List of The Muppets productions
This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981. The franchise includes eight feature films, and other television series.
Films[]
| Role | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Muppet Movie (1979) |
The Great Muppet Caper (1981) |
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) |
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) |
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) |
Muppets from Space (1999) |
The Muppets (2011) |
Muppets Most Wanted (2014) | ||
| Director | James Frawley | Jim Henson | Frank Oz | Brian Henson | Timothy Hill | James Bobin | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Henson | David Lazer and Frank Oz | David Lazer | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jerry Juhl & Jack Burns | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses and Jerry Juhl & Jack Rose | Frank Oz and Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | Jerry Juhl | Jerry Juhl & Kirk R. Thatcher and James V. Hart | Jerry Juhl and Joseph Mazzarino and Ken Kaufman | Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller | James Bobin & Nicholas Stoller | |
| Composer(s) | Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher | Joe Raposo | Ralph Burns | Miles Goodman | Hans Zimmer | Jamshied Sharifi | Christophe Beck | ||
| Production companies | ITC Films Henson Associates |
Henson Associates | Walt Disney Pictures Jim Henson Productions |
Columbia Pictures Jim Henson Pictures |
Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films | ||||
| Distribution | Associated Film Distribution1 | Universal Pictures1 Associated Film Distribution1 |
TriStar Pictures | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Sony Pictures Releasing | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | |||
| Running time | 95 minutes | 97 minutes | 94 minutes | 86 minutes | 99 minutes | 87 minutes | 103 minutes | 107 minutes | |
| Release date | June 22, 1979 | June 26, 1981 | July 13, 1984 | December 11, 1992 | February 16, 1996 | July 14, 1999 | November 23, 2011 | March 21, 2014 | |
| Box office $452,100,030 |
$65,810,475 [1] | $31,206,251[2] | $25,534,703[3] | $27,330,071[4] | $34,327,391[5] | $22,323,612[6] | $165,184,237[7] | $80,383,290[8] | |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 88%[citation needed] | 76%[citation needed] | 83%[citation needed] | 75%[citation needed] | 73%[citation needed] | 63%[citation needed] | 95%[citation needed] | 80%[citation needed] | |
Direct-to-video releases[]
| Film | Release date | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs | May 21, 1993 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green | 1994 | ||
| Muppet Classic Theater | September 27, 1994 | David Grossman | |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly | 1996 | David Gumpel | |
| Kermit's Swamp Years | September 3, 2002 | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
Television[]
Series[]
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam and Friends | May 9, 1955 | December 15, 1961 | NBC (WRC-TV) |
| The Muppet Show | September 13, 1976 | March 15, 1981 | Syndication |
| Muppet Babies | September 15, 1984 | December 29, 1990 | CBS |
| Little Muppet Monsters | September 14, 1985 | September 28, 1985 | |
| The Jim Henson Hour | April 14, 1989 | July 30, 1989 | NBC |
| Jim Henson's Animal Show | October 3, 1994 | June 28, 1998 | Fox Kids (seasons 1-2) / Animal Planet (season 3) |
| Muppets Tonight | March 8, 1996 | February 8, 1998 | ABC / Disney Channel |
| Muppets TV | October 29, 2006 | December 31, 2006 | TF1[9] |
| Muppet Moments[10] | April 3, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | Disney Junior / Disney Channel |
| The Muppets[11] | September 22, 2015 | March 1, 2016[12] | ABC |
| Muppet Babies[13] | March 23, 2018 | present | Disney Junior |
| Muppets Now[14][15] | July 31, 2020 | Disney+ |
Television films[]
| Film | Release date | Director | Producer(s) | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | November 29, 2002 | Kirk R. Thatcher | Martin G. Baker and Warren Carr | NBCUniversal Television Distribution MGM Worldwide Television Group and Digital Distribution |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | May 20, 2005 | Bill Barretta | Buena Vista Television |
Television specials[]
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Muppets on Puppets | January 5, 1970 |
| Hey, Cinderella! | April 10, 1970 |
| The Great Santa Claus Switch | December 20, 1970 |
| The Frog Prince | May 12, 1971 |
| The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | April 26, 1972 |
| The Muppets Valentine Show | January 30, 1974 |
| Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | December 4, 1977 |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | May 16, 1979 |
| John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | December 5, 1979 |
| The Muppets Go to the Movies | May 20, 1981 |
| Of Muppets and Men | 1981 |
| The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | September 17, 1982 |
| Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | May 12, 1983 |
