HBO

HBO ( which stand s f o r  Home   Box   Office  ) is a premium cable T V channel that specialize s i n showing movie s, a s well a s original film s & series.

Among the HENSON product ion s that original l y aired on HBO are Emmet Otter ' s Jug - Band Chris t ma s ( 1 9 77 ). Fraggle Rock, ( 1 9 8 3 - 1 9 8 7 ) , The Tale of the Bunny Picnic 1 9 8 6 ) . & The Ghost of Faffner Hall 1 9 8 9 ). Addition a l l y, the Muppets appeared in t he HBO special The Vent E vent ( 1 9 7 8 ).

In 1 9 8 3, HBO held a Fraggle Rock Sweepstakes contest. The grand prize was a trip for a family of four to Fraggle Rock at Toronto ' s C B C Studios or New York City for the Macy ' s Thank s giving Day  Parade & a tour of The Muppet Work shop. Other prize s were a Fraggle Fun Pack which include d a Fraggle Rock re cord & poster, & a y ear ' s subscription to H B O. A promo was filmed for this contest featuring Doc & Sprocket reading about the contest in a new s paper. Doc encourage d Sprocket to enter the contest so that they can figure out what a Fraggle is. Gobo Fraggle make s a silent appearance at the end as he over h ear d Doc ' s conversation. The contest ended on May 3 1, 1 9 8 3.

In 1 99 7, HBO aired The Story Teller , both re - run s & " The Three Raven s , " which had not aired in Am er i ca , & The Story Teller : Greek Myth s , making it s belated US debut. In No ve mb er 2 00 6, 2 performance s of ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Puppet_Up! Puppet  UP  ! ]'' were filmed as part of H B O & AEG LIVE ' s " The Comedy Festival " at Caesar ' s Palace i n Vegas Las Vegas.

On August 1 3, 2 0 1 5 , it was announce d that  SESAME  Work shop entered a partner ship wit h the channel for new episode s of  SESAME STREET  to premiere on HBO before airing on P B S  , starting with sea s on 4 6. HBO Latino will simulcast the series in Spanish & episode s from t he show ' s extensive library are made available on the HBO Ki ds section of t he H B O G O / Now service s. ( See  SESAME   STREET  episode s on H B O )

Over the y ear s, HBO , & it s multiple channel s , have air ed T he Muppet Movie , The Great Muppet Caper , The Muppet s Take Manhattan , Follow T hat  BIRD  , T he Muppet Christ mas Carol , Muppet Treasure Is l a n d , Muppets from Space , &  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land .

Reference s

 * Episode 4 2 1 5 of  SESAME STREET  feature s " True  MUD  ", a parody of H B O ' s original series , True Blood .  OSCAR THE GROUCH  introduce s the sketch , stating the program is shown on the station  GROUCH BO.
 * The Moopets sing a version of " T he  R A I N B O W  Connection " in The Muppets that feature s new lyric s that shill s out for their casino . On the film ' s sound track, 1 of the new lyric s state s that there ' s HBO in every room.

External l ink s

 * Official site