The Muppet Show (1976)

Comedy · Family · Musical

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

Seasons

7.47 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Juliet Prowse	7.7	540
2	Connie Stevens	7.7	420
3	Joel Grey	7.2	416
4	Ruth Buzzi	7.3	369
5	Rita Moreno	8.1	443
6	Jim Nabors	7.0	364
7	Florence Henderson	7.3	329
8	Paul Williams	7.6	331
9	Charles Aznavour	7.0	306
10	Harvey Korman	7.5	303
11	Lena Horne	7.5	289
12	Peter Ustinov	7.6	288
13	Bruce Forsyth	7.3	262
14	Sandy Duncan	7.4	289
15	Candice Bergen	7.5	276
16	Avery Schreiber	7.4	249
17	Ben Vereen	7.5	242
18	Phyllis Diller	7.4	247
19	Vincent Price	8.3	380
20	Valerie Harper	7.4	240
21	Twiggy	7.5	251
22	Ethel Merman	7.6	247
23	Kaye Ballard	7.1	231
24	Mummenschanz	7.4	254

7.70 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.1 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Don Knotts	7.7	263
2	Zero Mostel	7.6	240
3	Milton Berle	8.0	244
4	Rich Little	7.6	220
5	Judy Collins	7.4	211
6	Nancy Walker	7.4	207
7	Edgar Bergen	7.6	222
8	Steve Martin	8.0	305
9	Madeline Kahn	8.1	238
10	George Burns	7.7	225
11	Dom DeLuise	7.9	227
12	Bernadette Peters	8.0	223
13	Rudolf Nureyev	7.7	207
14	Elton John	8.5	320
15	Lou Rawls	7.4	185
16	Cleo Laine	7.3	187
17	Julie Andrews	8.0	242
18	Jaye P. Morgan	7.3	179
19	Peter Sellers	8.2	250
20	Petula Clark	7.5	187
21	Bob Hope	7.7	209
22	Teresa Brewer	7.3	172
23	John Cleese	7.7	242
24	Cloris Leachman	7.1	191

7.58 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 25 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge	7.3	198
2	Leo Sayer	7.3	185
3	Roy Clark	7.7	180
4	Gilda Radner	8.2	215
5	Pearl Bailey	7.3	177
6	Jean Stapleton	7.6	181
7	Alice Cooper	8.4	308
8	Loretta Lynn	7.8	197
9	Liberace	6.8	209
10	Marisa Berenson	7.6	176
11	Raquel Welch	7.8	214
12	James Coco	7.4	166
13	Helen Reddy	7.4	168
14	Harry Belafonte	8.4	260
15	Lesley Ann Warren	7.6	188
16	Danny Kaye	8.2	208
17	Spike Milligan	6.8	186
18	Leslie Uggams	7.6	175
19	Elke Sommer	7.5	174
20	Sylvester Stallone	7.5	234
21	Roger Miller	7.6	179
22	Roy Rogers and Dale Evans	7.4	183
23	Lynn Redgrave	7.4	172
24	Cheryl Ladd	7.3	166

7.56 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	John Denver	8.0	192
2	Crystal Gayle	7.5	143
3	Shields & Yarnell	7.4	154
4	Dyan Cannon	7.2	148
5	Victor Borge	7.6	156
6	Linda Lavin	7.4	147
7	Dudley Moore	7.7	177
8	Arlo Guthrie	7.2	142
9	Beverly Sills	7.4	146
10	Kenny Rogers	7.7	158
11	Lola Falana	7.6	146
12	Phyllis George	7.5	138
13	Dizzy Gillespie	7.5	153
14	Liza Minnelli	7.8	181
15	Anne Murray	7.1	141
16	Jonathan Winters	7.3	154
17	The Stars of Star Wars	8.5	388
18	Christopher Reeve	7.8	208
19	Lynda Carter	8.1	173
20	Alan Arkin	7.1	154
21	Doug Henning	7.2	137
22	Andy Williams	7.6	149
23	Carol Channing	7.4	138
24	Diana Ross	7.8	149

7.70 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.0 25 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gene Kelly	8.2	190
2	Loretta Swit	7.7	158
3	Joan Baez	7.0	138
4	Shirley Bassey	7.6	149
5	James Coburn	7.6	164
6	Brooke Shields	7.8	124
7	Glenda Jackson	7.9	142
8	Señor Wences	7.6	136
9	Debbie Harry	7.7	179
10	Jean-Pierre Rampal	7.3	131
11	Paul Simon	7.9	157
12	Melissa Manchester	7.6	133
13	Tony Randall	7.8	132
14	Mac Davis	7.8	139
15	Carol Burnett	8.3	186
16	Gladys Knight	7.7	140
17	Hal Linden	7.9	139
18	Marty Feldman	7.0	167
19	Chris Langham	7.3	102
20	Wally Boag	7.4	137
21	Johnny Cash	7.8	170
22	Buddy Rich	7.9	136
23	Linda Ronstadt	8.1	153
24	Roger Moore	8.0	166