It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. The film premiered November 29, 2002 on NBC and is the first television film featuring the Muppets. The film was produced by The Jim Henson Company and NBC Studios. It stars Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, and Eric Jacobson, as well as David Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, and Whoopi Goldberg.