The Jim Henson Company launches Jim Henson Family TV, a new paid channel on YouTube. Ad-free family-friendly destination features full episodes of Henson’s top kid and preschool titles.

Syfy renews hit series “Defiance,” promising more action and intrigue in season two.

Adult Swim serves up eight new series/specials, nine pilots and 16 returning series.

Seth MacFarlane will guest-voice on the season finale of “The Simpsons,” airing May 19.

“The Venture Bros.” returns June 2, for a fifth season on Adult Swim.

Coolabi announces new licensing deals in the UK, Ireland, and Finland for “Poppy Cat.”

Visual effects house Zoic Studios delivers a dose of spine-tingling transformations from human to beast in the new Netflix original murder mystery series “Hemlock Grove.”

Disney Channel promotes Adam Bonnett to the newly created position of executive vice president, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide.

The Jedi master returns in “LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles.” A 30-minute special premieres Wednesday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT), with two additional specials to air in 2013.

Nickelodeon announces the first ever “SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes,” and invites fans and filmmakers of all ages from around the world to create and submit original, SpongeBob-inspired short films.