2012

Television & Movies

 * Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, television debut on PBS series Independent Lens, April 5


 * Sesame Street season 43, September 24 (Elmo: The Musical debuts, replacing Elmo's World)


 * The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala, autumn


 * I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story announced, to be released in 2013


 * Untitled Sesame Street movie announced on June 19, release date unknown

International Television & Movies

 * The Muppets is released in Australia, January 1
 * The Muppets is released in New Zealand, January 1
 * The Muppets is released in Dominican Republic, January 5
 * The Muppets is released in Slovenia, January 5
 * The Muppets is released in Costa Rica, January 6
 * The Muppets is released in Panama, January 6
 * The Muppets is released in Serbia, January 11
 * The Muppets is released in Argentina, January 12
 * The Muppets is released in Czech Republic, January 12
 * The Muppets is released in Hungary, January 12
 * The Muppets is released in Colombia, January 13
 * The Muppets is released in Iceland, January 13
 * The Muppets is released in Romania, January 13
 * The Muppets is released in Uruguay, January 13
 * Die Muppets is released in Germany, January 19
 * The Muppets is released in Hong Kong, January 19
 * The Muppets is released in Bulgaria, January 20
 * Muppety is released in Poland, January 20
 * The Muppets is released in Vietnam, January 20
 * The Muppets is released in Croatia, January 26
 * The Muppets is released in Slovakia, January 26
 * The Muppets is released in Indonesia, January 27
 * The Muppets is released in South Africa, January 27
 * The Muppets is released in Greece, February 2
 * The Muppets is released in Portugal, February 2
 * The Muppets is released in Switzerland, February 2 (German)
 * I Muppet is released in Italy, February 3
 * The Muppets is released in Spain, February 3
 * The Muppets is released in Switzerland, February 3 (Ticino)
 * The Muppets is released in The Netherlands, February 8
 * The Muppets is released in Ireland, February 8
 * The Muppets is released in the United Kingdom, February 10
 * The Muppets is released in Belgium, February 15
 * The Muppets is released in Malta, February 15
 * The Muppets is released in Korea, February 16
 * The Muppets is released in Turkey, February 17
 * The Muppets is released in Sweden, March 16
 * The Muppets is released in The Philippines, March 21
 * The Muppets is released in Ukraine, March 29
 * Les Muppets is released in France, April 11
 * The Muppets is released in Russia, April 12
 * The Muppets is released in Lithuania, May 18
 * The Muppets is released in Japan, May 19

International Commercials

 * Fisherman's Friend, January (Germany)
 * Cravendale, February 6 (United Kingdom)

Appearances

 * Abby Cadabby on The Sunny Side Up Show, January 4
 * Cookie Monster and Elmo on Good Morning America, January 5
 * Kermit the Frog on Sex, God, Rock ‘n Roll with Stuart Davis & Kandyse McClure, January 12
 * Miss Piggy on Project Runway All-Stars, January 19
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy at the 84th Academy Awards, February 26
 * Oscar the Grouch on Jimmy Kimmel Live, February 26
 * The Swedish Chef on Walmart online video, March 8
 * Kermit, Miss Piggy and Walter on Good Morning America, March 13
 * Miss Piggy on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, March 13
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy on The View, March 14
 * Kermit on The Colbert Report, March 14
 * Miss Piggy on Anderson, March 15
 * Kermit and Walter on Entertainment Tonight, March 19
 * Miss Piggy on The Talk, March 21
 * Statler and Waldorf on The Soup, March 21
 * Miss Piggy on Entertainment Tonight, March 21
 * Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem on Jimmy Kimmel Live, March 21
 * Miss Piggy on Fashion Police, March 30
 * Cookie Monster on The Chew, April 2
 * Kermit and the Swedish Chef on The View, April 12
 * The Puppet Up! cast on The Celebrity Apprentice, April 15
 * Kermit, Miss Piggy and the Muppets on The Bachelorette, May 21
 * Grover and Telly Monster on Fox & Friends, May 31
 * Elmo and Rosita on Coming Home, June 1
 * Elmo on Today, June 7
 * Elmo, Grover and Abby Cadabby on Today, August 9
 * Elmo and Kevin Clash on Barefoot Contessa, August 18
 * Grover on Good Afternoon America, August 22
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy on Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time with Barbara Walters, September 18

