The Muppets are characters created by Jim Henson. Sesame Street is a television series that tries to educate children. The target audience for the show is preschoolers. Sesame Street makes use of Muppets, real actors, animations, and short films. Mr. Henson continued to add characters, so the number of Muppets increased with each passing year.
While the characters used in Sesame Street continue as the property of the Sesame Street workshop, the rest of the characters introduced by Jim Henson were acquired by Walt Disney in 2004. The Muppet Show is designed as a variety show for all ages, even including adults