The Muppet Show on Disney+

MuppetShowDisney+ — Title card from 2021 launch promo (YouTube)

MuppetShow-D+ — Catalog artwork use for the series on Disney+.

The Muppet Show was released on Disney+ on February 19, 2021. The series is largely intact, albeit with some omissions noted here, as well as some content warnings not previously applied to television broadcasts or home video releases.

Omissions[]

Episodes[]

118 out of 120 episodes of The Muppet Show are included. Two episodes are omitted entirely:

In the UK (and some other markets), two additional episodes are omitted:

Segments[]

Several segments are omitted, rendering some episodes incomplete. Omissions are not officially acknowledged, but are typically made due to licensing rights, availability of source material, or editing inconsistencies.

Content warnings[]

Ratings[]

94 of the 118 episodes are rated TV-PG (while the remaining 24 episodes are rated TV-G). Due to the TV-PG rating for the majority of the series, the show is not accessible on a Disney+ "Kids Profile" account.

TV-G episodes (all others carry the more mature TV-PG):

Cultural depictions[]

From 2021 through 2025, 18 episodes featured an unskippable content advisory message attached to the start of the episode that speaks out against outdated cultural depictions.

“This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.
Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.
To learn more about how stories have impacted society visit: www.Disney.com/StoriesMatter”

Tobacco[]

23 episodes are marked, "Contains tobacco depictions."

episode 101 — Statler smokes a cigar
episode 103 — Rowlf (as Sherlock Holmes) smokes a pipe
episode 105 — a box of cigarettes can be seen on the bar during "I Get Ideas"
episode 112 — Peter Ustinov smokes a cigar
episode 121 — a companion in Twiggy's modeling photo during "In My Life" holds a cigarette
episode 201 — Burlington Bertie smokes a cigar
episode 202 — Zoot smokes with his sax
episode 203 — Milton Berle smokes a cigar during the cold open
episode 204 — Rich Little smokes a cigarette
episode 205 — J. P. Grosse smokes a cigar
episode 210 — George Burns is never seen without a lit cigar
episode 218 — J. P. Grosse smokes a cigar
episode 219 — Dr. Strangepork smokes during "Cigarettes and Whiskey"
episode 220 — Black Rooster smokes a cigarette
episode 302 — Bobby Benson smokes a cigarette
episode 303 — Fozzie gives Kermit an unlit cigar
episode 319 — Bobby Benson smokes a cigarette
episode 322 — Bobby Benson smokes a cigarette
episode 505 — James Coburn and some Whatnots smoke during the Roaring 20s sketch
episode 508 — Señor Wences smokes as part of his ventriloquist routine
episode 509 — two members of Debbie Harry's band have a singular tooth resembling a cigarette hanging out of their mouths
episode 510 — Rizzo the Rat (as the burgermeister) puffs on a lit pipe
episode 511 — Bobby Benson smokes a cigarette

Note: despite the presence of tobacco products, the following episodes contain no warning:

episode 323 — William Shakespeare holds a cigar
episode 410 — The Gambler smokes before he dies
episode 412 — a cigar blows up in Fozzie's face
episode 413 — an Arabian Whatnot smokes a hookah
episode 424 — a parrot smokes exiting the stage after "I Go to Rio"
episode 518 — Marty Feldman (as Scheherazade) smokes a cigarette

For a gallery of these instances, and other verbal mentions of smoking on The Muppet Show (and other productions), see Smoking Muppets.

Violence[]

15 episodes are marked as containing violence.

Sources[]

Notes

↑ According to the Muppet Morsels on the season 1 DVD set (which included the slightly extended scene), this didn't appear in the original US broadcasts either.

[1] According to the Muppet Morsels on the season 1 DVD set (which included the slightly extended scene), this didn't appear in the original US broadcasts either.

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