Muppets Tonight
Muppets Tonight is an American live-action/puppet family-oriented television series, created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. The series ran for two seasons between March 1996 to February 1998, originally airing on ABC, before later being aired and rerun on the Disney Channel. The show was a continuation of The Muppet Show, with Kermit the Frog and the Muppets running their own television channel and studio, only to request one of their own to run a new show to fill in a timeslot in their channel's scheduling.
| Muppets Tonight | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Jim Henson Productions |
| Based on | The Muppets by Jim Henson |
| Directed by | Greg V. Fera Brian Henson Tom Trbovich Gary Halvorson |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Richard Gibbs |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company | Jim Henson Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Disney Channel |
| Release | March 8, 1996 – February 8, 1998 |
| Related | |
| |
The series brought back several notable Muppet characters from The Muppet Show while introducing several new ones to the program, and made notable parodies of television programs ranging from game shows, chat shows, and educational entertainment. Each episode featured one principal guest star, but a number of episodes also featured additional guest stars; one episode featured a cameo from Leonard Nimoy. Muppets Tonight received mixed reviews from critics, while its lead character, Clifford, was disliked for the minor change made for the program.