2009

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==Television & Movies==
* Sesame Street: Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change on PBS, April 1
* Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train on PBS, September 7
* Sesame Street: Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times on PBS, September 9
* Sesame Street season 40 premieres on PBS, November 10 (Abby's Flying Fairy School debuts)
==International Television & Movies==
* Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez premieres on German Disney Channel, February 21
* Sesamgade premieres on Danish TV2, October 18
==Appearances==
* Grover on The Sunny Side Up Show, January 1
* Sesame Street Muppets on Scrubs, January 27
* Miss Piggy on Today, February 6
* Sesame Street Live on PIX 11 Morning News, February 6
* Miss Piggy on PIX 11 Morning News, February 12
* Miss Piggy on The View, February 12
* Statler and Waldorf on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, March 20
* Elmo on Today, April 2
* Elmo and Abby Cadabby on The Bonnie Hunt Show, April 7
* Elmo on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, April 15
* Zoe on Today, May 14.
* Fozzie Bear on The Late Late Show, June 2
* Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Abby Cadabby on A Capitol Fourth, July 4
* Gary Knell on The Takeaway, July 22
* Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Elmo on Food Network Challenge, July 26
* Oscar on Great Performances, July 30
* Oscar on CBS Sunday Morning (interviewed at Great Performances), August 2
* Sesame Street gets a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards, August 30
* Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on America's Got Talent, September 2
* Elmo and Jean Chatzky on Today, September 6
* Elmo and his mom on Today, September 8
* Elmo and Gary Knell on Tell Me More, September 8
* Elmo on Tell Me More, September 9
* Kermit is Lady Gaga's date for the MTV Video Music Awards, September 13
* Gonzo and Animal on Dancing with the Stars, September 28
* Kermit and Miss Piggy on Access Hollywood for Give a Day. Get a Disney Day., September 30
* Kermit on Good Morning America for Give a Day. Get a Disney Day., October 5
* Fran Brill and Zoe on CBS News Philadelphia to promote Jim Henson's Fantastic World and the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street on October 12th.
* Elmo and Cookie Monster on Dinner: Impossible, October 21
* Oscar on CBC Q with Jian Ghomeshi and other Waste Reduction Week events, October 21
* Big Bird and Oscar on Jimmy Kimmel Live, November 4
* Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on Today, November 6
* Oscar on The Bonnie Hunt Show, November 9
* Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby and Roscoe Orman on Good Morning America, November 9
* Elmo and Rosita on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, November 9
* Special Sesame Street episode of inFANity, November 9
* Sesame Street Muppets host a week of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, November 9-13
* Elmo and Chris on PIX 11 Morning News, November 10
* Sonia Manzano on CNN.com Live, November 10
* Gary Knell on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 10
* Bob McGrath on The Takeaway, November 10
* Roscoe Orman on Tell Me More, November 10
* Oscar, Zoe, and Prairie Dawn on The Doctors, November 17
* Kermit and a Sesame Street Float at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24
* The Muppets on Dancing with the Stars, November 24
* The Muppets on Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas, November 28
* The Muppets on Christmas in Rockefeller Center, December 2
* Kermit and Piggy on Today, December 3
* Elmo, Rosita and Cookie Monster on The Tyra Show, December 3
* The Muppets and Andrea Bocelli on The Jay Leno Show, December 7
* Elmo on The Sunny Side Up Show, December 15
* Miss Piggy on The Bonnie Hunt Show, December 18
* Miss Piggy on The Wendy Williams Show, December 18
* Kermit and Miss Piggy on PIX 11 Morning News, December 23
* The Muppets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, December 23
* Statler and Waldorf, VH1 program The Great Debate
==International Appearances==
* Elmo interning for a day on Go'morgen Danmark, October 19
* Ernie on German nachtmagazin, November 11
* Kermit and Miss Piggy (via satellite) on The One Show on BBC One, December 17
* Jul med Jeppe, Marie og Elmo, has Elmo and Signe as the primary hosts, December 24
==Live appearances==
* Oscar the Grouch at The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, May 3
* Fran Brill and Zoe at the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Nomination Party, May 14
* Grover, Eric Jacobson, and Rosemarie Truglio, Sesame Street 40th Anniversary & Electric Company Panel Discussion, PBS portion of the 2009 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour, The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa, Pasadena, California, August 1
* Miss Piggy at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago, Illinois, August 21
* The Muppets at the D23 Expo 2009 in Anaheim, California, September 11 & 13
* Kermit and Miss Piggy in Los Angeles to help announce the Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. campaign, September 29
* Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas squirrels, Skippy, Junior, Jiffy and Nutella, and actors from the stage show at Rosie's Broadway Extravaganza, November 23
* Kermit and Fozzie at United States Postal Service press conference, December 1
* Red Fraggle at the Jim Henson Company's Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood, December 9
==On the web==
* The Possibility Shop debuts, November 20
==Home Video==
* Elmo Loves You, January 6
* Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Pirates and Other Stories, February 23
* Elmo and Friends: Tales of Adventure, March 3
* Follow That Bird: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, March 24
* Bedtime for Frances, March 31
* Being Green, April 7
* Pirates: Elmo and the Bookaneers, April 21
* The Best of Elmo's World: Volume 2, May 5
* Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun!, June
* Bedtime with Elmo, July
* Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens, August 4
* Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club, August 4
* Elmo's World: All About Faces!, September 1
* A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, September 29
* Elmo's Animal Adventures, October 1
* 40 Years of Sunny Days, November 10
* Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales, November 10
==International Home Video==
* Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, April 24
* Die Muppets: Briefe an den Weihnachtsmann, December 3
==Books==
* The Diva Code: Miss Piggy on Life, Love, and the 10,000 Idiotic Things Men Frogs Do, January 27
* Abby Mix & Match Nursery Rhymes, January 27
* Giggly and Wiggly, January 27
* In Elmo's Easter Parade, January
* Farscape: Volume 1, March 25
* Kermit Culture, May 21
* Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street, October
* Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street second edition, fall
==Comics==
* Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning: Part 3: Yes, That's Our Baby, January 29
* Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning: Part 4: Hynerian Rhapsody, February 25
* Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 1, March 25
* The Muppet Show Comic Book #1, March 25
* Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 2, April 29
* The Muppet Show Comic Book #2, April 29
* Farscape: Dargos Lament: Part 1, April 29
* Farscape: Dargos Lament: Part 2, May 27
* Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 3, May 27
* Muppet Robin Hood #1, May 27
* The Muppet Show Comic Book #3, June 3
* Muppet Robin Hood #2, July 1
* The Muppet Show Comic Book #4, July 1
==Merchandise==
* Myzos are released, August
==Attractions and Events==
* Jim Henson's Fantastic World
** Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA), January 1 - 18
** Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL), February 7 - May 3
** Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (Seattle, WA), May 23 - August 16
** James A. Michener Art Museum (Doylestown, PA), September 5 - November 29
** Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS), December 19 - 31
* Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop
** Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta, GA), January 1 - September 13
* Sesame Street at 40: A Night of Celebration with the Legendary Cast, January 30
* Miss Piggy at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago, Illinois, August 21
* New York City proclaims November 10 Sesame Street Day
* Sesame Street photo exhibit, Union Station, Washington, D.C., November 10-30
* Brooklyn Public Library Exhibit, November 14 to February 21
* Sesame Street's 40th Birthday Party, November 15
* Kermit the Frog holiday postmark, December 1-30
* The Jim Henson company's Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood, December 9
==Parades==
* The Tournament of Roses Parade features a Sesame Street float, January 1
* Indy 500 Parade features Super Grover float
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24
* 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade features the balloon versions of Bear with Tutter, Super Grover, Kermit and Elmo
==Music videos==
* "Bohemian Rhapsody" with the original instrumental tracks by Queen
* "I Believe" with Tiffany Thornton
==Stage Shows==
* Sesame Street Live presents 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends, the 30th anniversary tour
* Bert & Ernie, Goodnight! at the Children's Theatre Company, September 8 - October 25
==People==
* Alaina Reed dies, December 17
==Websites==
* The Muppet Mindset, fan site, August 26
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