Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Logistically, the execution of this special required determining the appropriate scale for the Muppet Theater. To that end, ...

It's time to play the music: Sabrina Carpenter will guest star on the one-off special set to air in 2026. Reading time 1 minute After a pair of pilots made in 1974 and 1975, The Muppet Show officially ...

ABC aired two pilots ― “The Muppets Valentine Show” in 1974 and “The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence” in 1975 ― then passed on a series, which led Jim Henson to create a new pitch for the series for CBS ...

Kermit the Frog, the most famous creation of the late puppeteer and producer Jim Henson, has a lineage almost as old as TV itself. Kermit first appeared as a character on a local TV show in Washington ...

Fifty years ago—even earlier if you count its two early pilots—The Muppet Show arrived to prove that a frog could host a variety show and that human celebrities could mix it up in sketch comedy and ...

The Muppet Show team pulled out all the stops to give fans of the original an authentic feel. Director Alex Timbers spoke with the LA Times about what went into filming the production and about ...