{"id":164550,"date":"2025-09-18T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/164550\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:07:07","slug":"muppet-show-special-set-at-disney-sabrina-carpenter-to-guest-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/164550\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Muppet Show’ Special Set at Disney+, Sabrina Carpenter to Guest Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cThe Muppet Show<\/a>\u201d is staging a comeback on Disney+<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tVariety has learned that the streamer has greenlit a one-off \u201cMuppet Show\u201d event special that will air in 2026 to coincide with the original show\u2019s 50th anniversary. In the special, the Muppets will return to the Muppet Theatre to produce a variety show. Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> will guest star. <\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the special could serve as a backdoor pilot that would help launch a new iteration of the iconic series.<\/p>\n

\n\tVeteran Muppet performers Bill Barretta, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Peter Linz, David Rudman and Matt Vogel will perform the majority of the Muppet characters in the special, supported by a team of additional performers. Goelz, who has performed with The Muppets for over 50 years, was one of the performers on the original \u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d and originated the characters Gonzo and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlbertina Rizzo will serve as writer and executive producer. Alex Timbers will direct the episode and serve as an executive producer. Carpenter also serves as executive producer on this variety show installment. Seth Rogen<\/a>, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver and Alex McAtee are executive producers via Point Grey Pictures along with David Lightbody, Leigh Slaughter and Michael Steinbach from the Muppets Studio. Matt Vogel and Eric Jacobson are also executive producers. 20th Television, Disney Branded Television, The Muppets Studio, and Point Grey produce. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d was created by Jim Henson and originally aired in the U.K. and in first run syndication in the U.S. The show attracted a wide range of A-list stars throughout its run, including Elton John, Johnny Cash, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Gladys Knight, Liza Minelli, and Paul Simon<\/p>\n

The original series \u201cThe Muppet Show,\u201d created by Jim Henson, ran from 1976-81 and aired in over 100 countries and featured notable guest stars including Elton John, Johnny Cash, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Gladys Knight, Liza Minelli, Paul Simon and many others. It has remained incredibly popular ever since and helped bring the Muppets to mainstream prominence. <\/p>\n

\n\tRogen is repped by Principal Entertainment LA, UTA, ID, and Felker Toczek. Carpenter is managed by Volara and Foundation Media Partners and repped by The LEDE Company and Paradigm for film and TV. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d is staging a comeback on Disney+. Variety has learned that the streamer has greenlit a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3716,88,8248,12649,99523],"class_list":{"0":"post-164550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-sabrina-carpenter","11":"tag-seth-rogen","12":"tag-the-muppet-show"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}