Both Muppets were central to the success of "The Muppet Show," which burst onto primetime television 50 years ago. Bonnie Erickson (right) works on Muppet pigs during the making of the second "Muppet ...

This year’s The Muppet Show special garnered universal acclaim, huge ratings across ABC and Disney+, and four Emmys. You don’t have to be Dr. Bunsen Honeydew to calculate that all adds up to an ...

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There have been a lot of attempts to reboot or revive the Muppets in the last decade or so, most of them pretty mediocre. The rare exception: 2026’s delightful Muppet Show special on ABC and Disney+.

The Muppet Show has become the unlikely flag bearer for The Disney Company at the 2026 Emmy Awards. The Disney+ special won the most trophies of any program across the Disney portfolio, four, after ...

In 2017, Disney fired longtime Muppet performer Steve Whitmire, who had originated characters like Rizzo the Rat while Jim Henson was still overseeing the Muppets. Whitmire then took over for Kermit ...

In an archived video from The Jim Henson Company, Jim's wife and co-creator, Jane Henson, talked about the Muppets' signature humor A new generation of fans are experiencing The Muppet Show through a ...