List of The Muppets productions

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This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981. The franchise includes eight feature films, and other television series.

Films

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Role

! The Muppet Movie
(1979)

! The Great Muppet Caper
(1981)

! The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)

! The Muppet Christmas Carol
(1992)

! Muppet Treasure Island
(1996)

! Muppets from Space
(1999)

! The Muppets
(2011)

! Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)

Director

| James Frawley

| Jim Henson

| Frank Oz

| colspan="2" | Brian Henson

| Tim Hill

| colspan="2" | James Bobin

Producer(s)

| Jim Henson

| David Lazer and Frank Oz

| David Lazer

| colspan="3" | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker

| colspan="2" | David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman

Writer(s)

| Jerry Juhl & Jack Burns

| Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses and Jerry Juhl & Jack Rose

| Frank Oz and Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses

| Jerry Juhl

| Jerry Juhl & Kirk R. Thatcher and James V. Hart

| Jerry Juhl and Joseph Mazzarino and Ken Kaufman

| Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller

| James Bobin & Nicholas Stoller

Composer(s)

| Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher

| Joe Raposo

| Ralph Burns

| Miles Goodman

| Hans Zimmer

| Jamshied Sharifi

| colspan="2" |Christophe Beck

Production companies

| colspan="2" | ITC Films
Henson Associates

| Henson Associates

| colspan="2" | Walt Disney Pictures
Jim Henson Productions

| Columbia Pictures
Jim Henson Pictures

| colspan="2" | Walt Disney Pictures
Mandeville Films

Distribution

| Associated Film Distribution{{ref|1|1}}

|Universal Pictures{{ref|1|1}}
Associated Film Distribution{{ref|1|1}}

| TriStar Pictures

| colspan="2" | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

| Sony Pictures Releasing

| colspan="2" | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Running time

|95 minutes

|98 minutes

|94 minutes

|86 minutes

|99 minutes

|88 minutes

|103 minutes

|107 minutes

Release date

| June 22, 1979

| June 26, 1981

| July 13, 1984

| December 11, 1992

| February 16, 1996

| July 14, 1999

| November 23, 2011

| March 21, 2014

Box office
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|$65,810,475{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetmovie.htm|title=The Muppet Movie|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-date=April 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402213058/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetmovie.htm|url-status=live}}

|$31,206,251{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatmuppetcaper.htm|title=The Great Muppet Caper|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=16 February 2013|archive-date=27 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227195811/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatmuppetcaper.htm|url-status=live}}

|$25,534,703{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetstakemanhattan.htm|title=The Muppets Take Manhattan|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=16 February 2013|archive-date=21 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321012504/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetstakemanhattan.htm|url-status=live}}

|$27,330,071{{cite web|title=The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetchristmascarol.htm|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=16 February 2013|archive-date=27 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227195850/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetchristmascarol.htm|url-status=live}}

|$34,327,391{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppettreasureisland.htm|title=Muppet Treasure Island|work=Box Office Mojo| publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=16 February 2013}}

|$22,323,612{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppetsfromspace.htm|title=Muppets From Space|work=Box Office Mojo| publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=16 February 2013}}

|$171,802,998{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=themuppets.htm|title=The Muppets (2011)|work=Box Office Mojo| publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=6 November 2013}}

|$80,383,290{{cite web |title= Muppets Most Wanted (2014) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppets2.htm |publisher= Internet Movie Database |work= Box Office Mojo |access-date= August 8, 2014 |archive-date= July 7, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140707172416/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=muppets2.htm |url-status= live }}

Rotten Tomatoes

| 89%{{Citation|title=The Muppet Movie|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_movie|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924054920/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_movie|url-status=live}}

| 75%{{Citation|title=The Great Muppet Caper|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_muppet_caper|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924031859/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_muppet_caper|url-status=live}}

| 84%{{Citation|title=The Muppets Take Manhattan|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppets_take_manhattan|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24}}

| 75%{{Citation|title=The Muppet Christmas Carol|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_christmas_carol|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220212916/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_christmas_carol/|url-status=live}}

| 71%{{Citation|title=Muppet Treasure Island|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_treasure_island|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129093044/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppet_treasure_island|url-status=live}}

| 63%{{Citation|title=Muppets From Space|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppets_from_space|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2021-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002083416/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppets_from_space|url-status=live}}

| 95%{{Citation|title=The Muppets|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_muppets|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24}}

| 80%{{Citation|title=Muppets Most Wanted|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppets_most_wanted|language=en|access-date=2021-09-24|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924060425/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/muppets_most_wanted|url-status=live}}

