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The Muppet Show

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It's "The Muppet Show!" Kermit, Miss Piggy and the beloved Muppet gang are back with a brand-new special event. Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos are bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter!
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It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights -- this spirited return to The Muppet Show's roots is clever, earnest, and feels exactly right.

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Ben Dowell The Times (UK) 16h
4/5
It’s definitely a return to basics, and all the more joyous for it. Go to Full Review
John Nugent Empire Magazine 20h
4/5
Hardly reinventing the wheel, but Seth Rogen clearly understands that the Muppet wheel doesn’t need reinventing. This is a smart, silly revival of our favourite fuzzy heroes, executed with craft and care. More, please! Go to Full Review
Tony Bravo San Francisco Chronicle 21h
The heart of “The Muppet Show” was always the Muppets themselves and the writers understand that, keeping the focus where it belongs. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) 2h
The best show made for Disney Plus in a while. The Muppets are back! Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider 17h
It took 45 years, but seeing The Muppet Show back as if it never left is not only comforting and nostalgic, but it’s still really entertaining. Go to Full Review
Cheryl Eddy io9.com 20h
If this really is just a stand-alone special, it’ll go down as an entertaining entry on the Muppets’ long timeline of TV and movie projects—far more successful than that Office parody that was attempted a decade ago. Go to Full Review
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Amelie K. @webjedi 2h The kind of show we need now to let us know we can still have fun, be nice to one another, and dive into a little harmless nostalgia. Watching this was like activating a sleeper cell of Gen-X memories, but with a higher budget to get them there. Enjoyed seeing the hand painted marquee and other visceral details in the set buildout. The character performers got pretty close to the originals (of course we are focused on Kermit), but the rest seemed spot on. Of course seeing Pops, Uncle Deadly, Beauregard, Lew Zeland, and Crazy Harry were a treat as well, even if they didn’t have lines. The new opening was a tear jerker, just to know The Muppets could be back if Disney puts faith into supporting them. See more Dan F @Fritzda 2h When the opening theme song came on I just lit up with memories. This is awesome. I was smiling the whole show See more Grahame N @Sheesh51 2h A perfect mix of old/new/what might be from our fabulously fantastic felt friends! Thoroughly recommend to all!!! Purists will , for the most part, be happy and newcomers will be lucky enough to enjoy the fun for the first time. How could we want to deprive anyone of this? Please shout about this from the rooftops and get us a full series and more! See more Hania S @1_HANAKO_5 3h Absolute cinema l although I am pretty young cuz I'm 15 I grew up on muppets thanks o my mum, I fell in love with the music, scenery l, theater and so much more. To all of those who haven't had their introduction to the franchise: Please do it and share the love so all of us can play the music and dress up right cuz we all want the muppet show tonight See more Brian G @Goodwibr 4h Wonderful nostalgic return to Muppet Theatre. Sometimes it felt a little like they were "mimicking" the chaotic energy of the original series, rather than an organic return to the show's off-beat sensibilities, but as a whole it was a fun watch and I hope they do more episodes, and get into the stride of continuing the Muppet Show, in their best format. See more jesse g @elvisandmeatloaf 8h it's good to know some things don't change! The Muppets prove they are truly immortal. let us all be hoping this can turn into a new series. unlike Waldorf and Statler I'm still applauding. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's "The Muppet Show!" Kermit, Miss Piggy and the beloved Muppet gang are back with a brand-new special event. Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos are bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter!
Director
Alex Timbers
Producer
Michael Steinbach
Screenwriter
Gabe Liedman, Albertina Rizzo, Andrew Williams, Kelly Younger, Nedaa Sweiss
Distributor
ABC
Genre
Comedy, Kids & Family, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 4, 2026
Runtime
33m
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