Television
Jim Henson’s classic “The Muppet Show” series now comes with an offensive content warning before select episodes on streaming service Disney+.
Feb. 21, 2021
After 2015’s needlessly edgy “The Muppets,” Kermit, Miss Piggy, Beaker, Swedish Chef and the rest of the gang return to form with Disney+ series “Muppets Now.”
July 30, 2020
The typical U.S. office has a surprising ability to endure failed romance.
Sept. 10, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
Good news for “Muppet Babies” fans in the mood for a melody: Rowlf the Dog is here to sing you a song.
Feb. 13, 2019
Brian Henson, chairman of the Jim Henson Co., talks about growing up around Muppets and the role only 30 to 50 people in America are capable of performing.
Feb. 1, 2021
Jim Henson, creator of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the other Muppets who entertained and educated millions of preschoolers and their parents around the world, died early Wednesday of pneumonia.
May 17, 1990
Obituaries
Some of television’s oldest stars--the Muppets--are still among the freshest.
April 14, 1989
It seems inevitable that the master Muppeteer would eventually become a Mousketeer.
Aug. 29, 1989
Music
Paul Williams has been doing a lot of thinking about Ebenezer Scrooge lately, and finding a surprising connection between himself and Dickens’ original Christmas Grinch--but not because of any shared antipathy for the Yuletide.
Dec. 13, 1992