mikebennidict
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the 1st one. i 1st discovered The Muppet show in 1978 i believe wich was a year or 2 after it's debut. our CBS affiliate here in Chicago carried it Sat. nights at 6:30. though i do believe TMS was a syndicated series. if so i heard on aPBS special from the early 90s about Henson it was turned down by the 3 networks. now in away that sounds strange because even before Sesame Street, Henson was well known. durring the 60s he and his muppets made appearances on Ed Sullivan and other variety shows and i'm sure was liked by both kid and adult audiences. the only reason i can think of why the networks might of turned the show down is that towards the end of the 70s TV variety shows were beginning to disappear from the airwaves and seem for the most part to be completly gone. if not that is there any other reasons why the networks might of rejected the show?