Live Appearances

 * Grover at Qualcomm's Consumer Electronics Show 2012 keynote, January 11
 * Carmen Osbahr and Pam Arciero, Westport Cinema Initiative screening of Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, January 28
 * Elmo at the Drama League of New York gala, February 6
 * Scooter at TED2012, February 29
 * Statler and Waldorf at The Secret Policeman's Ball, March 4
 * Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Pepe, Walter, and Sweetums at The Hollywood Walk of Fame to receive The Muppets' star, March 20
 * Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Gordon at The White House Easter Egg Roll, April 9
 * Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Pepe at the NYC & Company Visitor Center in Midtown Manhattan to become the official 2012 NYC Family Ambassadors, April 13
 * Characters from Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas appear at the Jim Henson's Musical World concert at Carnegie Hall, April 14
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 24
 * Cookie Monster at TEDMED2012, April
 * Elmo at Jamie Lynn's Kitchen, May 20
 * Elmo, Rosita, Gordon, and Matt Rogers on the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, May
 * Eric Jacobson and Super Grover 2.0 at San Diego Comic-Con, July

International Appearances

 * Kermit the Frog & Miss Piggy at Die Muppets premiere press conference in Germany, January 18 (live appearance)
 * Miss Piggy at Michael Michalsky's studio for Berlin Fashion Week, January 18 (live appearance)
 * Statler &amp; Waldorf on Upps - Die Muppets sind los!, January 19
 * Kermit on Radio Energy Berlin, January 19
 * Kermit & Miss Piggy on SAT.1 Frühstücksfernsehen, January 20
 * Kermit & Miss Piggy at Los Muppets premiere press conference in Spain, January 23 (live appearance)
 * Kermit at the National Television Awards, January 25 ,
 * Kermit & Miss Piggy at The Sun, January 26 (live appearance)
 * Kermit & Miss Piggy at The Muppets premiere press conference in the United Kingdom, January 26 (live appearance)
 * Miss Piggy on neoParadise, January 26
 * Kermit, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy on The Chris Moyles Show, January 27
 * Kermit & Miss Piggy on The Jonathan Ross Show, January 28
 * Kermit, The Swedish Chef, Statler & Waldorf on Albert Heijn commercials, January & February
 * Miss Piggy & Kermit on Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera, February 4
 * Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Rizzo the Rat & Beaker on T4 Muppet Takeover, February 5
 * Kermit on Daybreak, February 10
 * Miss Piggy hosting the red carpet at The Orange British Academy Film Awards, February 13 (taped February 12)
 * Statler and Waldorf at The Secret Policeman's Ball, March 9
 * Pferd, Wolle, Carsten Morar-Haffke and Martin Paas on DAS!, March 20
 * Oscar the Grouch at the Philippine Pediatric Society's annual convention, May
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on Daybreak, June 11
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on Loose Women, June 11
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on The Heart FM Network, June 12
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn at the HMV Oxford Circus, June 13
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on Magic 105.4 FM, June 13
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on OK!, June 13
 * Kermit & Pepe the King Prawn on Empire Podcast, June 15
 * Elmo & Cookie Monster on The Project, July 2
 * The Muppets at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Canada, July 26
 * Elmo, Grover & Abby Cadabby on This Morning, August 9
 * Abby Cadabby on Milkshake!, August 10

Books

 * Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Clash of the Class Clowns, spring
 * Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy, summer
 * The Muppets: The Doodle Book, September 18
 * Frogs, Hogs, Weirdos & What-nots

Home Video

 * Elmo's World: Favorite Things!, February 7
 * The Muppets, March 20
 * Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, April 3
 * Big Elmo Fun, April 3
 * Elmo's Magic Numbers, July 10
 * Elmo's Alphabet Challenge, August 14
 * Best of Friends, September 4
 * Making Friends, October 2
 * The Muppet Christmas Carol Blu-ray, November 6
 * Sesame Street: Old School: Volume 3, November 6
 * A Special Sesame Street Christmas, November 6

