Production order vs. Broadcast order

The Fraggle Rock DVD box sets present the episodes in their original broadcast order, but package the episodes into four evenly-sized seasons rather than HBO's uneven five seasons. While the show was produced in four evenly-sized production seasons, it should be noted that the season box sets do not reflect the episodes of each production season. The third season set includes "Sprocket's Big Adventure" (which was produced as part of the fourth season, and aired as the season 4 premiere) instead of "Sidebottom Blues" (which was produced in the third production season but did not air until later in HBO's fourth season).

The StoryTeller[]

Muppet Wiki episode guides for The StoryTeller uses the broadcast order for episode numbering.^[2]

Episode Title	Broadcast NBC	Production Order
Hans My Hedgehog	S1 E01 1/31/1987	S1 E01
Fearnot	S1 E02 10/26/1987	S1 E02
A Story Short	S1 E03 1/22/1988	S1 E03
The Luck Child	S1 E04 4/16/1988	S1 E04
The Heartless Giant	S1 E05 4/14/1989	S1 E09
The Soldier and Death	S1 E06 4/28/1989	S1 E05
The True Bride	S1 E07 7/23/1989	S1 E06
Sapsorrow	S1 E08 7/30/1989	S1 E08
The Three Ravens	S1 E09 ^unaired	S1 E07

Notes

The final five episodes were originally broadcast as the second half of The Jim Henson Hour ("The Heartless Giant" with "Outer Space", "The Soldier and Death" with "Power", "The True Bride" with "Fitness", "Sapsorrow" with "Garbage", and "The Three Ravens" with "Food"). Due to the early cancellation of The Jim Henson Hour, "The Three Ravens" did not air in the US until 1997 when The StoryTeller series was rerun on HBO.

The StoryTeller: The Definitive Collection DVD arranges the episodes in production order, while the earlier Complete Collection DVD uses a similar order, only mistakenly placing "The Solider and Death" as the third episode.

The Jim Henson Hour[]

Muppet Wiki episode guides for The Jim Henson Hour use broadcast order.^[3]

Episode Title	Broadcast NBC	Production Order
Outer Space	S1 E01 4/14/1989	S1 E06
Oceans	S1 E02 4/21/1989	S1 E09
Power	S1 E03 4/28/1989	S1 E08
Dog City	S1 E04 5/5/1989	S1 E04
First Show	S1 E05 5/14/1989	S1 E05 ^{[note 1]}
Monster Maker	S1 E06 7/9/1989	S1 E10
Fitness	S1 E07 7/16/1989	S1 E07
Videotape	S1 E08 7/23/1989	S1 E01
Garbage	S1 E09 7/30/1989	S1 E03
Secrets of the Muppets	S1 E10 ^{[note 2]}	S1 E12
Living with Dinosaurs	S1 E11 ^{[note 3]}	S1 E11
Food	S1 E12 ^{[note 4]}	S1 E02

Notes

↑ A pilot version of "First Show" was initially shot in July 1988 as the first episode; however by the time regular production started in the fall, many elements had been redistributed to other episodes. This required a re-shoot of the introductions and wrap-arounds. (source)
↑ "Secrets of the Muppets" was not shown on US television until 1992, airing as a stand-alone special on Nickelodeon.
↑ "Living with Dinosaurs" was not shown on US television until 1993; it aired in the UK in 1990.
↑ "Food" never aired on US television; it aired in the UK in 1990.

Dinosaurs[]

Muppet Wiki episode guides for Dinosaurs use broadcast order and season groupings for episode numbering.^[4]

