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Ron Howard’s Emmy-Nominated Jim Henson Documentary To Make Broadcast Premiere On ABC’s ‘Wonderful World Of Disney’


Ron Howard's Emmy-nominated 'Jim Henson Idea Man' will make its broadcast debut on ABC's 'The Wonderful World of Disney' on August 11.

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 TheWonderful World of Disney. Clockwise from top left: Christopher St. John, Meredith Kaulfers, Sara Bernstein, Mark Monroe, Justin Wilkes, Lisa Henson, and Ron Howard at the Deadline Portrait Studio during the 77th Cannes Film Festival. After the Emmy nominations were announced, she told Deadline, “We’ve been really heartened to see the reaction to Ron’s incredible film because it’s really his artistry as a filmmaker that he was able to, in a very creative and very insightful way, present Jim Henson as a person.

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