Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular

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Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular
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Title card
Directed by Gregg Gelfand
Presented by Tom Kane
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) The Muppets Studio
Distributor Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network ABC
Original release November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)

Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular is a Thanksgiving television special featuring Lady Gaga and The Muppets. The 90-minute program aired on ABC on November 28, 2013 and featured guest stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elton John and RuPaul, with an appearance by Kristen Bell.

Background

Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular is the second of Lady Gaga's Thanksgiving television specials, following A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, which aired on ABC in 2011. Gaga and The Muppets have collaborated in the past. In 2009, Kermit the Frog was her date to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[1] Gaga also featured Jim Henson's Creature Shop pieces in The Monster Ball Tour.[2]

Synopsis

The 90-minute special aired on ABC on November 28, 2013. Guest stars included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elton John and RuPaul, with an appearance by Kristen Bell.[3] Gaga performed a mixture of songs from her third studio album Artpop and holiday classics.[4]

  1. "Venus"
  2. "Applause"
  3. "Bennie and the Jets" (with Elton John)
  4. "Artpop" (with Elton John)
  5. "Manicure"
  6. "Gypsy" (with Kermit the Frog)
  7. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
  8. "Fashion!" (with RuPaul)
  9. "Santa Baby" (performed by Miss Piggy and Youthful Praise)
  10. "Applause" (reprise)

Cast

Special guests included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elton John, RuPaul and Kristen Bell.

Special guest appearances

Muppet performers

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Reception

The special brought in 3.6 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among the 18-49 adult demographic, much lower numbers than Lady Gaga's holiday special the previous year.[5]

See also

References

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