2009

Television & Movies

 * Sesame Street: Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change on PBS, April 1
 * Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train on PBS, September 7
 * Sesame Street: Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times on PBS, September 9
 * Where the Wild Things Are released on October 16
 * Sesame Street season 40 premieres on PBS, November 10

International Television & Movies

 * Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez premieres on German Disney Channel, February 21
 * Sesamgade premieres on Danish TV2, October 18

Appearances

 * Grover on The Sunny Side Up Show, January 1
 * Sesame Street Muppets on Scrubs, January 27
 * Miss Piggy on Today, February 6
 * Sesame Street Live on PIX 11 Morning News, February 6
 * Miss Piggy on PIX 11 Morning News, February 12
 * Miss Piggy on The View, February 12
 * Statler and Waldorf on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, March 20
 * Elmo on Today, April 2
 * Elmo and Abby Cadabby on The Bonnie Hunt Show, April 7
 * Elmo on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, April 15
 * Zoe on Today, May 14.
 * Fran Brill and Zoe on The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Nomination Party. May 14th.


 * Fozzie Bear on The Late Late Show, June 2
 * Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, and Abby Cadabby on A Capitol Fourth, July 4
 * Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Elmo on Food Network Challenge, July 26
 * Oscar on Great Performances, July 30
 * Oscar on CBS Sunday Morning (interviewed at Great Performances), August 2
 * Sesame Street gets a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards, August 30
 * Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on America's Got Talent, September 2
 * Elmo and Jean Chatzky on Today, September 6
 * Elmo and his mom on Today, September 8
 * Kermit is Lady Gaga's date for the MTV Video Music Awards, September 13
 * Gonzo and Animal on Dancing with the Stars, September 28
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy on Access Hollywood for Give a Day. Get a Disney Day., September 30
 * Kermit on Good Morning America for Give a Day. Get a Disney Day., October 5
 * Fran Brill and Zoe on CBS News Philadelphia to promote Jim Henson's Fantastic World and the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street on October 12th.


 * Elmo and Cookie Monster on Dinner: Impossible, October 21
 * Oscar on CBC Q with Jian Ghomeshi and other Waste Reduction Week events, October 21
 * Big Bird and Oscar on Jimmy Kimmel Live, November 4
 * Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on Today, November 6
 * Oscar on The Bonnie Hunt Show, November 9
 * Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby and Roscoe Orman on Good Morning America, November 9
 * Elmo and Rosita on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, November 9
 * Special Sesame Street episode of inFANity, November 9
 * Sesame Street Muppets host a week of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, November 9-13
 * Elmo and Chris on PIX 11 Morning News, November 10
 * Sonia Manzano on CNN.com Live, November 10
 * Gary Knell on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 10
 * Oscar, Zoe, and Prairie Dawn on The Doctors, November 17
 * Kermit and a Sesame Street Float at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24
 * The Muppets on Dancing with the Stars, November 24
 * The Muppets on Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas, November 28
 * The Muppets on Christmas in Rockefeller Center, December 2
 * Kermit and Piggy on Today, December 3
 * Elmo, Rosita and Cookie Monster on The Tyra Show, December 3
 * The Muppets and Andrea Bocelli on The Jay Leno Show, December 7
 * Elmo on The Sunny Side Up Show, December 15
 * Miss Piggy on The Bonnie Hunt Show, December 18
 * Miss Piggy on The Wendy Williams Show, December 18
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy on PIX 11 Morning News, December 23
 * The Muppets on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, December 23

International Appearances

 * Elmo interning for a day on Go'morgen Danmark, October 19
 * Ernie on German nachtmagazin, November 11
 * Kermit and Miss Piggy (via satellite) on The One Show on BBC One, December 17
 * Jul med Jeppe, Marie og Elmo, has Elmo and Signe as the primary hosts, December 24

