Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Isn’t it wonderful to be back in the theater again giving the people what they truly want?” Miss Piggy inquires early in The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Muppets mania! "The Muppet Show," which aired on Feb. 4 on ABC and Disney+, was a star-studded TV special. Jim Henson's ...

The Muppets are a cultural institution. They are not just characters, they are absolute stars. Icons, even. Since their debut back in 1955, The Muppets have appeared in several TV shows, including ...

"It's time to raise the curtain." When Disney bought the Muppets in the early 2000s, it seemed like the perfect home for Jim Henson’s characters after his death in the 1990s. However, more than 20 ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago the world was introduced to what would become one of the best sketch comedies of all time, thanks to Jim Henson and his understandably overwhelmed host and showrunner Kermit the Frog.

The Muppet Show returned with a bang earlier this month, raking in views across Disney+ and ABC. According to Variety, the special episode, directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, saw 7.58 million ...

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 ...

Wed, February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC If that was indeed the plan, then it has been smartly executed. Maybe the key was to not fix what was never broken. The balance of variety acts and ...