James Poniewozik, The New York Times:

The premise for “The Muppet Show” of 2026 […] is comparatively simple: It’s “The Muppet Show.” And wocka wocka wocka, that’s all you need. […]

The brilliance of the best Muppets entertainments has been to kindle the warm embers of sentiment, then douse them with a blast of seltzer.

Of Sabrina Carpenter:

“[…] the appeal of the franchise has always come partly from how well it brought out the Muppetude of its human guest stars. It certainly does this for Carpenter, a brassy, cannily cartoonish performer who seems born to the job.

It helps, as Carpenter cracks, that she’s the same height.