We’re all thinking it. We’re all saying it. And now I’m writing about it. It’s nuts that we haven’t heard peep from Disney about the future of The Muppet Showyet.

For the life of me, I can’t figure it out. The ratings for The Muppet Show special were terrific. It was a hit on both Disney+ and ABC, a rare double-whammy for streaming and broadcast TV. It was a critical hit, earning an incredible 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. (And whoever’s responsible for that 2% worth of negative reviews… I know where you live.) And most importantly, the fans rallied behind the special, ecstatic for the return of The Muppet Show and for a new (old) direction for the franchise we all love so much.

With statistics like those, any show would be a given for a renewal. So what’s the hold-up?

The Muppets have been stuck in an unfortunate pattern over the last couple decades. They come out with a big project, they get a lot of attention, they have a big gap before their next project, audiences forget all about the Muppets, and they start all over again. As a fan, it’s excruciating. These long waits between productions – especially nowadays with short attention spans and shorter news cycles – are terribly unhealthy for the brand, and it makes it impossible for them to get any traction and grown their audience. We end up with the repetitive narrative that “the Muppets are back,” which is a constant reminder that they’ve gone away. Again and again.

If Disney is at all interested in avoiding the need to reintroduce the world to the Muppets again, they need to strike while the iron’s hot.

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I agree. We're big Muppets fans here and we were not only excited when this was released, we loved it. They need to bring the show back.