Episode Title	Broadcast ABC	Production Order
The Mighty Megalosaurus	S1 E01 4/26/1991	S1 E01 3/29/1991
The Mating Dance	S1 E02 5/3/1991	S1 E02 4/8/1991
Hurling Day	S1 E03 5/10/1991	S1 E03 4/17/1991
High Noon	S1 E04 5/17/1991	S1 E05 5/2/1991
The Howling	S1 E05 5/24/1991	S1 E06 5/10/1991
The Golden Child	S2 E01 9/18/1991	S2 E04 7/23/1991
Family Challenge	S2 E02 9/25/1991	S2 E05 7/31/1991
I Never Ate for My Father	S2 E03 10/2/1991	S2 E03 7/9/1991
Charlene's Tale	S2 E04 10/9/1991	S2 E02 7/2/1991
Endangered Species	S2 E05 10/16/1991	S2 E01 7/1/1991
Employee of the Month	S2 E06 10/23/1991	S1 E04 4/25/1991
When Food Goes Bad	S2 E07 10/30/1991	S2 E06 8/9/1991
Career Opportunities	S2 E08 11/6/1991	S2 E08 10/4/1991
Unmarried... with Children	S2 E09 11/13/1991	S2 E09 10/11/1991
How to Pick Up Girls	S2 E10 11/20/1991	S2 E10 10/21/1991
Switched at Birth	S2 E11 11/27/1991	S2 E11 10/28/1991
Refrigerator Day	S2 E12 12/11/1991	S2 E12 11/11/1991
What "Sexual" Harris Meant	S2 E13 12/18/1991	S2 E13 11/18/1991
Fran Live	S2 E14 1/8/1992	S2 E15 12/6/1991
Power Erupts	S2 E15 1/15/1992	S2 E16 12/13/1991
The Clip Show	S2 E16 1/22/1992	S2 E07 9/23/1991
A New Leaf	S2 E17 2/5/1992	S2 E14 11/25/1991
The Last Temptation of Ethyl	S2 E18 2/12/1992	S2 E17 12/20/1991
Nuts to War (part 1)	S2 E19 2/19/1992	S2 E18 1/16/1992
Nuts to War (part 2)	S2 E20 2/26/1992	S2 E19 1/16/1992
And the Winner Is...	S2 E21 3/25/1992	S2 E22 2/14/1992
Slave to Fashion	S2 E22 4/1/1992	S2 E20 1/27/1992
Leader of the Pack	S2 E23 4/22/1992	S2 E21 2/7/1992
WESAYSO Knows Best	S2 E24 5/6/1992	S2 E23 2/24/1992
Nature Calls	S3 E01 9/18/1992	S2 E25 3/13/1992
Dirty Dancin'	S3 E02 3/12/1993	S3 E03 7/20/1992
Baby Talk	S3 E03 10/2/1992	S3 E01 3/19/1992
Network Genius	S3 E04 10/16/1992	S2 E24 3/5/1992
The Discovery	S3 E05 10/23/1992	S3 E02 7/13/1992
Little Boy Boo	S3 E06 10/30/1992	S3 E08 9/4/1992
Germ Warfare	S3 E07 11/6/1992	S3 E04 7/27/1992
Hungry for Love	S3 E08 11/13/1992	S3 E06 8/17/1992
License to Parent	S3 E09 11/20/1992	S3 E07 8/21/1992
Charlene's Flat World	S3 E10 12/4/1992	S3 E09 9/11/1992
Wilderness Weekend	S3 E11 12/18/1992	S3 E10 9/22/1992
The Son Also Rises	S3 E12 1/8/1993	S3 E12 10/12/1992
Getting to Know You	S3 E13 1/15/1993	S3 E05 8/7/1992
Green Card	S3 E14 1/29/1993	S3 E14 11/2/1992
Out of the Frying Pan	S3 E15 2/5/1993	S3 E11 10/5/1992
Steroids to Heaven	S3 E16 2/12/1993	S3 E13 10/20/1992
Honey, I Miss the Kids	S3 E17 2/19/1993	S3 E15 11/9/1992
Swamp Music	S3 E18 2/26/1993	S3 E19 12/14/1992
If I Were a Tree	S3 E19 4/16/1993	S3 E16 11/13/1992
We Are Not Alone	S3 E20 4/30/1993	S3 E17 11/23/1992
Charlene and Her Amazing Humans	S3 E21 5/7/1993	S3 E20 12/21/1992
The Clip Show II	S3 E22 7/2/1993	S3 E18 12/4/1992
Monster Under the Bed	S4 E01 6/1/1994	S4 E03 6/18/1993
Earl, Don't Be a Hero	S4 E02 6/8/1994	S4 E05 7/8/1993
The Greatest Story Ever Sold	S4 E03 6/22/1994	S4 E07 7/28/1993
Driving Miss Ethyl	S4 E04 6/29/1994	S4 E13 9/21/1993
Earl's Big Jackpot	S4 E05 7/6/1994	S4 E10 8/25/1993
Terrible Twos	S4 E06 7/13/1994	S4 E06 7/15/1993
Changing Nature	S4 E07 7/20/1994	S4 E14 9/28/1993
Into the Woods*	S4 E08 ^unaired	S4 E01 6/4/1993
Scent of a Reptile*	S4 E09 ^unaired	S4 E02 6/11/1993
Working Girl*	S4 E10 ^unaired	S4 E04 6/30/1993
Variations on a Theme Park*	S4 E11 ^unaired	S4 E08 8/4/1993
Life in the Faust Lane*	S4 E12 ^unaired	S4 E09 8/11/1993
Earl and Pearl*	S4 E13 ^unaired	S4 E11 9/1/1993
Georgie Must Die*	S4 E14 ^unaired	S4 E12 9/14/1993

