Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bear in the Big Blue House was a television program for very young children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It was aired since 1997 to 2007 The program taught simple life lessons by following the title character and his puppet friends as they go through their day. In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold The Bear in the Big Blue House franchise to The Walt Disney Company. The characters and show are currently owned and operated by The Muppet Holding Company, LLC.