"Isn't it wonderful to be back in the theater again giving the people what they truly want?" Miss Piggy inquires early in The Muppet Show, a half-hour special premiering on ABC and Disney+ this week ...

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 ...

Five of the cast and crew contenders discuss how they pulled off a contemporary tribute to the original series, favorite ...

Halfway through Disney’s new The Muppet Show special, the camera cuts to the in-studio audience to reveal Saturday Night Live icon Maya Rudolph, who brags to the Muppet next to her that she’s “met ...

The Muppet Show debuts on Disney+ on February 4. This year marks 50 years since The Muppet Show debuted in syndication on US television, making a frog, a pig, a bear, a Gonzo, and the rest of the show ...

“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 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 ...

Sabrina Carpenter is a delightful first host for a project that's content to recreate the myriad charms of the original series — for now, at least. In the two decades since acquiring The Muppets, ...

In October something incredible took place on the historic Fox lot – a new installment of “The Muppet Show” was filmed. Legendary Muppet performers like Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobsen and ...

This mismatched love affair continues a longstanding Muppet tradition: Be it Roger Moore and Miss Piggy, Animal and Rita Moreno, Gonzo and Madeline Kahn or Fozzie Bear and Raquel Welch, horny ...

The Muppet Show is making a comeback with a reboot produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures. Disney+ has ordered a television event featuring special guest star Sabrina Carpenter ...