HBO

HBO (which stands for Home Box Office) is a premium cable television channel that specializes in showing movies, as well as original films and series. It is now owned by Time Warner.

Among the Henson productions that originally aired on HBO are Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977), Fraggle Rock, (1983-1987), The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986), and The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989). HBO has also aired Muppets from Space, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (containing Kermit's cameo) and Into the Night (containing Jim Henson's cameo).

In 1997, HBO aired The StoryTeller, both re-runs and "The Three Ravens," which had not aired in America, and The StoryTeller: Greek Myths, making its belated US debut.

In November 2006, two performances of Puppet Up! were filmed as part of HBO and AEG LIVE's "The Comedy Festival" at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

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A 2010 episode of Sesame Street features "True Mud", a parody of HBO's original series, True Blood. Oscar the Grouch introduces the sketch, stating the program is shown on the station GrouchBO.
The Moopets sing a version of "The Rainbow Connection" in The Muppets that features new lyrics that shills out for their casino. On the film's soundtrack, one of the new lyrics states that there's HBO in every room.