{"id":11191,"date":"2016-10-26T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/production-begins-on-disneys-muppet-babies-show\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T16:57:36","slug":"production-begins-on-disneys-new-muppet-babies-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/production-begins-on-disneys-new-muppet-babies-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on Disney&#8217;s New Muppet Babies Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BURBANK: Production has kicked off on the reimagined <em>Muppet Babies<\/em> series, co-produced by Disney Junior, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media&#8217;s (DCPI) Content &amp; Media group and The Muppets Studio.<\/p>\n<p><em>Muppet Babies<\/em> follows the playroom adventures of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal and Miss Nanny. The CGI-animated show, aimed at viewers between the ages of 4 and 7, is set to begin airing on Disney Junior in early 2018. Tom Warburton (<em>The 7D<\/em>) is serving\u00a0as exec producer, with Emmy winner Eric Shaw (<em>SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em>) as story editor.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kanter, the executive VP of original programming and general manager at Disney Junior Worldwide, said: &#8220;We are proud, and a little bit giddy, to begin production on our new version of the much-loved <em>Muppet Babies<\/em>. Parents will delight in seeing their favorite Muppets in the mixed-animation style they remember from the original series, and kids will be introduced to this warm and zany world made just right for the Disney Junior audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bringing <em>Muppet Babies<\/em> to Disney Junior is a wonderful opportunity to reach a new generation of viewers and to creatively build on the innovative original series,&#8221; added Debbie McClellan, the VP of The Muppets Studio. &#8220;We hope to engage and delight the nostalgic fans while also entertaining new kids, parents and diverse audiences through heart and humor as only the Muppets can deliver.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BURBANK: Production has kicked off on the reimagined Muppet Babies series, co-produced by Disney Junior, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media&#8217;s (DCPI) Content &amp; Media group and The Muppets Studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":11192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[112,1995,1996],"class_list":["post-11191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney-junior","tag-muppet-babies","tag-the-muppets-studio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Production Begins on Disney&#039;s New Muppet Babies Show - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/production-begins-on-disneys-new-muppet-babies-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Production Begins on Disney&#039;s New Muppet Babies Show - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BURBANK: Production has kicked off on the reimagined Muppet Babies series, co-produced by Disney Junior, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media&#039;s (DCPI) Content &amp; 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