Enlarge / The Fraggles are again, clap, clap. And so they’re a blast to observe once more, clap, clap. (credit score: Jim Henson Firm / Apple TV+)
The video-streaming world has lengthy suffered from content material fragmentation, and modern-day Muppet entry isn’t any exception. If you wish to enjoy all issues Jim Henson, you will want subscriptions to a minimum of three streamers: Disney+ (which has essentially the most Henson movies and collection), HBO Max (which has a lock on Sesame Avenue), and Apple TV+. In a fairer cosmos, a unified Henson+ service would let followers feast upon the whole Muppet-verse like giddy Cookie Monsters. Alas.
These streaming providers do not simply divvy up basic Muppet content material, both. They every function brand-new collection from the Jim Henson Firm, both with newly invented characters or previous favorites reliving their glory days. Maintaining with all that content material has been difficult, however we at Ars have completed our greatest, all the time with the hope that one of many new properties will ship a good-enough mixture of nostalgia, manufacturing values, and freshness.
This week, Fraggle Rock: Again to the Rock nails that actual mixture and breathes new life into the previously HBO-exclusive universe.
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