International Home Video

 * Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 1: Der Arztbesuch, March 16
 * Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 2: Alles meins!, March 16
 * Los Muppets, March 23
 * Os Muppets, March 28
 * Les Muppets, le retour, May 2
 * Die Muppets, May 24
 * I Muppet, May 30
 * Los Muppets, June 6
 * 布偶历险记, July 10
 * ザ・マペッツ ブルーレイ, August 22
 * The Best of Red, August 27

​Video Games

 * LittleBigPlanet level pack, January
 * Disney Universe add-ons, March
 * Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece, June 15
 * Kinect Sesame Street TV, September 18
 * Just Dance: Disney Party; "The Muppet Show Theme" from The Muppets is one of the featured songs, October 23

Storybooks

 * Grouchy Hugs, January 3
 * Up, Down, Around Town: A Book About Opposites, January 10
 * The Muppets: Lights, Camera, Action! Fan Book, February 6
 * Bert and Ernie Go Camping, February 14
 * Cookie Monster's Busy Day, February 14
 * The Muppets Read-Along Storybook and CD, March 13
 * Elmo's Mommy, March 27
 * Miss Piggy in the Spotlight, April 3
 * Green and Bear It, April 3
 * Simple Science Experiments with Elmo and Friends: Water and Earth, April 19
 * Elmo Goes to School!, June 5
 * The Sesame Street Learning Library, June 21
 * Elmo and Ernie's Joke Book, June 26
 * Is My Face Red!, June 26
 * Over on Sesame Street, June 26
 * Kermit's Costume Caper, summer
 * Firsts!, July 24
 * Starry Songs, August 1
 * Elmo's Rockin' Rhyme Time!, August 7
 * Get Moving with Elmo!, August 7
 * The Muppets: Presto, Gonzo!, September 18
 * Circle of Friends, September 25
 * Elmo's Christmas Hugs, October 2
 * Sesame Street Holiday Gift Set, October 16
 * The Muppets: The Twelve Days of a Muppet Christmas, October 16

Comics

 * Fraggle Rock Classics Volume 1, January 3
 * Die Muppet Show Band 3: Auf Tour, January 12
 * Die Muppet Show Band 4: Familientreffen, February 9
 * Die Muppet Show Spezial 2: Muppet Robin Hood, March 8
 * Die Muppet Show Band 5: Gruselgewusel, May
 * The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Four Seasons, July 4
 * Die Muppet Show Spezial 3: Muppet Schneewittchen, September
 * Fraggle Rock Classics Volume 2, October 16
 * Sesame Street #1, fall

Merchandise

 * The Muppets PEZ dispensers, January
 * Muppet puppets (Build-A-Bear)
 * Disney Racers, spring
 * The Muppets Collectible Figures, spring
 * Muppet vinyl figures
 * Muppet bobblehead dolls (Funko)
 * Classic ABC/123 Wood Blocks & Cart featuring Kermit the Frog block, summer

Music videos

 * "Share It Maybe"

People

 * Judy Freudberg dies, June 10
 * Jerry Nelson dies, August 23

Business

 * The Jim Henson Company ends its partnership with Chick-fil-A, July

Attractions and Events

 * Jim Henson's Fantastic World
 * The Museum of the Moving Image (Astoria, Queens, NY), January 1 - March 4, 2012
 * ToonSeum presents "Animating Haring!", featuring art by Bill Davis, created for Keith Haring-inspired animation on Sesame Street, October 22, 2011 to February 26, 2012
 * "Man or Muppet" wins the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 84th Academy Awards, February 26
 * The Muppets receive a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, March 20
 * The Case of the Stolen Show, interactive Muppet game debuts aboard the Disney Fantasy during its maiden voyage, March 31
 * Jim Henson's Musical World concert at Carnegie Hall, April 14