Notes

Seven episodes of Dinosaurs (marked with an asterisk) did not air during the show's initial run on ABC; they premiered in syndication on local stations and Disney Channel.

Muppets Tonight[]

Muppet Wiki episode guides for Muppets Tonight use broadcast order and season groupings.^[5] The production order also reflects the international broadcast order.

Episode Title	Broadcast ABC/Disney	Production Order
Michelle Pfeiffer	S1 E01 3/8/1996	S1 E01
Garth Brooks	S1 E02 3/15/1996	S1 E05
Billy Crystal	S1 E03 3/22/1996	S1 E04
John Goodman	S1 E04 3/29/1996	S1 E06
Cindy Crawford	S1 E05 4/5/1996	S1 E07
Tony Bennett	S1 E06 4/12/1996	S1 E09
Sandra Bullock	S1 E07 6/23/1996	S1 E08
Jason Alexander	S1 E08 6/30/1996	S1 E12
Whoopi Goldberg	S1 E09 7/7/1996	S1 E10
Martin Short	S1 E10 7/14/1996	S1 E02
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince	S2 E01 9/13/1997	S2 E06
Rick Moranis	S2 E02 9/14/1997	S2 E07
Heather Locklear	S2 E03 9/21/1997	S1 E11
Pierce Brosnan	S2 E04 10/12/1997	S1 E13
Coolio & Don Rickles	S2 E05 10/19/1997	S2 E02
Paula Abdul	S2 E06 11/2/1997	S1 E03
Dennis Quaid	S2 E07 11/16/1997	S2 E03
The Cameo Show	S2 E08 12/7/1997	S2 E01
The Best of Muppets Tonight	S2 E09 12/21/1997	S2 E09
The Gary Cahuenga Episode	S2 E10 12/28/1997	S2 E05
Andie MacDowell	S2 E11 1/4/1998	S2 E04
Johnny Fiama Leaves Home	S2 E12 2/8/1998	S2 E08

Sources[]

↑ Fraggle Rock production dates and season groupings come from The Encyclopedia Fragglia.
↑ The StoryTeller production order comes from archived pages at Henson.com
↑ The Jim Henson Hour production numbering comes from The Jim Henson Company Archives (information obtained by Scott Hanson via personal communication with The Jim Henson Legacy)
↑ Dinosaurs production dates and broadcast dates come from archived pages of Henson.com.
↑ Muppets Tonight production order comes from archived pages on Henson.com.

