Talk:List of The Muppet Show episodes

message: I plan on doing a general tidy up of the page, however before I do so I want to outline what I plan to do and get some feedback:
: 1. Remove the details about the two pilots.  I understand the reason for their inclusion in the first place, however they've never been shown in syndication as part of 'The Muppet Show'.
: 2. Remove the paragraphs giving background info about each season.  That's irrelevant material.
: 3. Airdates - to my mind we should list those airdates for the ITV region that produced the show, ATV.  For those three episodes that aired in the London region first, I think we should have a footnote explaining how they first aired outside the region before being screened as part of a repeat package (this type of thing has been done for the Wikipedia entry for Doctor Who's 20th Anniversary Special - although it was first screened in the USA, the date Wikipedia uses is the BBC airdate.)
: 4. Remove the "episode guide" style for each episode.  Listing every sketch/song and whether it was cut on DVD or Disney+ is irrelevant.  That type of information can be found on Muppet Wiki, and we can include an external link to their site.  All that's necessary for each episode is to list the episode number, the guest star, the airdate and the production number in the "headings box" and underneath write what the main backstage plot and subplot (if that episode has one) was for that episode.
: 5. Finally, I plan to include a mention of a special compilation show that aired in the UK called 'Best of the Muppets'.  This special showed clips from the Rita Moreno and Ethel Merman episodes, and it's airdate explains why some fan researchers mistakenly thought that the Ethel Merman episode aired on that day rather than the correct May date that Wiki User Crazyseiko discovered.
Thoughts or suggestions? David French (talk) 08:48, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I greatly disagree with these changes. The "episode guide" style for each episode gave very useful information, and removing it all is not helpful. Adding information about the special episode is great - dismantling the rest of the information is not. Please revert the damage you have done.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.14.192.102 (talk) 15:36, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you want a full episode guide then you can find one at Muppet Wiki, a link to which is provided at the bottom of the page. David French (talk) 09:17, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  General tidy up of page 

message: I think the intro to the episode list needs more detail about how numbering is done. There are three "episode numbers", two in the "No." field and the "Prod. Code". What are they? If the parenthesized number is at all important, it should be its own field so it can be sorted on. 🖖 ChristTrekker 🗣 15:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The numbers in parentheses appears to be the New York transmission order.  Essentially, there was one transmission order for the UK, one transmission order for the New York stations and one transmission order for the Los Angeles stations.  The production numbers are the official codes that were assigned to each episode. David French (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation of numbering 

message: If 1.01, 1.02, etc. are the episode production numbers, does that indicate the actual order they were produced?  Or could multiple episodes have been produced at the same time?  Elsquared (talk) 20:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  production numbering