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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Mitchell Kriegman |
| Developed by | The Jim Henson Company |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 118 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer | Richard A. Fernandes |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Network | Playhouse Disney |
| Release | October 20, 1997 – April 28, 2006 |
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Bear in the Big Blue House is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997,[1][2] it aired its last episode on April 28, 2006. Reruns of the program continued to air on Playhouse Disney until May 6, 2007.
In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the rights to the show, including characters, content library and copyrights, to The Walt Disney Company; it is now owned by The Muppets Studio, a subsidiary of Disney that also owns, and is named after, The Muppets characters and copyrights.
- ^ Kimball, Trevor (8 January 2007). "Bear in the Big Blue House: Disney Has Big Plans". TV Series Finale. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ Heffley, Lynne (20 October 1997). "Preschoolers Will Grin and 'Bear' New Henson Series". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 December 2014.[dead link]