


Five seasons, totalling 120 episodes, were broadcast on ATV and other ITV franchises in the United Kingdom and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1976 to 1981. While neither episode was moved forward as a series and other networks in the United States rejected Henson's proposals, British producer Lew Grade expressed enthusiasm for the project and agreed to co-produce The Muppet Show for the British channel ATV. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 19.

Of the season four episodes included, all but one is uncut the Disney+ release of Episode 415: Anne Murray omits the musical number " Dancing on the Ceiling.The Muppet Show is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. In 2021, over eleven years after the initial D23 announcement, all five seasons of The Muppet Show were made available for streaming on Disney+. She also said that they want people to keep asking about the last two seasons of The Muppet Show, because they want to release them. Send your complaints to Disney." McClellan explained that not only do the music rights have to be cleared, but the musicians who are still alive have to be paid too. In a publicity interview for The Muppets, mega-fan Walter pleads on-camera with Disney to release seasons four and five of The Muppet Show (video attached).Īt a panel with Steve Whitmire, Kermit the Frog, and Debbie McClellan at Dragon Con in 2015, a fan asked why the last two seasons of The Muppet Show haven't been released yet. Season Three was released in May of 2008. The set was announced at the 2009 D23 Expo to be released sometime in 2010, but the product has not since been produced. The Muppet Show: Season Four is an unreleased DVD set collecting all the episodes of the fourth season of The Muppet Show. Every episode of Season Four playing at once, posted on the 8th anniversary of Season Three's release.
