Jim Henson Company is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California.
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10 Facts About Henson Associates
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Since 2000, The Jim Henson Associates Company is headquartered at the Jim Henson Associates Company Lot, the historic former Charlie Chaplin Studios, in Hollywood.
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Company was established in November 1958 by puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson Associates, and is currently independently owned and operated by their children.
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Jane Henson Associates died in April 2013, and John Henson Associates died in February 2014.
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Jim Henson Associates pitched several different projects to the major American television networks, to little avail.
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In 1976, producer Lew Grade approached Henson Associates to produce a weekly series in Grade's native United Kingdom.
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In 1995, Henson Associates entered into an agreement with ABC to produce primetime television series, leading to Muppets Tonight and Aliens in the Family.
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In 2000, the Henson Associates family sold the company to the German media company EM.
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In February 2004, Henson Associates sold the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House to The Walt Disney Company, who subsequently formed The Muppets Studio .
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From 1969 to 2000, Henson Associates was contracted to design and create Muppet characters for Sesame Street.
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