Henson Company’s “Earth to Ned” To Disney+
Disney+ has announced that they have ordered a new puppet talk show called Earth to Ned that will see aliens from faraway lands interview celebrities ala The Gorburger Show. The series comes from the Jim Henson Co.
The comedy follows Ned, a blue-skinned alien, and his lieutenant Cornelius, who were sent to scout Earth for an eventual invasion — but instead became obsessed with popular culture. Now they host a talk show, broadcast from the bridge of their spaceship hidden deep underground, where they interview our most precious commodity — celebrities — to talk about Ned’s current pop culture obsessions. Ned will be bringing real-life celebrity guests to his ship from across the known universe and interviewing them, late-night talk show style, in hopes of producing the ultimate talk show — making Ned a celebrity and putting him further off-mission. And the more Ned learns about our human culture, the more obsessed he becomes. There will also be an army of “Clods” running around, all puppets designed by the Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
No start date or casting has been announced. Disney+ is slated to launch November 12th
Our Take
Alien News Desk and certainly The Gorburger Show come to mind, though we expect Earth to Ned to have a bit more late-night network feel to hit akin to the broadcast variety rather than the TJ Miller bit that had only run on one season for Comedy Central.
[h/t: THR]
"There are also other characters that come and go (also owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate media company)."
Huh. Is that just referring to other characters from the show itself, or is this implying that the new season is going to have cameos from other WBD IPs