EXCLUSIVE: Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man – the most nominated documentary at this year’s Emmys – will make its broadcast debut Sunday, August 11 on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney.
The film about the creative juggernaut behind the Muppets, Fraggle Rock, feature films Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, among so much more, premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival.
Last month, it scooped up a leading eight Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.
Jim Henson Idea Man is available to stream on Disney+. Lisa Henson is among the children of Jim and Jane Henson who appear in the documentary (the Jim Henson Company did not produce the film; it’s from Disney Branded Television and Imagine Documentaries).
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