Published on January 21st, 2022 | by Darren Paltrowitz
0Showrunners Matt Fusfeld & Alex Cuthbertson Talk “Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock” & More
The highly-anticipated reboot of the beloved classic series Fraggle Rock titled Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock makes its 13-episode Apple Original series debut on Apple TV+ today, January 21, 2022+. From The Jim Henson Company, in association with New Regency, follows 2020’s celebrated Apple Original shorts Fraggle Rock: Rock On! featuring The Fraggles, as Jim Henson’s fun-loving, musical creations are back in action, including Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and some new Fraggle friends.
Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock is executive produced by The Jim Henson Company’s Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford, and longtime Henson collaborator John Tartaglia. Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson, who serve as showrunners, also executive produce as well as New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer. Co-executive producers are Dave Goelz and Karen Prell, and executive music producer is Harvey Mason Jr. The series is also produced by Ritamarie Peruggi. In addition to Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock, Apple’s growing partnership with The Jim Henson Company includes Harriet The Spy — the first animated adaptation of the iconic children’s novel, which premiered in November.
On January 19, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson via Zoom, as embedded below. More on Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock can be found here, here, here and here.