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Disney+, following a lengthy development process, has handed out a series order to comedy The Muppets Mayhem, with Lilly Singh set to star.

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00:00The Muppets are headed for Disney Plus. Following a lengthy development process,

00:11the streamer has handed out a series order to the comedy The Muppets Mayhem, with Lilly Singh

00:16set to star. The comedy will follow the Electric Mayhem band as it records its first-ever album.

00:22Lilly Singh will star as the human lead Nora, the junior A&R executive who is tasked with

00:27managing and wrangling the band that originally debuted in the pilot for The Muppet Show in 1975.

00:33The series is described as a music-filled journey in which the 45-year-old band comes face-to-face

00:38with the current-day music scene as they attempt to go platinum. Sources say the 10-episode comedy

00:43will begin filming in April. The Electric Mayhem series is the second attempt by Disney Plus to

00:48revive The Muppets as an ongoing series. The first attempt, Muppets Live Another Day,

00:53was scrapped after creators Adam Horwitz, Eddie Kitsis, and Josh Gad walked away from the project

00:58after a months-long development process. As for Singh, Muppets Mayhem marks her latest venture

01:03with ABC Signature after she had a reoccurring role in season two of the studio's Hulu comedy

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