Episode Title	Broadcast HBO	Production Order
Beginnings	S1 E01 1/10/1983	S1 E10 7/21/1982
Wembley and the Gorgs	S1 E02 1/17/1983	S1 E08 7/2/1982
Let the Water Run	S1 E03 1/24/1983	S1 E05 5/5/1982
You Can't Do That Without a Hat	S1 E04 1/31/1983	S1 E03 4/21/1982
The Thirty-Minute Work Week	S1 E05 2/7/1983	S1 E01 3/10/1982
The Preachification of Convincing John	S1 E06 2/14/1983	S1 E04 4/28/1982
I Want to Be You	S1 E07 2/21/1983	S1 E07 6/30/1982
The Terrible Tunnel	S1 E08 2/28/1983	S1 E11 7/28/1982
The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles	S1 E09 3/7/1983	S1 E09 7/14/1982
Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk	S1 E10 3/14/1983	S1 E02 4/14/1982
Catch the Tail by the Tiger	S1 E11 3/21/1983	S1 E06 5/12/1982
The Finger of Light	S1 E12 3/28/1983	S1 E12 8/4/1982
We Love You, Wembley	S1 E13 4/4/1983	S1 E13 2/7/1983
The Challenge	S1 E14 4/11/1983	S1 E14 2/14/1983
I Don't Care	S1 E15 4/18/1983	S1 E15 2/21/1983
Capture the Moon	S1 E16 4/25/1983	S1 E17 3/7/1983
Marooned	S1 E17 5/2/1983	S1 E16 2/28/1983
The Minstrels	S1 E18 5/9/1983	S1 E18 3/14/1983
The Great Radish Famine	S1 E19 5/16/1983	S1 E19 3/21/1983
The Garden Plot	S1 E20 5/23/1983	S1 E20 4/4/1983
Gobo's Discovery	S1 E21 5/30/1983	S1 E21 4/11/1983
Mokey's Funeral	S1 E22 6/6/1983	S1 E23 4/25/1983
The Beast of Blue Rock	S1 E23 6/13/1983	S1 E22 4/18/1983
New Trash Heap in Town	S1 E24 7/4/1983	S1 E24 5/2/1983
Wembley's Egg	S2 E01 1/2/1984	S2 E01 9/21/1983
Boober Rock	S2 E02 1/9/1984	S2 E02 9/28/1983
The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore	S2 E03 1/16/1984	S2 E03 10/5/1983
Red's Sea Monster	S2 E04 1/23/1984	S2 E04 10/12/1983
Uncle Matt Comes Home	S2 E05 1/30/1984	S2 E06 10/26/1983
Boober's Dream	S2 E06 2/6/1984	S2 E05 10/19/1983
Mokey and the Minstrels	S2 E07 2/13/1984	S2 E07 11/2/1983
All Work and All Play	S2 E08 2/20/1984	S2 E08 11/16/1983
Sir Hubris and the Gorgs	S2 E09 2/27/1984	S2 E09 11/23/1983
A Friend in Need	S2 E10 3/5/1984	S2 E12 12/14/1983
The Wizard of Fraggle Rock	S2 E11 3/12/1984	S2 E10 11/30/1983
The Doozer Contest	S2 E12 3/19/1984	S2 E11 12/7/1983
Red's Club	S2 E13 3/26/1984	S2 E13 1/25/1984
The Secret of Convincing John	S2 E14 4/2/1984	S2 E14 2/1/1984
Manny's Land of Carpets	S2 E15 4/9/1984	S2 E15 2/8/1984
Junior Sells the Farm	S2 E16 4/16/1984	S2 E16 2/15/1984
Fraggle Wars	S2 E17 4/23/1984	S2 E18 2/29/1984
The Day the Music Died	S2 E18 4/30/1984	S2 E17 2/22/1984
Doomsday Soup	S2 E19 5/7/1984	S2 E19 3/14/1984
A Cave of One's Own	S2 E20 5/14/1984	S2 E20 3/21/1984
Wembley and the Great Race	S2 E21 5/21/1984	S2 E22 4/4/1984
Doozer Is As Doozer Does	S2 E22 5/28/1984	S2 E23 4/11/1984
Boober's Quiet Day	S2 E23 6/4/1984	S2 E21 3/28/1984
The Invasion of the Toe Ticklers	S2 E24 6/11/1984	S2 E24 4/18/1984
The Bells of Fraggle Rock	S3 E01 1/7/1985	S3 E05 6/6/1984
Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief	S3 E02 1/14/1985	S3 E01 5/9/1984
