The Muppet Show returns to Disney+ as one-off special on 4 February

The Muppet Show returns to Disney+ in 2026 as a one-off special, available from Wednesday 4 February, with Seth Rogen listed as an executive producer; the trailer says it could lead to a new series "depending on how tonight goes". The special keeps the familiar premise: the Muppets are trying to put on a vaudeville-style variety show and everything keeps going wrong.

The reviewer notes the production hasn’t been updated with modern tweaks — "Happily, it hasn’t been updated so Fozzie is doing bits on TikTok, or Rowlf protesting about streaming royalties" — and the characters remain recognisably themselves. Sabrina Carpenter appears as a guest star and is described as "unflappable", delivering a musical number backed by hens and sharing a gushing backstage moment with Miss Piggy, who quips that she is "on vocal rest" and that "My attorneys have taken note." Piggy also undertakes a water-based romantic rescue that the review calls a "bisexual rug-pull moment." The show-within-the-show is praised for its music and comedy; expect "toe-tapping needle drops old and new" and skits such as period-drama parody Pigs in Wigs and a science segment about screen time that ends with Beaker losing his eyes.

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