Disney+ joins the puppet renaissance, announces new series Muppets Now coming in July

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It’s possible that the real news here is that it took this long for Disney to trot out Kermit and the crew out for its streaming service, but nevertheless: Disney+ has announced its first original Muppet Studios series Muppets Now, which will begin streaming this summer. The streaming juggernaut tweeted the news in conjunction with a newly sacred holiday, National Streaming Day, which it is using to unleash a number of presumably big reveals. The Muppets series, which is some version of “unscripted,” is the first of a couple of announcements scheduled for today.