Television

=Series=

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Sam and Friends| {{dts|1955|5|9}}| {{dts|1961|12|15}}NBC (WRC-TV)
The Muppet Show| {{dts|1976|9|5}}| {{dts|1981|5|23}}ITV/Syndication
Muppet Babies| {{dts|1984|9|15}}| {{dts|1990|12|29}} or {{dts|1991|11|2}}rowspan="2"|CBS
Little Muppet Monsters| {{dts|1985|9|14}}| {{dts|1985|9|28}}
The Jim Henson Hour| {{dts|1989|4|14}}| {{dts|1989|7|30}}NBC
Dog City| {{dts|1992|9|26}}| {{dts|1994|11|26}}Fox Kids
Muppets Tonight| {{dts|1996|3|8}}| {{dts|1998|2|8}}ABC / Disney Channel
Muppets TV| {{dts|2006|10|29}}| {{dts|2006|12|31}}TF1{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Alison|title=Les Muppets on a French roll|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/les-muppets-on-a-french-roll-1117950189/|access-date=September 26, 2015|work=Variety|date=September 17, 2006|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927213614/http://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/les-muppets-on-a-french-roll-1117950189/|url-status=live}}
Muppet Moments{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Seth|title=Kermit Talks to Kids in Disney Junior’s ‘Muppet Moments’|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/disney-junior-muppet-moments-kermit-the-frog-1201454397/|access-date=March 19, 2015|work=Variety|date=March 17, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303164536/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/disney-junior-muppet-moments-kermit-the-frog-1201454397/|url-status=live}}| {{dts|2015|4|3}}| {{dts|2015|11|28}}Disney Junior / Disney Channel
The Muppets{{cite news|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|title=‘The Muppets,’ Comedy from ‘Community’ Star Ken Jeong Among ABC Orders|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-muppets-the-real-o-neals-dr-ken-abc-comedy-series-1201490465/|access-date=7 May 2015|newspaper=Variety|date=7 May 2015|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403024939/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-muppets-the-real-o-neals-dr-ken-abc-comedy-series-1201490465/|url-status=live}}| September 22, 2015| {{dts|2016|3|1}}{{cite news|last1=Holloway|first1=Daniel|title=‘The Muppets’ Cancelled by ABC|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-muppets-cancelled-by-abc-1201773341/|access-date=May 13, 2016|work=Variety|date=May 12, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513113031/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-muppets-cancelled-by-abc-1201773341/|url-status=live}}ABC
Muppet Babies{{cite news | url=http://kidscreen.com/2016/10/26/disney-brings-muppet-babies-back-to-tv/ | work=Kidscreen | first=Elizabeth | last=Foster | title=Disney brings Muppet Babies back to TV | date=October 26, 2016 | access-date=October 26, 2016 | archive-date=September 25, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035704/http://kidscreen.com/2016/10/26/disney-brings-muppet-babies-back-to-tv/ | url-status=live }}

| {{dts|2018|3|23}}

| {{dts|2022|2|18}}

| Disney Junior

Muppets Now{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-planning-muppets-reboot-streaming-service-1086800 |title=Disney Planning Another 'Muppets' Reboot for Its Streaming Service (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222112002/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-planning-muppets-reboot-streaming-service-1086800 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ethan |title=The Muppets Revival is Coming to Disney+ from Josh Gad and 'Once Upon a Time' Creators |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/new-muppets-series-on-disney/ |access-date=February 7, 2019 |work=/Film |date=February 7, 2019 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124328/https://www.slashfilm.com/new-muppets-series-on-disney/ |url-status=live }}

| {{dts|2020|7|31}}

| {{dts|2020|9|4}}

|rowspan=2| Disney+

The Muppets Mayhem{{cite web|title='The Muppets Mayhem' Comedy Series Ordered By Disney+; Lilly Singh Stars, Adam F. Goldberg EPs|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-muppets-mayhem-comedy-series-disney-plus-lily-singh-stars-adam-f-goldberg-1234972429/|work=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 7, 2022|access-date=March 7, 2022|archive-date=March 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307154614/https://deadline.com/2022/03/the-muppets-mayhem-comedy-series-disney-plus-lily-singh-stars-adam-f-goldberg-1234972429/|url-status=live}}

| colspan="2" | May 10, 2023

=Television films=

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Title

! Release date

! Director

! Producer(s)

! Distributor

Kermit's Swamp Years

| {{dts|2002|8|18}}

| David Gumpel

| Jim Lewis and Joseph Mazzarino

| Sony Pictures Television

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

| {{dts|2002|11|29}}

| rowspan="2" | Kirk R. Thatcher

| Martin G. Baker and Warren Carr

| NBCUniversal Television Distribution
MGM Worldwide Television Group and Digital Distribution