| The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | January 21, 1986 |
| The Tale of the Bunny Picnic | March 26, 1986 |
| The Christmas Toy | December 6, 1986 |
| A Muppet Family Christmas | December 16, 1987 |
| The Song of the Cloud Forest | July 16, 1989 |
| The Muppets at Walt Disney World | May 6, 1990 |
| Disneyland's 35th Anniversary | 1990 |
| The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | November 21, 1990 |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | December 6, 1995 |
| Studio DC hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse | August 3, 2008 |
| Studio DC hosted by Selena Gomez | October 5, 2008 |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | December 17, 2008 |
| Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular[16] | November 28, 2013 |
| Muppets Haunted Mansion[17] | October 8, 2021[18] |
Other appearances[]
- The Mike Douglas Show
- Today
- Good Morning America
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- Saturday Night Live
- 60 Minutes
- The Tonight Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Dancing with the Stars
- The Daily Show
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Larry King Live
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon[19]
- The Colbert Report
- 30 Rock
- WWE Raw
- WWE Tribute to the Troops
- The Voice
- ‘’ The Masked Singer (US)
- MasterChef Junior
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- The X Factor
- Comic Relief
- So Random!
- Good Luck Charlie
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
- Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
- The View
- America's Got Talent
- Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60
- The Late Late Show with James Corden
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series
- Monday Night Football
Web series[]
| Title | Premiere date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony | June 26, 2005 | September 20, 2006 |
| The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora | September 13, 2010 | December 17, 2010 |
Video games[]
A number of video games featuring the Muppets have been produced since the 1990s.
- Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1990)
- Muppets Inside (1996)
- Muppet RaceMania (2000)
- Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
- Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
- Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
- The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)
Notes[]
- ^ Distribution rights were purchased by The Jim Henson Company from ITC Entertainment in August 1984.[20] The rights were then acquired by Walt Disney Studios upon their parent company's acquisition of the Muppets franchise in 2004. The films have since been reissued as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures releases.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ "The Great Muppet Caper". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "The Muppets Take Manhattan". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)". Internet Movie Database. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Muppet Treasure Island". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Muppets From Space". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "The Muppets (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Muppets Most Wanted (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ James, Alison (September 17, 2006). "Les Muppets on a French roll". Variety. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ Kelley, Seth (March 17, 2015). "Kermit Talks to Kids in Disney Junior's 'Muppet Moments'". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (7 May 2015). "'The Muppets,' Comedy from 'Community' Star Ken Jeong Among ABC Orders". Variety. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ Holloway, Daniel (May 12, 2016). "'The Muppets' Cancelled by ABC". Variety. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ Foster, Elizabeth (October 26, 2016). "Disney brings Muppet Babies back to TV". Kidscreen.
- ^ "Disney Planning Another 'Muppets' Reboot for Its Streaming Service (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Ethan (February 7, 2019). "The Muppets Revival is Coming to Disney+ from Josh Gad and 'Once Upon a Time' Creators". /Film. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ Marechal, AJ (17 October 2013). "ABC Sets Holiday Special with Lady Gaga and the Muppets". Variety. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (May 7, 2021). "'Muppets Haunted Mansion': Disney+ Sets First-Ever Muppets Halloween Special Event". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "'Muppets Haunted Mansion' Gets Disney+ Premiere Date!". Inside the Magic. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (7 February 2014). "Jimmy Fallon Welcomes Andy Samberg, Muppets to Final 'Late Night' (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Jay Jones, Brian (2013). "Chapter 12: Twists and Turns". Jim Henson: The Biography. Ballantine Books (Random House). pp. 374–375. ISBN 978-0345526113.
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