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The Muppets have made many appearances in TV Guide over the years, on covers and in articles.

TV Guide has lent its name to the TV Guide Awards, the first of which featured an appearance by Big Bird, Roscoe Orman, and Ruth Buzzi, and the TV Guide Network, which has had Muppet, Jim Henson Company, and Sesame Street segments on its program Hollywood 411; the channel is now separately owned by Lionsgate Entertainment.

A few episodes of Dinosaurs, including Baby Talk, Network Genius, and Wilderness Weekend, feature a very similar magazine, known as "TV Guide Book".

Citations are of the US publication of the magazine, except where noted.


Cover Description
TVGUIDE-Jul-27-1963 July 27 - August 2, 1963: "Taminella Grinderfall is a Muppet" -- Article on Jim Henson, Jane Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Juhl. Images of Taminella Grinderfall, King Goshposh, The RX Twins, Yorick and Kermit.
Tv guide January 3-9, 1970 (international version)
TVGuide1970May May 16-22, 1970: Feature and picture of the Muppets
TVGUIDE Jul 11-17 1970 July 11-17, 1970: "The Impact of Sesame Street"
TVGUIDE Dec 12-18, 1970 December 12-18, 1970: "Trust Old Ed" -- A behind-the-scenes article on The Great Santa Claus Switch.
TVGUIDE Jul 10 1971 July 10-16, 1971
TVGUIDE Apr 22-28, 1972 April 22-28, 1972: "Jim Henson Is His Own Audience" -- Behind-the-scenes article on The Muppet Musicians of Bremen with images of Jim Henson, Frank Oz and others performing.
File:TV GUIDE MARCH15, 1975.jpg March 15, 1975: Nevada edition. "What's so funny about Sports, Mount Rushmore, Rock Music and the Seven Deadly Sins? Ask the Muppets! It's a fun filled musical comedy for grown ups... and kids, too!" ad for The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence


Kertvguide August 6-12, 1976 (international version)
TVGUIDE Aug 1976 August 14-20, 1976: "An Impostor in the Ranks" -- Article on The Muppet Show with large group image.
TVGUIDE Oct. 1976 October 2-8, 1976: "Has Sesame Street Really Done Any Good?"
TVMag Oct 17-23, 1976 October 17-23, 1976: TV Magazine, regional edition.
TVGUIDE Aug 6-12 August 6-12, 1977: "Behind Every Great Muppet... Stands Jim Henson"
TVGUIDE Jan. 7-13, 1978 January 7-13, 1978: "Sesame Street Goes To Hawaii"
TVGUIDE Dec 29 1979 December 29, 1979 - January 4, 1980 (international version)
TVGUIDE Aug 9 1980 August 9-15, 1980
TVGUIDE Aug 1, 1981 August 1-7, 1981 : "Life at Le Top: Miss Piggy talks about TV, the frog she loves, and why she doesn't give an oink about awards."
Noimage Dec. 25-31, 1982 : "Sesame Street: Big Bird in China" - 2 pages with pictures of Big Bird


TVGUIDE Jan 22 1983 January 22-28, 1983 (international version): "Goodbye Muppets, Hello Fraggles" -- Six pages of images and article.
File:MEXICO TV GUIDE 1984 PLAZA SESAMO.JPG January, 84 (Mexican version): Plaza Sesamo advertisement.
TVGUIDE Dec 22 1984 December 22-28, 1984 (international version): "Fraggle Rock Sings From The Heart" -- Article on Dennis Lee and Philip Balsam, with images.
TVGUIDE Feb 6 1989 February 18-24, 1989
TVGUIDE Mar 3 1990 March 3-9, 1990; cover by Michael J. Smollin
Tvguide November 17-23, 1990
Tv-guide---dinosaurs---5-3-91 April 27 - May 3, 1991
TVGUIDE Oct 30 1993 October 30 - November 5, 1993
TVGUIDE Nov 13 1993 November 13-19, 1993
TVGUIDE March 16-22, 1996 March 16-22, 1996
File:TVGUIDE Apr 1996.JPG April, 1996
TVGUIDE Mar 12 1997 March 15-21, 1997
TVGUIDE Apr 06, 2002 April 6-12, 2002: "Muppet Mania" -- A short article about the Muppets' 25th anniversary, including plans for the Muppet Action Figures, busts, and Time-Life video and DVD releases, as well as It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and the series that was in development with FOX at the time. Kermit the Frog also appears on the cover.
File:TVGUIDE May 15, 2005.jpg May 15-21, 2005: Full-color advertisement for The Muppets Wizard of Oz on back cover.
Noimage November 7-13, 2005: Two brief articles on page 7: "Sesame Street for Babies", concerning the Sesame Beginnings video series, and "Kermit's New Reality", concerning America's Next Muppet.
Noimage November 27, 2005: A Kermit the Frog keepsake ornament from Hallmark is pictured in a section called "Radar Holiday Gift Guide" on page 40, and a picture of the Kermit the Frog float from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is pictured on page 79.
Noimage December 5-11, 2005: An interview with Neil Patrick Harris reveals that Jim Henson is his idol. Grover is also pictured.
Noimage December 19-25, 2005: "Disney's Great Muppet Caper", an article concerning Disney cutting Kermit's 15-month 50th anniversary tour short.
Noimage July 31- August 6, 2006: First Look: "SVU, Sesame-Style": An article about an upcoming Sesame Street sketch, "Special Letters Unit", a parody of SVU. Also features a photo of the cast of this sketch.
Tvguide.feb26 Febuary 26 - March 4, 2007: Page 12 has a section on upcoming toys, one of which is a Singing Abby Cadabby doll.
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August 6-12, 2007: In the "Breaking News" section, in the "In Brief" column on page 9, is a small article called "Muppets return to TV?", reporting that a pilot is in the works.
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August 13-19, 2007: A picture of Oscar the Grouch and Anderson Cooper appears in the table of contents. Page 35 has an article about Sesame Street's 38th Season as part of their Family Fall Preview. Page 56 features an interview with Tina Fey about her appearance on Sesame Street.
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April 20-May 3, 2009: An article about Neil Patrick Harris hosting the 2009 TV Land Awards is titled "How I Met Your Muppets". He lists Fraggle Rock as a "personal small-screen [favorite] of yesteryear". A photo of the Fraggles is also included.
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