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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Martin appeared with the Muppets as a guest host during Season 2 of "The Muppet Show" in 1977. | via Muppet.Wikia.com The ...

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 ...

It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to see the Muppets on “The Muppet Show” again. A new special, premiering Wednesday on ABC and Disney+, resurrects the beloved ...

Despite the logistical challenges of puppetry-based characters, the Muppets have proven to be remarkably versatile entertainers over the years, equally adept at road-trip comedy, retelling classic ...

Once more, it will be time to meet the Muppets on The Muppet Show tonight: Disney has revealed the first teaser for the one-off return of the legendary variety show in celebration of its upcoming 50th ...

Nobody put too much thought into reinventing the gonzo variety classic for its revival. That’s what makes it a delight. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New ...

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” 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 ...

In the decades since viewers in the Washington, D.C., market got their first glimpse of Kermit the Frog, in the 1955 sketch series Sam and Friends, there have been many Muppet shows. Eighties kids ...