Nate Bargatze is currently trending due to the recent announcement that he will receive the 2026 NAB Television Chairman’s Award. This recognition, which highlights his achievements in the television and comedy industries, has generated significant interest as it positions him among prominent figures receiving accolades for their contributions to the media landscape.
The news has spurred over 10,000 searches, as fans and industry observers seek to learn more about Bargatze’s career and the significance of this upcoming award. Coverage from various media outlets, such as Hungama Express and TV Tech, has further fueled this curiosity, showcasing his accomplishments and increasing visibility around his work.
In addition to the award announcement, there has been interest in Bargatze’s personal life, particularly concerning his wife, Laura Bargatze, who is involved in the production of his podcast, “The Nateland Podcast.” This additional context may also contribute to the heightened search interest as audiences look to better understand the comedian’s personal and professional dynamics.
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1. Steve Martin & Martin Short 2. Chappell Roan 3. Ariana Grande 4. Kevin Hart 5. Fred Armisen & Bill Hader 6. Amy Poehler 7. Tyler the Creator 8. Zendaya 9. Pedro Pascal 10. LeBron James 11. Timothee Chalamet 12. John Mulaney
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If we have Pedro, and can we please have a mandalorian reference with Robin as Grogu?
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I had an idea for a running gag that Pedro keeps mistaking kermit for grogu “Oh yes, just wanted to say it was nice working with you again!” “Umm Mr Pascal, that was another green guy…”
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I’ll make some phone calls and see what I can do
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If you’re going to have Steve and Marty, you’ve got to have Selena Gomez on the same episode to round out the Only Murders in the Building gang. In fact, I’d say you have Selena as the main guest and let Steve and Marty sit in with Statler and Waldorf.
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1: Lin-Manuel Miranda 2: Lorde 3: Marc Summers 4: Gabriel Iglesias 5: Tom Holland and Zendaya 6: Melissa McCarthy 7: Dolly Parton 8: Hugh Jackman 9: Deborah Voight 10: Elijah Wood 11: Margot Robbie 12: Kenan Thompson
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1. Tyler, The Creator 2. Liam Neelson (I think that’s his last name) 3. Chappell Roan 4. Billie Eilish 5. Metallica ( 🤷🏻♂️) 6. Travis Scott (“it’s lit!”) 7. Jack Black 8. Kevin hart (comedy skit with Fozzie) 9. Adam Sandler (I’m just raddilling off now) 10. Nelly 11. Idk Seth Rogan deserves his own act.. 12. Tom hanks why not
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Weird Al, Shane Gillis, Steve Martin, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Bruno Mars, Jason Segel, Chappel Roan, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Tyler the Creator, Terry Crews I want a mix of old and new, comedians, actors, singers, and original guests from the OG Muppet Show. Edit the fact that 3 of us mentioned Tyler the Creator is a good sign 😭😭😭
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Omg, Weird Al would be amazing! With Daniel Radcliff together would be hilarious after Weird.
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I think the best guests are the ones that can interact seamlessly with the Muppets. Like Sabrina had a natural symmetry with Miss Piggy, so def Ariana. I think bringing back one or two old school folks would be great, say Steve Martin & Martin Short. Most former SNL cast members would be great, I’d throw Bowen Yang in there for sure.
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Someone said Weird Al and he would gel with them so well
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1. “Weird Al” Yankovic 2. Penn and Teller (It’s a tribute to vaudeville. You need magicians.) 3. Ayo Edebiri 4. Jeff Goldblum (A chance for him and the Muppets to have another go at Wizard of Oz.) 5. Jordan Peele (I’m thinking for a Halloween episode.) 6. Alice Cooper (The sequel.) 7. Martin Short and Steve Martin (Both were on different Muppet shows.) 8. Maya Hawke (She’ll probably be my most controversial pick, but she’s quirky and pleasant in a way that suits the Muppets. Plus, they can play with her role as Anxiety in Inside Out 2.) 9. Aubrey Plaza 10. Lady Gaga 11. Sarah Sherman (She’s basically a modern clown. Perhaps she couldn’t go full Sarah Squirm, but a more PG version of her zaniness could work for the Muppets.) 12. Will Ferrell (Holiday episode.)
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Penn & Teller were actually on Muppets Tonight also, not that they couldn’t potentially appear again but FYI
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Oh, I know. I almost mentioned it, but I decided not to. They basically did one bit and dipped.
