Muppet Show Special Sparks 147% Viewership Jump Eight Days After Premiere
Deadline reports that The Muppet Show special premiered Feb. 4 on ABC and Disney+ and has drawn nearly 8 million total viewers across platforms in eight days, a 147% lift from the 3.07 million who watched the ABC debut; the backdoor-pilot-style celebration features Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the gang, with Sabrina Carpenter and Maya Rudolph as guest stars, and is executive-produced by Seth Rogen among others as Disney tests whether to launch a full Muppet Show series.