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
| 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 | Brian Henson | Tim Hill | James Bobin | ||
| Producer(s) | Jim Henson | David Lazer and Frank Oz | David Lazer | Brian Henson and Martin G. Baker | 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 | Christophe Beck | |
| Production companies | ITC Entertainment Henson Associates |
Henson Associates | Walt Disney Pictures Jim Henson Productions |
Columbia Pictures Jim Henson Pictures |
Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films | |||
| Distribution | Universal Pictures1 Associated Film Distribution1 |
TriStar Pictures | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Sony Pictures Releasing | 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 $458,718,791 |
$65,810,475[1] | $31,206,251[2] | $25,534,703[3] | $27,330,071[4] | $34,327,391[5] | $22,323,612[6] | $171,802,998[7] | $80,383,290[8] |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 89%[9] | 75%[10] | 84%[11] | 75%[12] | 71%[13] | 63%[14] | 95%[15] | 80%[16] |
Television
Series
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam and Friends | May 9, 1955 | December 15, 1961 | NBC (WRC-TV) |
| The Muppet Show | September 5, 1976 | May 23, 1981 | ITV/Syndication |
| Little Muppet Monsters | September 14, 1985 | September 28, 1985 | CBS |
| The Jim Henson Hour | April 14, 1989 | July 30, 1989 | NBC |
| Muppets Tonight | March 8, 1996 | February 8, 1998 | ABC / Disney Channel |
| Muppets TV | October 29, 2006 | December 31, 2006 | TF1[17] |
| Muppet Moments[18] | April 3, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | Disney Junior / Disney Channel |
| The Muppets[19] | September 22, 2015 | March 1, 2016[20] | ABC |
| Muppets Now[21][22] | July 31, 2020 | September 4, 2020 | Disney+ |
| The Muppets Mayhem[23] | May 10, 2023 | ||
Animated series
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muppet Babies | September 15, 1984 | November 2, 1991 | CBS |
| Dog City | September 26, 1992 | November 26, 1994 | Fox Kids |
| Muppet Babies[24] | March 23, 2018 | February 18, 2022 | Disney Junior |
Television films
| Title | Release date | Director | Producer(s) | Network | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit's Swamp Years | August 18, 2002 | David Gumpel | Jim Lewis and Joseph Mazzarino | Starz | Sony Pictures Television |
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | November 29, 2002 | Kirk R. Thatcher | Martin G. Baker and Warren Carr | NBC | NBCUniversal Television Distribution MGM Worldwide Television Group and Digital Distribution |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | May 20, 2005 | Bill Barretta | ABC | Buena Vista Television |
Television specials
Direct-to-video releases
| Title | Release date | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs | May 21, 1993 | David Gumpel | Buena Vista Home Video |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green | February 18, 1994 | ||
| Muppet Classic Theater | September 27, 1994 | David Grossman | |
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppets On Wheels | June 16, 1995 | 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 | August 11, 1995 | ||
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island | February 14, 1996 | ||
| Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly | |||
Web series
| Title | Premiere date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony | June 26, 2005 | September 20, 2006 |
| The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora | September 13, 2010 | December 17, 2010 |
Video games
A number of video games featuring the Muppets have been produced since the 1990s.
- Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1990)
- Muppets Inside (1996)
- Muppet RaceMania (2000)
- Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
- Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
- Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
- My Muppets Show[30](2013)
- The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)
See also
Notes
- ^ Distribution rights were purchased by The Jim Henson Company from ITC Entertainment in August 1984.[31] 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.
