1983

Movies & Television

 * The World of the Dark Crystal on PBS, January 9
 * Fraggle Rock Season 1 begins on HBO, January 10
 * Rocky Mountain Holiday on ABC, May 12
 * Don't Eat the Pictures on PBS, November 16
 * Sesame Street Episode 1839 (Mr. Hooper's death) on PBS, November 24
 * Big Bird in China on NBC

International Television

 * Barrio Sésamo begins its second run in Spain

Storybooks

 * Bert and the Missing Mop Mix-up
 * The Case of the Missing Mother
 * The City Worm and the Country Worm
 * Don't Cry, Big Bird
 * Early Bird on Sesame Street
 * Ernie's Little Lie
 * Everyone Makes Mistakes
 * Grover Goes to School
 * I Can Dress Myself
 * The Little Red Hen
 * The Muppets on the Road
 * People in My Family
 * Pigs in Space
 * Puppy Love
 * The Radish Day Jubilee
 * Red and the Pumpkins
 * The Sesame Street Question and Answer Book About Animals
 * The Sesame Street Treasury series begins
 * The Sesame Street Word Book
 * The Twiddlebugs' Dream House
 * You Are the Star of a Muppet Adventure

Non-fiction Books

 * The Making of the Dark Crystal

Albums

 * The Best of Bert
 * The Best of Big Bird
 * The Best of Cookie Monster
 * The Best of the Count
 * The Best of Ernie
 * The Best of Grover
 * The Best of Oscar the Grouch
 * Born to Add
 * Fraggle Rock
 * The Gang's All Here!
 * Rocky Mountain Holiday
 * Surprise!

Videos

 * Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (Muppet Home Video)
 * De Freggels 1 (from the Dutch coproduction of Fraggle Rock)
 * De Freggels 2
 * De Freggels 3
 * De Freggels 4
 * De Freggels 5
 * De Freggels 6

Merchandise

 * Muppet Magazine begins, January
 * American Telecommunications Kermit phone
 * Atari Sesame Street games
 * The Fraggle Trap Game
 * Happy House Books coloring books
 * Miss Piggy Telephone
 * Pigs in Space video game
 * Tomy Doozer Wind-up Toys
 * Tomy Fraggle Dolls
 * Tomy Muppet wind-up toys

Stage Shows

 * Sesame Street Live show Around the World debuts