The Muppets the Muppets film and television library. Exceptions included the "Sesame Street" characters, which were previously sold to Sesame Workshop; the "Fraggle Rock" characters, which were retained by Henson; and the distribution rights to "The Muppets Take Manhattan", "Muppets from Space", and "Kermit's Swamp Years," which were retained by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Following the acquisition, Disney formed The Muppets Holding Company (later known as The Muppets Studio), a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for managing the characters and franchise. As a result, the term "Muppet" became a legal trademark of Disney; under license from Disney, Sesame Workshop continues to use the term
The Muppets was commissioned to write a script for a pilot with the working title, "Muppets 2015". In May 2015, ABC announced that it had greenlit a new primetime television series titled "The Muppets", co-developed by Prady and Bob Kushell and directed by Randall Einhorn. The series premiered on September 22, 2015 in the United States, and ended on March 1, 2016. In 2017, the Muppets performed a series of live shows from September 8–10 at the Hollywood Bowl, hosted by Bobby Moynihan. A web television series featuring the Muppets is in development as of February 2018, tentatively scheduled to debut alongside