News The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special

[The Nth Doctor]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sabrina Carpenter and Seth Rogen are among the executive producers for an upcoming 50th anniversary special for The Muppet Show that will be released next year, with Carpenter as the special guest star. Bill Barretta, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Peter Linz, David Rudman and Matt Vogel will be the main Muppet performers. The special could act as a backdoor pilot of a potential revival of the show.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this news. If this special has the same high quality of writing as The Muppets Mayhem (the only Muppets show or film that I've enjoyed since The Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), then this might actually be good. On the other hand, I utterly despised The Muppets (the '10s series). So it could go either way.

 

[Marc]

50 years of the Muppet Show - that’s depressing to think about

My family used to sit down and watch it when broadcast in Australia on a Sunday Night.

Not sure about another go around as a tv series as none of them matched the original.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I don't really see it as depressing, rather I find it inspiring that it has endured. But as a potential revival, I agree. Just keep it as anniversary special as it would be more special then.