Muppets Now - Season 1

Muppets Now - Season 1

Season 1

The Muppets are about to upload their brand-new streaming series. Miss Piggy becomes a lifestyle guru with her new blog, Lifestyle with Miss Piggy. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, take science to the streets in Muppet Labs Field Test. The Swedish Chef does culinary combat with challengers in Økėÿ Døkęÿ Køøkīñ. Muppet interviewers sit down with celebrity icons in the same fields to talk shop in Mup Close & Personal. Pepe The King Prawn is the ringleader of a wildly unpredictable (and made-up-on-the-spot) game show in Pepe's ¡Unbelievable! Game Show. Muppet fanboy Walter gets an education in an obscure hobby in Muppet Masters. Now, it's all up to Scooter to finish everything and get it uploaded before deadline - navigating whatever obstacles, distractions, and complications the rest of the Muppet gang throw at him.

Network
Episodes6
DatesJuli 31, 2020 - Sept. 4, 2020

Episodes

Due Date
Season 1Episode 123 min

Due Date

The Muppets are about to launch their new digital series, Muppets Now, but just when Scooter is about to hit the 'upload' button, Kermit The Frog inadvertently alerts the rest of the Muppet gang that they are about to go live - unleashing an avalanche of last-minute notes, tweaks, changes, suggestions, revisions, and ideas. Miss Piggy tries an impactful beauty treatment with Taye Diggs before dishing on personal style with Linda Cardellini. Muppet fanboy Walter uncovers Kermit's secret passion for photgraphy. The Swedish Chef challenges Carlina Will to a culinary curry cook-off where things get heated. Finally, Kermit goes one-on-one with RuPaul for a conversation about multi-tasking, all while fielding requests and interruptions from other Muppets.

Juli 31, 2020
Fever Pitch
Season 1Episode 225 min

Fever Pitch

Fozzie Bear has some big ideas for Muppets Now, and there's no time like the deadline to start pitching! He's found a very tough audience in Scooter, who just wants to finish uploading the latest delivery. We see the very first episode of a game show that Pepe The King Prawn totally just made up. The Swedish Chef tries to cook a better molé sauce than his competitor, Danny Trejo. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has replaced Beaker with a new smart assistant, and things get fired up. Miss Piggy and her guests, Taye Diggs and Linda Cardellini, show viewers how to work it out when they share the secret to staying healthy.

Aug. 7, 2020
Getting Testy
Season 1Episode 325 min

Getting Testy

Joe, the new legal counsel for The Muppets, interrupts the scheduled delivery of Muppets Now to announce that all streaming content must be vetted by a focus group. Things go from bad to worse when Scooter meets up with the assigned test audience - curmudgeonly critics Statler & Waldorf. The Swedish Chef collaborates with Chef Roy Choi as the two try to make a one-of-kind kalbi bowl. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, enlist a Pizza Delivery Person (Al Madrigal) to explore velocity. Miss Piggy and her guests, Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs, dig deep into the workings of a healthy relationship. Pepe The King Prawn's unbelievable game show features new contestants, new challenges, new rules, and no planning at all.

Aug. 14, 2020
Sleep Mode
Season 1Episode 423 min

Sleep Mode

Scooter wakes up in horror to discover his all-nighters have finally gotten the best of him, and he has only 30 minutes to upload Muppets Now. With the clock ticking and his eyelids drooping, Scooter enlists Animal to help him stay awake. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, conduct a series of vibrational experiments with the help of a lonely, outdated computer. The Swedish Chef uncovers the secrets of Spaghetti Carbonara when staring down his competitor, Giuseppe Losavio. Miss Piggy sits down with Aubrey Plaza to conduct a fabulous one-on-one interview. Later, she looks out for number one as she focuses on self-care with guests Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs.

Aug. 21, 2020
The I.T. Factor
Season 1Episode 523 min

The I.T. Factor

Chip the I.T. guy installs an upgrade to Scooter's overtaxed computer just as Scooter is beginning to upload the latest episode of Muppets Now. Scooter must work fast to get everything in place before the hard reboot goes into effect. Miss Piggy takes a trip through the topic of travel with guests Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs. Pepe The King Prawn makes up a new game show on the spot, and the contestants do their best to keep up. Uncle Deadly demonstrates the drama, disciplines, and danger of stage combat for Muppet fanboy, Walter. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew puts the pressure on his assistant, Beaker, with a hydraulic-press experiment that requires a personal touch.

Aug. 28, 2020
Socialized
Season 1Episode 625 min

Socialized

Muppets Now social media intern, Robin The Frog, makes Scooter co-moderator of the social media accounts. Scooter attempts to carry out this week's upload amidst a flood of alerts, requests, and notifications. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, receive legal lectures and accidental assistance from Muppet attorney, Joe The Legal Weasel. The Swedish Chef faces his competitor, Marina Michelson, to prove his family recipe makes the most magnificent meatball. Fozzie Bear talks shop with fellow comedian Seth Rogen, while babysitting some bad babies. Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs indulge Miss Piggy more than usual for this installment of Lifestyle with Miss Piggy.

Sept. 4, 2020

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