Muppet Babies (2018)



Muppet Babies is an updated version of the CBS animated series that ran from 1984 to 1991. The new series is set to debut on Disney Junior in March of 2018 and will be aimed at a target audience of children from ages 4 to 7.

The show retains several of the younger incarnations of the classic Muppet characters seen in the previous series, including Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, Baby Fozzie, Baby Gonzo, and Baby Animal. Joining the main cast is a new penguin character, Summer. The series will also see the return of Nanny (now known as "Miss Nanny").

Unlike the previous series, the show will be produced using computer-generated animation and features two, 11-minute stories per episode. The series will be aimed at children between the ages of four and seven.

The show will be a co-production between Disney Junior, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, and The Muppets Studio. Tom Warburton (The 7D) will executive produce the series with Eric Shaw (SpongeBob SquarePants) serving as story editor.

In 2018, the characters from Muppet Babies also appeared in some of the animated Music Nursery Rhymes shorts produced for Disney Junior.

Cast

 * Matt Danner as Baby Kermit
 * Melanie Harrison as Baby Piggy
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Baby Animal
 * Ben Diskin as Baby Gonzo
 * Eric Bauza as Baby Fozzie
 * Jessica DiCicco as Summer Penguin
 * Jenny Slate as Miss Nanny

Behind the scenes
Early production documents included a sheep character named Bobbi Baba as part of the central cast.