The Storyteller—which finally made its debut on NBC on the evening of Saturday, January 31, 1987—was a qualified success. While it failed to crack even the top thirty in the ratings for the week, The Storyteller was an immediate critical hit—and, in fact, would go on to win the Emmy as the Outstanding Children’s Program. It would also earn Jim some of his best reviews in years. “It’s time to stop thinking of him simply as the man who created the Muppets,” said an impressed Hollywood Reporter, finally conceding a point Jim had been trying to make for two decades. “When a show arrives under the
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