Being a Muppet fan is no easy feat. While 2026 has seen the return of The Muppet Show and brought the cast of lovable felt performers back to mainstream pop culture, the preceding years were lean ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sabrina Carpenter and the Muppets in "The Muppet Show." (Disney/Mitch Haaseth) Despite the logistical challenges of puppetry-based ...

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 ...

Kermit the Frog, the most famous creation of the late puppeteer and producer Jim Henson, has a lineage almost as old as TV itself. Kermit first appeared as a character on a local TV show in Washington ...

Despite the logistical challenges of puppetry-based characters, the Muppets have proven to be remarkably versatile entertainers over the years, equally adept at road-trip comedy, retelling classic ...