Boober and the Glob	S3 E03 1/21/1985	S3 E07 10/24/1984
The Grapes of Generosity	S3 E04 1/28/1985	S3 E08 10/31/1984
Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe	S3 E05 2/4/1985	S3 E06 6/13/1984
Pebble Pox Blues	S3 E06 2/11/1985	S3 E04 5/30/1984
Home Is Where the Trash Is	S3 E07 2/18/1985	S3 E02 5/16/1984
Believe It or Not	S3 E08 2/25/1985	S3 E03 5/23/1984
Wembley and the Mean Genie	S3 E09 3/4/1985	S3 E10 11/16/1984
The Secret Society of Poohbahs	S3 E10 3/11/1985	S3 E12 12/5/1984
The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet	S3 E11 3/18/1985	S3 E11 11/28/1984
Gobo's School for Explorers	S3 E12 3/25/1985	S3 E09 11/7/1984
Scared Silly	S3 E13 4/1/1985	S3 E13 12/12/1984
The Great Radish Caper	S3 E14 4/8/1985	S3 E14 12/19/1984
Born to Wander	S3 E15 4/15/1985	S3 E15 1/9/1985
The Battle of Leaking Roof	S3 E16 4/22/1985	S3 E16 1/16/1985
Playing Till It Hurts	S3 E17 4/29/1985	S3 E17 1/23/1985
Bored Stiff	S3 E18 5/6/1985	S3 E18 1/30/1985
The Cavern of Lost Dreams	S3 E19 5/13/1985	S3 E20 2/19/1985
The Incredible Shrinking Mokey	S3 E20 5/20/1985	S3 E21 2/27/1985
A Dark and Stormy Night	S3 E21 5/27/1985	S3 E19 2/6/1985
Gunge, the Great and Glorious	S3 E22 12/24/1984	S3 E22 3/3/1985
Sprocket's Big Adventure	S4 E01 1/6/1986	S4 E01 10/16/1985
Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water	S4 E02 1/13/1986	S3 E24 3/20/1985
Sidebottom Blues	S4 E03 1/20/1986	S3 E23 3/13/1985
Uncle Matt's Discovery	S4 E04 1/27/1986	S4 E02 10/23/1985
Junior Faces the Music	S4 E05 2/3/1986	S4 E03 10/30/1985
A Tune for Two	S4 E06 2/17/1986	S4 E05 11/13/1985
The Perfect Blue Rollie	S4 E07 2/10/1986	S4 E04 11/6/1985
A Brush with Jealousy	S4 E08 2/24/1986	S4 E06 11/27/1985
Wembley's Flight	S4 E09 3/3/1986	S4 E07 12/4/1985
Red's Blue Dragon	S4 E10 3/17/1986	S4 E09 12/18/1985
Wonder Mountain	S4 E11 3/10/1986	S4 E08 12/11/1985
Space Frog Follies	S4 E12 3/24/1986	S4 E10 1/9/1986
Boober Gorg	S4 E13 3/31/1986	S4 E11 1/15/1986
Mirror, Mirror	S5 E01 1/5/1987	S4 E12 1/22/1986
The Riddle of Rhyming Rock	S5 E02 1/12/1987	S4 E13 1/29/1986
The Voice Inside	S5 E03 1/19/1987	S4 E14 2/5/1986
The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer	S5 E04 1/26/1987	S4 E15 2/26/1986
The River of Life	S5 E05 2/2/1987	S4 E16 3/5/1986
Beyond the Pond	S5 E06 2/9/1987	S4 E17 3/14/1986
Gone, But Not Forgotten	S5 E07 2/16/1987	S4 E18 3/21/1986
Mokey, Then and Now	S5 E08 2/23/1987	S4 E19 4/9/1986
Ring Around the Rock	S5 E09 3/2/1987	S4 E20 4/16/1986
Inspector Red	S5 E10 3/9/1987	S4 E21 4/23/1986
The Gorg Who Would Be King	S5 E11 3/16/1987	S4 E23 5/21/1986
The Honk of Honks	S5 E12 3/23/1987	S4 E22 4/28/1986
Change of Address	S5 E13 3/30/1987	S4 E24 5/28/1986

Production order vs. Broadcast order

Contents

The Muppet Show[]

Fraggle Rock[]

The StoryTeller[]

The Jim Henson Hour[]

Dinosaurs[]

Muppets Tonight[]

Sources[]

See also[]