Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ah, “The Muppet Show.” I think most people know that the lovable puppets made a comeback for their 50th anniversary with the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Muppets are turning 70 this year (HBD), which has me longing for some reruns of The Muppet Show. Because Kermit the Frog is ...

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 ...

I think most people know that the lovable puppets made a comeback for their 50th anniversary with the ever-ethereal Sabrina Carpenter on Feb. 4, and it performed pretty well. Taylor Staples is the ...

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 ...