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Muppets Now - Season 1
As a brand-new Muppet series get ready for streaming, Scooter rushes to deliver the episodes -- navigating obstacles, distractions, and complications that the rest of the Muppet gang throws at him.
4 February 1965, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
25 June 1975, Redwood City, California, USA
16 May 1944, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 July 1970, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1 June 1963, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 October 1970, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
July 30, 2020
Piggy is the undisputed star of the new series, commanding attention and adoration in weekly lifestyle segments... Which is fine, even when we might wish for a little more variety in a puzzlingly formula-driven variety show.
July 30, 2020
Muppets Now is only occasionally funny, and the recurring segments grow repetitive.
July 29, 2020
It's perplexing that in only a six-episode season, the four episodes I've seen already settle into a sense of sameness. Good thing there's a lot to work with here.
July 27, 2020
Not as innovative or original as The Muppet Show and nowhere near as entertaining as THE MUPPETS, Muppets Now is an enjoyable time-waster perfect for all ages.
July 28, 2020
While it's a substantial improvement on the characters' last TV series, it ultimately misses the point of playing the music and lighting the lights.
July 30, 2020
I never expected part of Muppets Now to remind me of Between Two Ferns, but I was pleasantly surprised that it did.
July 30, 2020
As much as I wanted to love this, Muppets Now feels overall a bit of a mixed bag.
July 28, 2020
Muppets has always been funniest when spoofing showbiz, and the same is true of Muppets Now. Though it lacks some of the warmth and sophistication of The Muppet Show, its characters have been smartly updated for the streaming era.
July 30, 2020
How did this turn into a Miss Piggy fandom piece? I don't know. But as I watched it, I thought about how smart Jim Henson was to give us girls someone who is confident in herself-even if she is a pig.
July 27, 2020
The show is totally bonkers, but in the right sort of way. It's so unrealistically charming that you can't help but smile and snicker at what happens in each of the skits.
July 30, 2020
There's something comforting in how the writers blend in the familiar beats and strike a nostalgic chord for those of us who grew up with these characters.
July 28, 2020
Disney and Henson Co. might be on the right track with the "Muppets." But...for "Now," they're just not getting it done.
