Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge is a reality competition show that debuted on SyFy on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT.
The show, previously announced as The Jim Henson Creature Shop, is based around the Creature Shop in Los Angeles. Hosted by Gigi Edgley (of Farscape fame), the ten contestants participate in challenges involving the different aspects of mechanical creature and puppet building and creation. The contestants will be competing for a $100,000 prize and a contract job for Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Brian Henson serves as the lead judge on the series along with Creature Shop veteran Kirk Thatcher and Beth Hathaway (former designer at Stan Winston studios, who recently worked on Walking Dead) . Designers Peter Brooke, John Criswell and Julie Zobel serve as mentors on the series.
Executive producers include Brian Henson, Lisa Henson, Joseph Freed and Rob Bagshaw.