Changes: ESPN

Revision as of 18:34, 20 June 2011

ESPN has been airing since 1979 as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. It is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company and The Hearst Corporation.

Appearances

Animal and Pepe the King Prawn appeared on All Access on July 30, 2005 and August 2, 2005.
Statler and Waldorf appeared on Reel Classics Extra starting August 28, 2005 (and continuing for 19 weeks).
Kermit the Frog appeared on Cold Pizza on February 2, 2006.
Count von Count appeared in a series of segments in 2007 to provide special commentary on sports playback footage as "the number of the day." Jerry Nelson looped the Count to a performance by Matt Vogel with assistance by Paul McGinnis.
Kermit the Frog appeared in a segment titled "It's Not Easy Being Green" on Sunday NFL Countdown on October 14, 2007.
Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker appeared in a series of commercials for the network's awards show, the ESPYs, in 2008.

References

The Sesame Street video Count on Sports parodies the network as ESSN (Ernie's Sports Show News).

In Miss Piggy's Rules, the section "Moi's Top 10 Reasons you Are Better Off Without Him" lists #7 as "you can reactivate the ESPN channel-blocker."

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 * In ''[[Miss Piggy's Rules]]'', the section "Moi's Top 10 Reasons you Are Better Off Without Him" lists #7 as "you can reactivate the ESPN channel-blocker."
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