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.

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

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	545
2	Connie Stevens	7.7	423
3	Joel Grey	7.2	420
4	Ruth Buzzi	7.2	373
5	Rita Moreno	8.1	447
6	Jim Nabors	7.0	366
7	Florence Henderson	7.3	331
8	Paul Williams	7.6	333
9	Charles Aznavour	7.0	308
10	Harvey Korman	7.5	304
11	Lena Horne	7.5	289
12	Peter Ustinov	7.6	288
13	Bruce Forsyth	7.3	263
14	Sandy Duncan	7.4	289
15	Candice Bergen	7.5	276
16	Avery Schreiber	7.4	249
17	Ben Vereen	7.5	243
18	Phyllis Diller	7.4	248
19	Vincent Price	8.3	382
20	Valerie Harper	7.4	241
21	Twiggy	7.5	252
22	Ethel Merman	7.6	247
23	Kaye Ballard	7.1	231
24	Mummenschanz	7.4	254

7.69 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.1 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Don Knotts	7.7	264
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	224
13	Rudolf Nureyev	7.7	208
14	Elton John	8.5	320
15	Lou Rawls	7.4	186
16	Cleo Laine	7.3	187
17	Julie Andrews	8.0	243
18	Jaye P. Morgan	7.2	180
19	Peter Sellers	8.2	251
20	Petula Clark	7.5	188
21	Bob Hope	7.7	211
22	Teresa Brewer	7.3	176
23	John Cleese	7.7	246
24	Cloris Leachman	7.1	195

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	199
2	Leo Sayer	7.3	186
3	Roy Clark	7.7	181
4	Gilda Radner	8.2	216
5	Pearl Bailey	7.3	178
6	Jean Stapleton	7.6	182
7	Alice Cooper	8.4	310
8	Loretta Lynn	7.8	198
9	Liberace	6.8	211
10	Marisa Berenson	7.6	177
11	Raquel Welch	7.8	215
12	James Coco	7.4	167
13	Helen Reddy	7.4	169
14	Harry Belafonte	8.4	262
15	Lesley Ann Warren	7.6	189
16	Danny Kaye	8.3	209
17	Spike Milligan	6.8	186
18	Leslie Uggams	7.6	177
19	Elke Sommer	7.5	175
20	Sylvester Stallone	7.5	236
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	165

7.55 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	147
10	Kenny Rogers	7.7	158
11	Lola Falana	7.6	146
12	Phyllis George	7.5	140
13	Dizzy Gillespie	7.5	154
14	Liza Minnelli	7.8	183
15	Anne Murray	7.1	142
16	Jonathan Winters	7.2	155
17	The Stars of Star Wars	8.5	385
18	Christopher Reeve	7.8	208
19	Lynda Carter	8.1	174
20	Alan Arkin	7.1	154
21	Doug Henning	7.2	137
22	Andy Williams	7.6	149
23	Carol Channing	7.4	139
24	Diana Ross	7.8	149

7.70 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 25 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gene Kelly	8.2	191
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	134
13	Tony Randall	7.8	132
14	Mac Davis	7.8	140
15	Carol Burnett	8.3	187
16	Gladys Knight	7.7	141
17	Hal Linden	7.9	140
18	Marty Feldman	7.0	168
19	Chris Langham	7.2	102
20	Wally Boag	7.4	138
21	Johnny Cash	7.8	171
22	Buddy Rich	7.9	137
23	Linda Ronstadt	8.1	154
24	Roger Moore	8.1	169