The Muppet Show in New Zealand

[David French]

New episodes begin again on New Year's Eve 1980, though there are no reruns on Saturday mornings.

1. Star Wars (31/12/80)
2. Liza Minnelli (07/01/81)
3. Anne Murray (14/01/81)
4. Jonathan Winters (21/01/81)
5. Christopher Reeve (28/01/81)
6. Lynda Carter (04/02/81)
7. Carol Channing (11/02/81)
8. Doug Henning (18/02/81)
9. Andy Williams (25/02/81)

The Saturday morning reruns resume on 28 February starting with Liza Minnelli. Unless otherwise stated, all episodes from 4 March are repeated the following Saturday.

1. Alan Arkin (04/03/81)
2. Diana Ross (11/03/81)
3. Loretta Swit (18/03/81)
4. Joan Baez (25/03/81)
5. Shirley Bassey (01/04/81)
6. James Coburn (08/04/81)
7. Senor Wences (15/04/81)
8. Brooke Shields (22/04/81)
9. Glenda Jackson (29/04/81)
10. Jean-Pierre Rampal (06/05/81)
11. Melissa Manchester (13/05/81)
12. Carol Burnett (20/05/81)
13. Paul Simon (27/05/81)
14. Hal Linden (03/06/81)
15. Tony Randall (10/06/81)
16. Mac Davis (17/06/81)
17. Chris Langham (24/06/81)
18. Buddy Rich (01/07/81)
19. Johnny Cash (08/07/81)
20. Marty Feldman (15/07/81)
21. Gene Kelly (22/07/81)
22. Gladys Knight (29/07/81 - no repeat due to coverage of the National Party's annual conference)
23. Wally Boag (05/08/81)
24. Debbie Harry (12/08/81)
25. Linda Ronstadt (19/08/81)
26. Roger Moore (26/08/81)

And that's all the dates for the first-run of TMS in New Zealand.