The Muppets to be a vital component of its increasing popularity, providing an "effective and pleasurable viewing" method of presentation for the series' educational curriculum. In the early 1970s, the Muppets continued their presence in television, primarily appearing in "The Land of Gorch" segments during the first season of "Saturday Night Live". As his involvement with "Sesame Street" continued, Henson mused about the possibility of creating a network television series featuring the Muppets; as opposed to "Sesame Street", however, this proposed series would be aimed at a more adult audience and focus largely on sketch comedy. Two pilot specials, "The Muppets Valentine
The Farm (UK TV series) 15.2% audience share for Five. The show's second series began in May 2005 with a new nightly timeslot of 10.30pm, with the first episode taking 1.17 million viewers and a 9.2% audience share. The second series did not rate as well as the first however, and overall managed an average of 1.19 million viewers in its timeslot. The Farm (UK TV series) The Farm is the British version of the international TV format "The Farm", produced by Strix. The show had a number of celebrities appear on it during its two series run on Five between 2004 and 2005. After