Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge - Season 1

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes8
DatesMar 25, 2014 - May 13, 2014

Episodes

What Lies Beneath
Season 1Episode 160 min

What Lies Beneath

Ten designers compete in various challenges, having to build everything from whimsical beasts to mechanical characters and, in the series premiere, creatures that live in an undersea world that has remained untouched by humans.

Mar 25, 2014
Return of the Skeksis
Season 1Episode 260 min

Return of the Skeksis

The creature designers are given the chance to reimagine the fictional species Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal." Later, their characters appear in a screen test for the original 1982 film.

Apr 2, 2014
Assembly Inspired
Season 1Episode 360 min

Assembly Inspired

Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.

Apr 8, 2014
Heads Up!
Season 1Episode 460 min

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.

Apr 15, 2014
Life in Motion
Season 1Episode 560 min

Life in Motion

An 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.

Apr 22, 2014
Swamp Things
Season 1Episode 660 min

Swamp Things

The designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.

Apr 29, 2014
Alien Press Conference
Season 1Episode 760 min

Alien Press Conference

Gigi 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.

May 6, 2014
Tavern at the Crossroads
Season 1Episode 860 min

Tavern at the Crossroads

The 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.

May 13, 2014

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