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

| {{dts|2005|5|20}}

| Bill Barretta

| Buena Vista Television

=Television specials=

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Hey, Cinderella!{{dts|1969|3|16}} ABC, CBC
The Muppets on Puppets{{dts|1970|1|5}}WNET
The Great Santa Claus Switch{{dts|1970|12|20}}CBS
The Frog Prince{{dts|1971|5|12}} Syndicated
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen{{dts|1972|4|26}}Syndicated
The Muppets Valentine Show{{dts|1974|1|30}}ABC
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence{{dts|1975|3|19}}ABC
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas{{dts|1977|12|4}}CBC
The Muppets Go Hollywood{{dts|1979|5|16}}CBS
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together{{dts|1979|12|5}}ABC
The Muppets Go to the Movies{{dts|1981|5|20}}ABC
Of Muppets and Men{{dts|1981|10|31}}CBS
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show{{dts|1982|9|17}}ABC
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets{{dts|1983|5|12}}ABC
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years{{dts|1986|1|21}}CBS
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic{{dts|1986|3|26}}HBO
The Christmas Toy{{dts|1986|12|6}}ABC
A Muppet Family Christmas{{dts|1987|12|16}}ABC
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary{{dts|1990|2|6}}NBC
The Muppets at Walt Disney World{{dts|1990|5|6}}NBC
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson{{dts|1990|11|21}}CBS
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree{{dts|1995|12|6}}CBS
Studio DC: Almost Live hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse{{dts|2008|8|3}}Disney Channel
Studio DC: Almost Live hosted by Selena Gomez{{dts|2008|10|5}}Disney Channel
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa{{dts|2008|12|17}}NBC
Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular{{cite news|last=Marechal|first=AJ|title=ABC Sets Holiday Special with Lady Gaga and the Muppets|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/abc-sets-holiday-special-with-lady-gaga-and-the-muppets-1200735249/#article-comments|access-date=17 October 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=17 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017223449/http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/abc-sets-holiday-special-with-lady-gaga-and-the-muppets-1200735249/#article-comments|url-status=live}}{{dts|2013|11|28}}ABC
Muppets Haunted Mansion{{cite web|title='Muppets Haunted Mansion': Disney+ Sets First-Ever Muppets Halloween Special Event|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/muppets-haunted-mansion-disney-plus-muppets-halloween-special-event-1234751284/|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510160526/https://deadline.com/2021/05/muppets-haunted-mansion-disney-plus-muppets-halloween-special-event-1234751284/|url-status=live}}{{dts|2021|10|8}}{{cite news|last=Bastos|first=Margarida|title='Muppets Haunted Mansion': Disney+ Halloween Special Gets a Release Date and Spooky Poster|url=https://collider.com/muppets-haunted-mansion-release-date-poster-disney-plus/|access-date=September 8, 2021|work=Collider|date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908154133/https://collider.com/muppets-haunted-mansion-release-date-poster-disney-plus/|url-status=live}}Disney+

=Other appearances=

=Direct to Video releases=

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Title

! Release date

! Director

! Distributor

Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs

|May 21, 1993

| rowspan="2" |David Gumpel

| rowspan="9" |Buena Vista Home Video

Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green

|February 18, 1994

Muppet Classic Theater

| {{dts|1994|9|27}}

|David Grossman

Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppets On Wheels

| rowspan="3" |{{dts|1995|6|16}}

| rowspan="8" |David Gumpel

Yes, I Can Learn featuring the Muppet Babies
Yes, I Can Help featuring the Muppet Babies
Yes, I Can Be a Friend featuring the Muppet Babies

| {{dts|1995|8|11}}

Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island

| rowspan="2" |{{dts|1996|2|14}}

Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly
Kermit's Swamp Years

| {{dts|2002|8|18}}

|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Web series

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Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony{{dts|2005|6|26}}{{dts|2006|9|20}}
The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora{{dts|2010|9|13}}{{dts|2010|12|17}}

Video games

A number of video games featuring the Muppets have been produced since the 1990s.

See also

Notes

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  1. {{note|1}} Distribution rights were purchased by The Jim Henson Company from ITC Entertainment in August 1984.{{cite book |last1=Jay Jones |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Jay Jones |title=Jim Henson: The Biography |date=2013 |publisher=Ballantine Books (Random House) |isbn=978-0345526113 |pages=374-375 |chapter=Chapter 12: Twists and Turns}} The rights were then acquired by Walt Disney Studios upon their parent company's acquisition of the Muppets franchise in 2004. The films have since been reissued under the Walt Disney Pictures banner for home media releases.

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References

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