Beaker (Muppet) Bunsen, and Frank Welker provided Beaker's squeaky meeps. Beaker was performed by Kevin Clash in "The Muppet Show Live". An animated Beaker was also voiced by Richard Hunt, his usual performer during that period, when he appeared in the short lived "Little Muppet Monsters" series. Beaker's "meep" sound has become a well-known catchphrase, and is referenced in various media. In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain's favourite cinematic scientists. They beat Mr. Spock, their closest rival, by a margin of two
The Muppets was commissioned to write a script for a pilot with the working title, "Muppets 2015". In May 2015, ABC announced that it had greenlit a new primetime television series titled "The Muppets", co-developed by Prady and Bob Kushell and directed by Randall Einhorn. The series premiered on September 22, 2015 in the United States, and ended on March 1, 2016. In 2017, the Muppets performed a series of live shows from September 8–10 at the Hollywood Bowl, hosted by Bobby Moynihan. A web television series featuring the Muppets is in development as of February 2018, tentatively scheduled to debut alongside