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Yes you read correctly, there is talk that the Muppets will have their very own reality TV show much like the Idol franchise. Read on...

Muppets for real
From correspondents in Los Angeles
October 27, 2005
The Age - link

The Muppets could be coming back to primetime TV with a new mission: parodying reality shows.

The US ABC network has ordered a script and five episode outlines for America's Next Muppet, in which viewers may help choose the newest member of the puppet family, which features characters such as Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.

The idea has the ring of such shows as American Idol or America's Next Top Model, in which the audience picks potential new stars.

The ABC network is part of the Walt Disney group, which bought the Muppets franchise from Jim Henson in 2004, including the right to use the Muppet characters in its theme parks, films, TV shows and retail products. The ABC-TV movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz was aired successfully earlier this year.

The late Jim Henson's Muppets got their first widespread exposure on television with Sesame Street, the children's TV show that started in 1969.

The syndicated Muppet Show aired from 1976-81 and was seen in more than 100 countries. The characters also briefly starred in Muppets Tonight, which aired for four months in 1996 as part of ABC's primetime line-up.

Henson's puppets moved to the big screen in 1979 with The Muppet Movie, followed by movies including The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

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lol that's crazy, my sister is gonna love that

how cool is dat wat will they tink of next!

Haha OMG. But Those muppets scare me. I watch the muppets show on foxtel was made like 30 years ago... scary. they just scare me. If i ever saw one of those muppets on the floor I would prolly - myself

that would be great! Idd like to see that