--- description: It's a Muppet show about a Muppet show! title: Watch the Trailer for the New ABC Muppets Series image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Trailer for the New ABC Muppets Series by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 12, 2015 7:43 PM CUT by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 12, 2015 7:43 PM CUT The trailer for ABC’s new Muppets series, which will debut this fall, explains that this is a series about the Muppets having a series on ABC. Kermit describes it as “sort of an adult Muppet show”—which also [happens to be exactly how ABC is pitching it](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/22/muppets-abc-more-adult "undefined"). ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee told press the show is “more Muppets as _The Office_, _Modern Family_, _30 Rock,_” BuzzFeed [reported](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/abc-2015-2016-schedule#.iu18KdNOl "undefined"). But it’s also a show, as the trailer reveals, that makes jokes about being a show like _The Office_ or _Modern Family_. After Floyd Pepper pitches that the show could be filmed “in that crazy handheld documentary style and have cutaways to one-on-one interviews” there’s a cutaway to Gonzo explaining how he hates that device. Of course, there’s also relationship drama between Kermit and Miss Piggy—and some porcine competition for our heroine. The show will be the first show in ABC’s Tuesday night lineup this fall. You can see the full schedule over [at _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/12/abc-fall-schedule "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the First Trailer for the New ABC Muppets Series","datePublished":"2015-05-12T19:43:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:08:12.715Z","description":"It's a Muppet show about a Muppet show!","url":"https://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/","keywords":["Television","The Muppets","abc"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/","name":"Watch the First Trailer for the New ABC Muppets Series"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Muppets - Official Trailer","description":"The Muppets - Official Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bqjj3Fdv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-12T18:56:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bqjj3Fdv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/","duration":"PT2M52S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```