Sid the Science Kid

What's the Big Idea? is an upcoming preschool television series being produced by The Jim Henson Company. The show will feature real-time computer-generated puppets, using the Henson Digital Performance System. 40 half-hour episodes of What's the Big Idea? have been ordered with production said to begin in the fall of 2007; the series is scheduled to debut on PBS Kids sometime in 2008. The show will use a sketch-comedy format to teach lessons in science and discovery.

What's the Big Idea? will be executive produced by Brian Henson, Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford and Mary Mazur. The Jim Henson Company is also said to be handling the licensing, video distribution, merchandising and other supplementary coverage of the show.