Muppets Tonight 3-Disc Box Set DVD

Muppets Tonight is the mid-1990s Jim Henson Company variety series that revives the Muppets in a contemporary late-night-style talk-and-sketch format, with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, and a rotating cast of new and returning Muppets producing a fictional television show called Muppets Tonight that hosts a different celebrity guest each week. The show ran on ABC and the Disney Channel through 1996 and 1997, with 22 episodes split across two seasons.

What stands out is the way the revival keeps the classic Muppets variety-show tradition intact. Each episode pulls a different real-life celebrity onto the set, the writing leans into the same kind of meta-show backstage chaos that the original Muppet Show always carried, and the supporting cast of new Muppets, including Pepe the King Prawn, Clifford, and others, joins the established ensemble for ongoing cameos. The puppet performance keeps the Henson Company's signature level of detail and timing.

It belongs to the broader Muppet variety-show lineage, the same series of productions that built the classic Muppet Show and the various specials and features. For Muppets fans whose collection includes the original Muppet Show, this revival is the franchise's most ambitious mid-90s television extension.

Highlights in the set include "Michelle Pfeiffer," "Garth Brooks," "Billy Crystal," "John Goodman," "Whoopi Goldberg," "Martin Short," "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince," "Pierce Brosnan," "Coolio Don Rickles," "The Cameo Show," "Andie MacDowell," and "Johnny Fiama Leaves Home," episodes that capture both the show's quietest backstage moments and its biggest celebrity-driven setpieces. This 3-DVD collection gathers 22 episodes from across the run, a deep archival home for Muppets Tonight.