Live appearances

 * Oscar the Grouch at The Clearwater Concert: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders, May 3
 * Miss Piggy at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago, Illinois, August 21
 * The Muppets at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, September 11 & 13
 * Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas squirrels, Skippy, Junior, Jiffy and Nutella, and actors from the stage show at Rosie's Broadway Extravaganza, November 23
 * Kermit and Fozzie at United States Postal Service press conference, December 1
 * Red Fraggle at the Jim Henson company's Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood, December 9

On the web

 * The Possibility Shop debuts, November 20

Home Video

 * Elmo Loves You, January 6
 * Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures: Pirates and Other Stories, February 23
 * Elmo and Friends: Tales of Adventure, March 3
 * Follow That Bird: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, March 24
 * Bedtime for Frances, March 31
 * Being Green, April 7
 * Pirates: Elmo and the Bookaneers, April 21
 * The Best of Elmo's World: Volume 2, May 5
 * Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun!, June
 * Bedtime with Elmo, July
 * Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens, August 4
 * Sid the Science Kid: The Bug Club, August 4
 * Elmo's World: All About Faces!, September 1
 * A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, September 29
 * Elmo's Animal Adventures, October 1
 * Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days, November 10
 * Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales, November 10

International Home Video

 * Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, April 24
 * Die Muppets: Briefe an den Weihnachtsmann, December 3

Books

 * The Diva Code: Miss Piggy on Life, Love, and the 10,000 Idiotic Things Men Frogs Do, January 27
 * Abby Mix & Match Nursery Rhymes, January 27
 * Giggly and Wiggly, January 27
 * In Elmo's Easter Parade, January
 * Farscape: Volume 1, March 25
 * Kermit Culture, May 21
 * Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street, October
 * Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street second edition, fall

Comics

 * Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning: Part 3: Yes, That's Our Baby, January 29
 * Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning: Part 4: Hynerian Rhapsody, February 25
 * Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 1, March 25
 * The Muppet Show Comic Book #1, March 25
 * Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 2, April 29
 * The Muppet Show Comic Book #2, April 29
 * Farscape: Dargos Lament: Part 1, April 29
 * Farscape: Dargos Lament: Part 2, May 27
 * Farscape: Strange Detractors: Part 3, May 27
 * Muppet Robin Hood #1, May 27
 * The Muppet Show Comic Book #3, June 3
 * Muppet Robin Hood #2, July 1
 * The Muppet Show Comic Book #4, July 1

Merchandise

 * Myzos are released, August

Attractions and Events

 * Jim Henson's Fantastic World
 * Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA), January 1 - 18
 * Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL), February 7 - May 3
 * Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (Seattle, WA), May 23 - August 16
 * James A. Michener Art Museum (Doylestown, PA), September 5 - November 29
 * Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS), December 19 - 31
 * Jim Henson: Wonders from His Workshop
 * Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta, GA), January 1 - September 13
 * Sesame Street at 40: A Night of Celebration with the Legendary Cast, January 30
 * Miss Piggy at Macy's Glamorama in Chicago, Illinois, August 21
 * New York City proclaims November 10 Sesame Street Day
 * Sesame Street photo exhibit, Union Station, Washington, D.C., November 10-30
 * Brooklyn Public Library Exhibit, November 14 to February 21
 * Sesame Street's 40th Birthday Party, November 15
 * Kermit the Frog holiday postmark, December 1-30
 * The Jim Henson company's Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood, December 9

Parades

 * The Tournament of Roses Parade features a Sesame Street float, January 1
 * Indy 500 Parade features Super Grover float
 * Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24
 * 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade features the balloon versions of Bear with Tutter, Super Grover, Kermit and Elmo

Stage Shows

 * Sesame Street Live presents 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends, the 30th anniversary tour
 * Bert & Ernie, Goodnight! at the Children's Theatre Company, September 8 - October 25

People

 * Alaina Reed dies, December 17

Websites

 * The Muppet Mindset, fan site, August 26