The Jim Henson Company, an American entertainment organization, traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. As of 2009[update], Jim Henson's children Brian, Lisa, Cheryl, John and Heather run the company: Brian and Lisa serve as co-chairs and co-CEOs.

The Muppets helped the company gain worldwide acclaim in family entertainment for more than four decades. The company's units include Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a renowned animatronics and visual-effects workshop. The Jim Henson Company used to include a short-lived international television distribution arm, Henson International Television founded in 1989; it became HiT Entertainment ca.

1990. Henson originally founded his company as Muppets, Inc. The name later became Henson Associates (commonly abbreviated as ha!), then Jim Henson Productions in 1988, and finally "The Jim Henson Company" in the late 1990s.

In 1999 the company, along with Hallmark Entertainment, launched Odyssey Network. In 2001 Henson's contract ran out and The Jim Henson Company sold its half of the channel to Hallmark.

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