Tag "The Jim Henson Co."

‘Moshi Monsters’ Turn 5

May 1, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

British studio Mind Candy’s online world of adoptable pet creatures Moshi Monsters is celebrating its fifth birthday with a special event in London this week. The global brand for kids 6-12 will also be toasting key milestones including reaching 80 million registered users and achieving $250m USD in gross retail [...]

‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’ Coming to PBS, Video

March 6, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

A feature-length outing for the popular Sid the Science Kid series is set to debut March 25 on PBS Kids! followed by a DVD and iTunes release on April 2. The movie is a co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Chinese partners Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation [...]

NBC to Produce New Henson Co. Sitcom

November 21, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Now that audiences are eating up everything Muppet-relate in anticipation of this week’s movie opening, The Hollywood Reporter announces that NBC has ordered a script for The New Nabors, a single-camera comedy featuring Jim Henson’s puppets. The show will centers on the comic adventures of a family in Palm Springs [...]

‘Sid the Science Kid’ Celebrates Earth Day with Four New Episodes

February 25, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Four new episodes of Sid the Science Kid are arriving in mid-April to celebrate Earth Day. The new episodes of the series, which is produced by The Jim Henson Co. and KCET/Los Angeles and airs on PBS Kids!, will each cover a different science theme. Henson describes the episodes as [...]