Jim Henson's (now
Disney's) long-running franchise, starring his special type of marionette/puppet hybrids. For the puppets themselves, see
Muppet.
* Legally speaking, "The Muppets" now only refers to
The Muppet Show characters owned by Disney, although Sesame Workshop has permission to use the term to refer to
Sesame Street characters. The
Fraggle Rock characters (still owned by the Henson company) were Muppets to start with, but are no longer referred to as such.
Shows:
- Sam And Friends (1955-1961)
- Sesame Street (1969-present)
- The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
- Fraggle Rock (1983-1987)
- Muppet Babies (Animated) (1984-1991)
- Little Muppet Monsters (live action Muppets with animated shorts) (1985)
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)
- The Ghost Of Faffner Hall (1989) *
(This brief-lived HBO series holds the distinction of being one where the main characters were built by the Creature Workshop instead of the Muppet Workshop, giving them a look rather shockingly different from the paradigm seen on most other Muppet productions.)
- The Jim Henson Hour (MuppeTelevision section) (1989)
- Dog City (1992-1995)
- Muppets Tonight (1996-1998)
- Mopatops Shop (1999-2004)
- Play with Me Sesame (2002-present)
- Muppet Viral Videos
Films and Specials:
Specials
not starring the standard Muppet cast (although Kermit introduces, narrates, or appears in several of them):
In other shows:
Muppet CameoThe main members of
The Muppet Show cast include:
For more detailed descriptions, see the
Character Sheet.
Minor Muppet characters include: