2000

The Children's Television Workshop changes its name to Sesame Workshop and acquires ownership of the Sesame Street Muppets from The Jim Henson Company

The South African co-production of Sesame Street, Takalani Sesame debuts.

A team of puppeteers perform Bad Andy for a Domino's Pizza commerical

One of several magazine ads for Sesame Street's season 31, created by Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners.

Television & Movies

• Farscape Season 2 begins on Sci Fi, March 17
• Sesame Street Season 31 begins on PBS, January 3

International Television & Movies

• Takalani Sesame begins airing in South Africa
• Alam Simsim begins airing in Egypt
• Elmo au pays des grincheux, March 15
• Muppets Fra Rummet, June 16
• Elmo i Surmuleland, July 7
• Le Avventure de Elmo in Brontolandia, July 7
• Die Abenteuer von Elmo im Grummelland, July 20
• Rat, October 6

Appearances

• Sesame Street cast on Evening at Pops, July 27
• Bad Andy debuts in Domino's Pizza commercials
• Kermit the Frog on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, November 14

International Appearances

• The Swedish Chef at the Europe MTV Music Awards in Stockholm, Sweden, November 16
• Kermit the Frog on I Love the 70s on the BBC, August 26

Live Appearances

• Count von Count visits Bruch-Monroe Elementary School for the Census in the Schools program, February 24
• Kermit the Frog on Capitol Hill for the introduction of the Shambala Wild Animal Protection Act of 2000, March 29
• Kermit the Frog's Henson Digital Performance System counterpart emcees the keynote speech and awards of SIGGRAPH 2000, July
• Kermit co-hosts the opening of the new American Academy of Dramatic Arts, October 17

Video

• Time-Life begins releasing complete episodes of The Muppet Show on VHS as The Best of the Muppet Show in December
• CinderElmo
• Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More! (VHS)
• Elmo's World: Dancing, Music, Books! (VHS)
• Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More! (VHS)
• Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (VHS)
• Let's Make Music (VHS)

International Video

• Muppets aus dem All (Muppets from Space) released in Germany on DVD and VHS, August 24
• Muppets Fra Rummet (Muppets from Space) released in Denmark on DVD and VHS, November 15.

Albums

• CinderElmo (soundtrack)

Storybooks

• Bear's Berry Christmas
• Bear's Breakfast Treat
• Bear's Woodland Workout
• The Best Thanksgiving Ever!
• Brought to You by the Letter A
• Brought to You by the Letter B
• Brought to You by the Letter C
• Fun with 1, 2, 3
• Fun with A, B, C
• Fun with Colors and Shapes
• Fun with Opposites

Video Games

• Muppet RaceMania, October
• Muppet Monster Adventure, November 7
• Jim Henson's Muppets (GameBoy Color)

Other Merchandise

• Bear in the Big Blue House talking cookie jar
• Jim Henson Bust
• Kermit light-up bust

Behind the scenes

• Frank Oz stops performing his classic Muppet Show characters in new projects. Oz's Sesame Street Muppets are portrayed by other performers in his absence, but he returns to perform them occasionally until 2012.

Business

• Charlie Chaplin Studios purchased by Henson family and leased to The Jim Henson Company
• EM.TV buys The Jim Henson Company, February
• Children's Television Workshop changes its name to Sesame Workshop
• EM.TV sells The Jim Henson Company's stakes in Odyssey Network and The Kermit Channel to Crown Media Holdings
• EM.TV sells The Jim Henson Company's rights to the Sesame Street Muppets to Sesame Workshop

Stage Shows

• Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesamstrasse: Feli Filu, Wolle, Pferd
• Alam Simsim: Nimnim, Filfil, Khokha
• Takalani Sesame: Moshe, Zuzu, Zikwe, Neno

Muppet Character Exits

• Sesamstrasse: Simson

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Sesame Street Float.

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