The Muppet Show started as two pilot episodes. The episodes didn’t get any traction in the states. However, the show was picked up by producer Lew Grade in the U.K., who agreed to co-produce the show.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother," and for comedies like "Bad Teacher" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Now Segel, 31, ...

Muppet Baby Gonzo as Gonzo-rella, after being magically outfitted by “fairy ratfather” Rizzo the Rat. This episode of “Muppet Babies” was cited as a reason to defund public broadcasting, although the ...

It's been a long haul for Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang - more than 35 years - but "The Muppets" are back in a big way with a new film hitting theaters Wednesday. For those who were children when ...

That great American acting company, the Muppets, returns once again to television in the 10-part series "The Muppets Mayhem," premiering Wednesday on Disney+. Like any company of contract players, ...

Although The Muppet Show was set in a New York theater, the series was actually shot in Britain since no American production companies bought into the idea. But Sir Lew Grade was willing to give Jim ...

The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY is home to The Jim Henson Exhibition, which includes a Kermit the Frog puppet from 1974. Kermit was one of Henson’s first characters. Photo by Madeline ...

That great American acting company, the Muppets, returns once again to television in the 10-part series “The Muppets Mayhem,” premiering Wednesday on Disney+. Like any company of contract players, ...