ESPN

ESPN (the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) premiered in 1979, and is one of the leading brands in sports-related programming. The network and its related businesses are 80%-owned by The Walt Disney Company and 20%-owned by The Hearst Corporation.
==Appearances==
* 2005: Animal and Pepe the King Prawn appeared on All Access.
* August 2005: Statler and Waldorf appeared on Reel Classics Extra for 19 weeks starting in August 2005.
* February 2, 2006: Kermit the Frog appeared on Cold Pizza.
* 2007: Count von Count appeared in a series of segments 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.
* October 14, 2007: Kermit the Frog appeared in a segment titled "It's Not Easy Being Green" on Sunday NFL Countdown.
* 2008: 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.
* November 15, 2011: Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, Bunsen, Beaker, Statler and Waldorf appeared on Mike and Mike in the Morning to promote The Muppets.
* November 15, 2011: Statler and Waldorf appeared on SportsNation in November 2011 to promote The Muppets.
* January 2013: The Swedish Chef appears in a SportsCenter commercial.
* March 2015: The Muppets appear in a series of online videos talking about their NCAA "March Madness" brackets as part of the ESPN Tournament Challenge. The videos featured Kermit and Miss Piggy , Bunsen and Beaker and Statler and Waldorf .
* December 21, 2020: The Muppets appeared on Monday Night Football, rebranding the evening as "Muppet Night Football" .
==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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