The variety special will serve as a backdoor pilot and, in success, would spawn a new Muppet Show television series. The event, labeled as Muppets pilot, will film in Los Angeles; it received a $1.6M ...

The famous variety show premiered in 1976 and ran through 1981. Fans of iconic Muppets, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, are in for a treat. All five seasons of Jim Henson's famed variety show, "The ...

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 ...

A Texas native will soon make their return to your television screen. And it's a true full-circle moment.

“The Muppet Show” is staging a comeback on Disney+. Variety has learned that the streamer has greenlit a one-off “Muppet Show” event special that will air in 2026 to coincide with the original show’s ...

It’s time to play the music! It’s time to light the lights! The Disney+ special is set to mark the 50th anniversary of “The Muppet Show” in 2026. Grammy-winning pop star Sabrina Carpenter will be a ...

You ever plan for your day to be about one thing, but then it turns out to be about something else? That’s kind of how we imagine Disney’s Wednesday has been going, as the company rolled out ...