Rumor: Possible new Muppet Show after 27 years

[Fozzie Bear]

Someone in the UK: Is The Telegraph a news paper or a tabloid? Because, if it's a news paper, then I'm excited at the possibility!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2636106/Muppet-Show-to-return-to-TV-after-27-years.html

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Similarly, there is this article on the 'net; but, I think the person writing the article is not well versed in that the JHC no longer owns Kermit and Co. and I guess that it is not likely that this article references The Muppets as we know the crew:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/22/muppets-tv-show-returns-nbc

 

[Slackbot]

I'm not going to take the Telegraph article seriously. Usually actual news doesn't contain foolish mistakes like misspelling movie titles (Muppets Take Manhatten) and calling Kermit the stage manager. I doubt Jason Segal is going to leave his acting career to write for a TV show. And I can't take any big announcement in a poorly-written, ungrammatical article seriously if the news comes from an unidentified source who could very well be a sock on the writer's hand.

As doe The Guardian's article, I agree with Fozzie Bear; they're probably talking about a Henson project that has nothing to do with the Disney-owned Muppets.

 

[Phillip]

Someone in the UK: Is The Telegraph a news paper or a tabloid? Because, if it's a news paper, then I'm excited at the possibility!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2636106/Muppet-Show-to-return-to-TV-after-27-years.html

Keep in mind this article is from August 2008.

A new series a definitely being considered and so is another movie in the next couple years. We'll have to wait and see what Disney announces as their next project for the Muppets.

 

[Slackbot]

Oop! I didn't see the date on that article. I expected that if an admin posted it as a news article, it would be slightly current.

If there is a new series, that would be great. I have to wonder what format it would be, as variety shows aren't that hot now.

 

[D'Snowth]

27 years? So MT! doesn't count?

And yeah, we were supposed to get a new show like four or five years ago, but Disney shelved it.

 

[Beauregard]

MT doesn't count as The Muppet Show, because it is Muppets Tonight. So, theoretically it is correct.

Also, did MT even air in the UK?

 

[dwayne1115]

MT did air in the UK because I have had people ask Jim Lewis about some of of the UK skits with Clueless Morgan and Polly Lobster I believe

 

[Beauregard]

Ahhh. Good point. I wonder what channel it was on...

 

[dwayne1115]

I don't know I'm just a poor boy from the hills of Tennessee, but I would hope that one day we get MT on dvd with the UK skits as well. Why do I even think about that when we can't even seem to get TMS season 4!