In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the rights to the show, including characters, content library and copyrights, to The Walt Disney Company; it is now owned by The Muppets Studio, a subsidiary of Disney that also owns, and is named after, The Muppets characters and copyrights.

Each episode opens with the welcome song, Bear detecting a scent in the viewers (which he likens to a pleasant smell) and appearance of the characters.

Each show focuses on a theme (ex; "sleep", "doctors", "Thanksgiving") which folds into a lesson at the end.

Contrary to a rumor previously reported in numerous media, the show was not cancelled due to the death of Lynne Thigpen, the voice of Luna, in 2003.

The show was shown throughout the world including in the United Kingdom on Playhouse Disney UK and Channel 5, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia, on RTÉ Two in Ireland, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Playhouse Disney and TV Globo in Brazil.