The Muppets are plotting a return to primetime while looking for their next great character. ABC has ordered a script and five script outlines for “America’s Next Muppet,” a reality TV parody in which ...

The Muppets could come back to prime-time television with their own reality show. ABC has ordered a script and five episode outlines for “America’s Next Muppet,” in which viewers can join in choosing ...

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the rest of the gang will get their own ABC “reality show” in 2006, says the showbiz trade paper Variety. In the zany series, the plucky puppets will hold ...

The Muppets hit the yellow-brick road in new 'Oz.' The comeback trail leads to Emerald City as Kermit, Piggy and the gang regroup for their first TV movie in three years Nicholas Fonseca watches ...

A great American acting company returns to television tonight with “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz,” a full-blown feature presentation of ABC’s “The Wonderful World of Disney.” (As the troupe’s first major ...

Today’s page looks at the life of Muppet-Master Jim Henson. JIM HENSON was born on Sept. 24, 1936 in Mississippi. His family moved to Washington, D.C. By the time he was in high school, Henson had ...

Dorothy Gale (Ashanti) lives with her Aunt Em (Queen Latifah) and Uncle Harry (David Alan Grier) in a dull little town in Kansas. Aunt Em runs a diner where Dorothy has to help out, even though she ...

Besides its quality as a Christmas movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol faced a lot of pressure: as the first Muppet movie made after the death of Jim Henson, there was anxiety on all sides over the loss ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... We all have our comfort TV, as evidenced by the millions of copies snapped up since favorite series first appeared in boxed sets. For me, growing up in rural ...