Looking back 50 years later, The Muppet Show feels like something that shouldn’t have worked—and somehow worked perfectly. A felt frog hosting a weekly variety show? A backstage held together by chaos ...

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 ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

A new teaser trailer for The Muppet Show Disney Plus special has revealed that the much-anticipated reunion will air on Feb. 4, 2026. The show will both air on ABC and be available for streaming on ...

“The Muppet Show” special is mediocre. This is as it should be: good and right. The beloved show Jim Henson created 50 years ago, after leaving “Saturday Night Live,” made flappable imperfection its ...

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights — and maybe, just maybe, it's time to bring back The Muppet Show. Disney+ has ordered a new Muppets special for 2026 that will serve as a ...