Channel |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | Aliens in the Family | Andy Borowitz Susan Borowitz | 1996 | The Stuffed Dog Company | ABC |
| Jim Henson Productions, Inc. | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | Dr. Seuss (characters) | 1996–98 | | Nickelodeon |
| Jim Henson Television | Bear in the Big Blue House | Mitchell Kriegman | 1997–2006 | Shadow Projects | Playhouse Disney |
| Jim Henson Television | Brats of the Lost Nebula | Dan Clark | 1998–99 | Decode Entertainment Wandering Monkey Entertainment | The WB (US) YTV (Canada) |
| Jim Henson Television | Mopatop's Shop | (d): Jocelyn Stevenson | 1999–2003 | Carlton Television | ITV (CITV) |
| Jim Henson Television | Construction Site | | 1999–2003 | | ITV (CITV) |
| Jim Henson Television | Farscape | Rockne S. O'Bannon | 1999–2003 | Hallmark Entertainment | Nine Network (Australia) Sci-Fi Channel (US) |
| Jim Henson Television | Family Rules | Russell Marcus | 1999 | | UPN |
| Jim Henson Television | The Fearing Mind | Billy Brown | 2000–01 | Angel/Brown Productions | Fox Family |
| Jim Henson Television | The Hoobs | Jocelyn Stevenson Brian Henson | 2001–03 | Decode Entertainment | Channel 4 (UK) TVOKids (Canada) |
| Jim Henson Television | Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola | | 2001 | | Hallmark Channel |
| Jim Henson Television | Bambaloo | | 2002–03 | Yoram Gross-EM.TV | Seven Network ABC TV |
| Jim Henson Television | Animal Jam | John Derevlany | 2003 | | TLC Discovery Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | Frances | Russell Hoban(d): Alex Rockwell Halle Stanford | 2008 | HIT Entertainment | |
| The Jim Henson Company | Sid the Science Kid | | 2008–13 | KCET (2008–09) KOCE-TV (2010–12) | PBS Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | Jim Henson's Pajanimals | Jeff Muncy and Alex Rockwell | 2008–13 | Sixteen South John Doze Studios Ingenious | PBS Kids Sprout |
| The Jim Henson Company | Dinosaur Train | Craig Bartlett | 2009–20 | Info-communications Media Development Authority Sparky Animation FableVision Snee-Oosh, Inc. (uncredited) Tail Waggin' Productions | PBS Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | Jim Henson's The Possibility Shop | Courtney Watkins | 2009–11 | | |
| The Jim Henson Company | Hot Dog TV | | 2010 | | Cartoon Network |
| The Jim Henson Company | Me and My Monsters | Mark Grant Claudia Lloyd(d): Rebecca De Souza | 2010–11 | Tiger Aspect Productions Sticky Pictures | Network Ten (Australia) CBBC (UK) |
| The Jim Henson Company | Wilson & Ditch: Digging America | Joe Purdy Craig Bartlett | 2010–12 | | PBS Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | That Puppet Game Show | Jamie Ormerod | 2013–14 | BBC Entertainment | BBC One |
| The Jim Henson Company | Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge | | 2014 | | Syfy |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Doozers | | 2014–18 | DHX Studios Halifax | Hulu (US) Kids' CBC (Canada) |
| The Jim Henson Company | Hi Opie! | Barbara Slade | 2014–16 | marblemedia | TVO Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | Dot. | Randi Zuckerberg | 2016–18 | Industrial Brothers | CBC Kids (Canada) Universal Kids (US) |
| The Jim Henson Company | Splash and Bubbles | John Tartaglia | 2016–18 | Herschend Studios | PBS Kids |
| The Jim Henson Company | Word Party | Alex Rockwell | 2016–21 | | Netflix |
| The Jim Henson Company | Julie's Greenroom | Julie Andrews Emma Walton Hamilton Judy Rothman | 2017 | | Netflix |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Jim Henson (characters)(d): Jeffrey Addiss Will Matthews | 2019 | | Netflix |
| The Jim Henson Company | Fraggle Rock: Rock On! | | 2020 | | Apple TV+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Earth to Ned | | 2020–21 | Marwar Junction Productions | Disney+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time | Duff Goldman | 2021 | | Discovery+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Harriet the Spy | | 2021–23 | Postworks New York Wellsville Pictures Titmouse, Inc. | Apple TV+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | Jim Henson (original series)(d): Matt Fusfeld Alex Cuthbertson | 2022–present | New Regency Fusfeld & Cuthbertson Regional Entertainment | Apple TV+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | Slumberkins | Alex Rockwell | 2022 | Factory | Apple TV+ |
| The Jim Henson Company | The Storyteller | Jim Henson (original series) | TBA | Fremantle | |
| The Jim Henson Company | Lore Olympus | Rachel Smythe | TBA | Webtoon | |

##### As a contributor

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

#### TV specials

* 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)
* The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
* John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
* The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
* Of Muppets and Men (1981)
* The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
* Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)
* The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
* The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
* The Christmas Toy (1986)
* A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
* 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

* Jim Henson Play-Along Video (1988)
** 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
** 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)
** It's Not Easy Being Green (1994)
** Muppet Treasure Island Sing Along (1996)
** Things That Fly (1996)
* Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
* Jim Henson's Preschool Collection (1995)
** 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
* Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

### Web content

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

### Henson Alternative

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

#### Movies

| Title | Release date | Production partners | Distributor |
| The Happytime Murders | August 24, 2018 | STX Films H. Brothers Black Bear Pictures TMP On the Day Productions | STX Entertainment |

#### Television series

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

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

#### Other productions

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