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No Strings Attached (Jim Henson)

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The Muppets made an impressive big-screen comeback last fall alongside Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Glee star Jane Lynch and Amy Adams on the musical adventure "The Muppets".

Muppets creator Jim Henson Company looked to duplicate the success on small screens with Variety confirming their producing partnership with U.K. broadcaster BBC on a Muppets-inspired variety show called "No Strings Attached". U.K. comedy writer and broadcaster Danny Baker confirmed his status as the writer for the new show via Twitter.

"I'm writing the new Muppet/Puppet show for BBC/Henson," Baker tweeted along with posting a picture of himself with Muppet character Kermit the Frog. "There I’ve said it."

Brian Henson also joined as the lead puppeteer with all the new puppets being created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Los Angeles.

BBC described a format very similar to the original Muppets Show with two celebrity guests taking part in sketches with an additional reality-contest-inspired segment with the guest stars competing in games staged by the puppets.

"No Strings Attached" will premiere on the BBC’s flagship channel BBC1.
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Something old, something new. Any new Muppets, done in the same creatuve spirit as the originals, is fine by me.
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Post by Kyle »

Ok, but what about America?
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That's not really a Muppet Show though. Jim Henson puppets yes, but not Muppets.
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Yes It's going to be a UK Show!!! :D :D

Yay! Well I guess this makes up for Disney release their animated films So late in the UK :wink:

So I'm guessing ABC will get the rights to broadcast in the States
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A few years ago "The Muppets tonight" was on tv, following the famed "Muppet show", but it was only short-lived. Why was it cancelled? It was fun.
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Don't know were to post it, but i have a question regarding the muppets Bluray, doe anyone know whether the US version is Region free and which subtitles it has :) thanks in advance
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Toky wrote:Don't know were to post it, but i have a question regarding the muppets Bluray, doe anyone know whether the US version is Region free and which subtitles it has :) thanks in advance
Blu-ray.com says that it's region free and has these subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Muppe ... ray/35132/
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OK thats a good signs thanks :) though it got me wondering since the Target version was region A :S
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