--- description: 'The Big Bang Theory' co-creator will be in charge of the reboot title: ABC to Bring Back 'The Muppet Show' After 19 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ee553c61a9e2699/698786ae8e06017eea45b1bc/157150642-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ABC to Bring Back _The Muppet Show_ After 19 Years ## Video: The 14 Best Television Intros [Watch (HLS stream): The 14 Best Television Intros](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2014-07-10. The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer._ by [Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 7:26 PM CUT  The Muppets take over "Good Morning America." The Muppets take over "Good Morning America."Donna Svennevik—ABC/Getty Images by [Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 7:26 PM CUT It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, and it’s time to officially declare 2015 the year of the TV revival: ABC is developing a reboot of _The Muppet Show._ The network has ordered a pilot presentation featuring the Muppets, EW has confirmed. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but Bill Prady, co-creator of _The Big Bang Theory_, is co-writing and executive producing with Bob Kushell (_Anger Management_), who will serve as showrunner. Prady has a long history writing for the Muppets, including _The Jim Henson Hour, Muppet Classic Theater_, and a number of Muppet specials. The original _Muppet Show_ aired from 1976 to 1981\. It was revived in 1996 with ABC’s _Muppets Tonight_, which lasted just ten episodes. _This article originally appeared on EW.com._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/"},"headline":"ABC to Bring Back The Muppet Show After 19 Years","datePublished":"2015-04-03T19:26:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:41:57.602Z","description":"\"The Big Bang Theory\" co-creator will be in charge of the reboot","url":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/","keywords":["Television","Muppets"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ee553c61a9e2699/698786ae8e06017eea45b1bc/157150642-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ee553c61a9e2699/698786ae8e06017eea45b1bc/157150642-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Muppets take over \"Good Morning America.\"","caption":"The Muppets take over \"Good Morning America.\"","creditText":"Donna Svennevik—ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/","name":"ABC to Bring Back The Muppet Show After 19 Years"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 14 Best Television Intros","description":"The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/43fbt7yd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-10T18:51:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3771124/muppet-show-reboot-abc/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```