Editing Kermit the Frog (section)

===Guest television appearances===
Kermit has made numerous guest appearances on popular television shows, including co-hosting individual episodes of a number of long-running talk shows; among other television media. On April 2, 1979, Kermit guest-hosted ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' to promote ''The Muppet Movie''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remember-when-the-muppets-were-subversive|title=The Kermit and Miss Piggy Breakup Is Nonsense|last=Crouch|first=Ian|date=September 3, 2015|magazine=The New Yorker|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727203742/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remember-when-the-muppets-were-subversive|archive-date=July 27, 2016|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> From 1983 to 1995, the French political satire show ''[[Le Bébête Show]]'' used copies of various Muppets to parody key political figures, and Kermit renamed "Kermitterrand", embodied President [[François Mitterrand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/programmes-tele/2009/08/07/03012-20090807ARTFIG00474-bebete-show-guignols-le-duel-des-marionnettes-cathodiques-.php|title=Bébête show – Guignols : le duel des marionnettes cathodiques|last=Goulliaud|first=Philippe|work=[[Le Figaro]]|date=August 10, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104024737/http://www.lefigaro.fr/programmes-tele/2009/08/07/03012-20090807ARTFIG00474-bebete-show-guignols-le-duel-des-marionnettes-cathodiques-.php|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref> On May 21, 2018, Kermit and contestant [[Maddie Poppe]] performed "Rainbow Connection" live on [[American Idol (season 16)|''American Idol'']].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8543796/rainbow-connection-appreciation|title=In Praise of 'Rainbow Connection': The Little Song That Could|last=Grein|first=Paul|magazine=Billboard|date=November 15, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-date=March 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313075023/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8543796/rainbow-connection-appreciation|url-status=live}}</ref>

A still photo of Kermit sitting in his Director's chair with his megaphone in his hand from ''The Muppet Show'' appeared on a technical difficulties [[telop]] graphic on [[Metromedia]] owned-and-operated station [[KTTV]] Channel 11 in [[Los Angeles]] during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

As an [[April Fool's Day|April Fool's]] joke, Kermit hosted [[CNN]]'s ''[[Larry King Live]]'' in 1994 and interviewed [[Hulk Hogan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/1994-kermit-frog-filled-host-cnns-larry-king-live-236606|title=In 1994, Kermit The Frog filled in as host of CNN's Larry King Live|last=Blevins|first=Joe|date=May 11, 2016|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719021910/https://www.avclub.com/article/1994-kermit-frog-filled-host-cnns-larry-king-live-236606|archive-date=July 19, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking00.htm|title=Tough Pigs Anthology – April Frog's Day: Kermit on Larry King Live|publisher=Toughpigs.com|date=April 1, 1994|access-date=May 7, 2012|archive-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503181136/http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking00.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kermit was also a semi-regular during various incarnations of ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Himmelman|first=John|title=Discovering Amphibians: Frogs and Salamanders of the Northeast|publisher=Down East Books|isbn=9781461745075|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5dyrBAAAQBAJ&q=kermit|language=en|date=January 1, 2006}}</ref> with other Muppets such as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]] also making appearances on the original ''Hollywood Squares''.

In 2020, Kermit appeared on ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' with other Muppets characters as it was briefly rebranded "Muppet Night Football."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/muppets-espn-monday-night-football-broadcast/8f8wxugdkohq1jjp0o89m40rq| title = Why the Muppets are crashing ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' broadcast {{!}} Sporting News| date = August 12, 2021}}</ref>

On March 10, 2021, Kermit was the first celebrity to be unmasked on the [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 5|fifth season]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'', having performed in costume as "Snail".<ref>{{Cite web|title='The Masked Singer' premiere recap: Snail eliminated in unbelievable reveal|url=https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-masked-singer-season-5-premiere/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311020644/https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-masked-singer-season-5-premiere/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 7, 2023, Kermit, along with Miss Piggy, was invited to the [[Coronation Concert]] of [[Charles III|King Charles III]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stars including Take That and Kermit the Frog put on a night to remember at spectacular Coronation Concert |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2023/stars-including-take-that-and-kermit-the-frog-put-on-a-night-to-remember-at-spectacular-coronation-concert/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en }}</ref> He sat next to [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]], The Duke of Edinburgh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wroe |first=Danielle Kate |date=2023-05-07 |title=Kermit the Frog 'upstages' Royal family as he 'twins' with Prince Edward |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/kermit-frog-upstages-royal-family-29921249 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508152517/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/kermit-frog-upstages-royal-family-29921249 |url-status=live }}</ref>