Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge

Season 1

TV-PG

90%

Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end creature designs to life. The contestants compete for a prize worth up to $100,000 including the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.

Where to Watch Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge • Season 1

8 Episodes

What Lies Beneath
E1
What Lies BeneathBrian Henson welcomes 10 talented creature designers to Jim Henson Studios for their first Creature Brief: design and build an original underwater creature for a screen test on the Henson Soundstage.
Return of the Skeksis
E2
Return of the SkeksisThe creature designers tackle sculpting, molding, and mechanizations as the Henson classic The Dark Crystal inspires re-imagined Skeksis who return to the castle for a screen test with the original Dark Crystal.
Assembly Inspired
E3
Assembly InspiredUnconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.
Heads Up!
E4
Heads Up!A humor-filled challenge requires the designers to create mounted creature heads that magically come to life under the spell of a wizard played by Donald Faison.
Life in Motion
E5
Life in MotionAn appearance by Lady Gaga's unicorn inspires the creature designers to create a larger-than-life creation with realistic movement, performed on a blacklight soundstage.
Swamp Things
E6
Swamp ThingsThe designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.
Alien Press Conference
E7
Alien Press ConferenceGigi brings her "Farscape" costar Rygel to the workshop to offer inspiration when the creature designers are given the task to build original alien species attending an intergalactic press conference. Director Barry Sonnenfeld is the guest judge.
Tavern at the Crossroads
E8
Tavern at the CrossroadsThe final three receive help from contestants who were previously eliminated as they face their toughest challenge, which is to design, build and perform a full-body mystical creature, complete with props and special effects, for the chance to win a job at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.