MRW Muppets Are Back On TV

It has been 34 years since “The Muppet Show” and 15 years since “Muppets Tonight”. That's a long time since the last live-action Muppet show. And it’s been 22 years since the last episode of “Muppet Babies” aired on Nickelodeon. Let's all take a minute to feel old...

So much nostalgia, it hurts.

The Muppets are now working on a (fake) late-night TV show.
Back in the 1970s, The Muppet Show had the gang putting on a vaudeville-style spectacular. The Muppets will find our furry friends producing a late-night show like Kimmel, and it’s hosted by Miss Piggy. Kermit is the executive producer of the show, which puts him in the same harried, caught-in-the-middle situation. The staff you’ll see working on the show — some are human, some are bears and frogs. And no one seems to notice.

IMO they should have never been taken off air...

...but they aren’t looking to reboot the iconic characters or radically remake them. Instead, they’re just trying to do the same thing the original show did: gently satirize the popular culture of the time. Variety shows were popular then, and that's what they satirized.
Today, there are no variety shows in prime time. So instead, the show will play with the mockumentary style used by sitcoms such as Modern Family, 30 Rock, and The Office.

I'm so happy they're back, I just want to hug a bunny

From the official press release:

"The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires. This is a more adult Muppet show, for “kids” of all ages."

I feel like doing a Kermit flail

... but I'll remain

until the season begins on ABC on Tuesdays 8/7central this fall!