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No particular order, numbered just for keeping track of how many I got. 1. Alan Cumming 2. Weird Al 3. Mark Hamill 4. Daniel Radliff 5. Lady Gaga 6. Jennifer Lawrence 7. Nathan Fillion 8. Alan Tudyk 9. Graham Norton 10. Benedict Cumberbatch 11. Jason Segel (Edit) 12. I numbered the list and still forgot one. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez doing an ‘only murders in the studio’ episode
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I love seeing serious people with Muppets Adam Driver, Idris Elba, Chappell Roan, BTS, Gordon Ramsey, John Cena, Rihanna, Cynthia Erivo, Keanu Reeves, Rachel McAdams, Kristen Stewart
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1. Chappell Roan 2. Weird Al Yankovic 3. Ayo Edeberi 4. Dolly Parton 5. Bowen Yang 6. Bindi and Robert Irwin 7. Lin-Manuel Miranda 8. Key and Peele 9. Kelly Clarkson 10. Robert Downey Jr 11. Chance the Rapper 12. Steve Martin and Martin Short
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Dolly would be amazing.
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cole escola, tyler the creator, jinkx monsoon, chappell roan, audra mcdonald
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I want Bad Bunny so I can put a bunch of bunnies on the stage.
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I feeble as I don’t know a lot of modern celebrities! But I”ll play a little: Elijah Wood . The Hobbit/LoTR possibilities are endless
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Elisha? Well at least we can’t say you didn’t warn us.
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Spelling always gets me! corrected thanks,
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Patrick Stewart for an epic pigs in space Bad bunny to piss off the right Myself so I can act with kermit Stanley tucci Charlie day Kenan Thompson Scarlet Johansson Obama Jason kelce Michael Caine John cusack Tim Burton
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For his hard work with the stage shows, they probably should throw Bobby Moynihan a bone, but he’s not well known enough
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1. Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke 2. Lady Gaga 3. Andy Samberg 4. Weird Al 5. Idris Elba 6. Ariana Grande 7. Chance the Rapper 8. Tyler the Creator 9. Chapel Roan 10. Lin-Manuel Miranda 11. Seth McFarland 12. Kristen Wiig
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How about the retired puppeteer like Frank Oz
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1.) Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver (maybe some of the other sequel era stars) for a Star Wars Muppet Episode 2 where the cast spends most of the episode ripping on how terrible the sequels were, and at the end Mark Hamill shows up again 2.) Taylor Swift, I NEED her and Miss Piggy to fight 3.) Cynthia Erivo and/or Ariana Grande, and they would need to reference Muppets Wizard of Oz in some way 4.) The three Marvel Chriss, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Chris Pratt, I feel like the Muppets could do something funny with that 5.) Lin-Manuel Miranda, and have them do a Hamilton parody where Sam Eagle gets to talk about how great America is or whatever 6.) Weird Al, he would just fit right it with the Muppets 7.) Jack Black, where he got kidnapped again and again nobody but Kermit cares 8.) Idina Menzel and/or Kristen Bell, Disney would probably want them do this to promote Frozen 3 and 4 9.) Tom Hanks 10.) Daniel Radcliffe 11.) Frank Oz 12.) Anyone who was on the OG Muppet Show and is still alive for a sort of follow-up episode
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Hugh Jackman Ariana Grande Adam Sandler Zoe Saldaña Ed Sheeran Zendaya Rihanna Rowan Atkinson Hugh Laurie Sadie Sink Jonathan Groff Tom Holland
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1. Josh O’Connor 2. Steve Martin & Martin Short 3. Daniel Craig 4. Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen 5. Robert Pattinson 6. Daniel Radcliffe 7. Emma Stone 8. Laufey 9. Amelia Dimoldenberg 10. John Mulaney 11. Sarah Sherman 12. Bad Bunny
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I’m trying to think about stars who have worked under the disney umbrella in the past, and who could be brought on to advertise their own shows (synergy!!!) Sorry Benoit Blanc, I fear you’re trapped on the Netflix side, never to interact with your ideal cast. 1. Weird Al (obviously) 2. Alan Cumming 3. Chance the Rapper (I enjoyed his snl episode and willingness to commit to the bit) 4. The full Abbot Elementary cast (in character crossover episode style) 5. Dolly Parton 6. Daniel Radcliffe (I adore his weird roles, he’d play off the muppets well) 7. Winona Ryder (I just want more Winona) 8. Steve Martin & Martin Short & Selena Gomez (OMITB advertising and a way to circumvent the no repeats rule) 9. David Tennant 10. Corbin Bleu (he’s been doing awesome on broadway and I’d love him back on my screens) 11. Milo Manheim (Disneys next IT boy once tangled comes out, already a huge triple threat) 12. Lynda Carter (I know she’s done it once, I just want her back)
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You all know Disney is going to be about that corporate synergy so I expect quite a few stars from their shows and upcoming movies… plus some of Seth’s friends. Let’s just hope that doesn’t include Kim but it probably will …. 2026-2027 season 1) Selena Gomez (special appearances by Steve Martin & Martin Short) 2) Glen Powell (Chad Powers s2) 3) Olivia Rodrigo (or maybe Olivia Dean – one of the Olivias)…or maybe Dolly Parton and save these 4) Paul Rudd or another Avengers Doomsday cast member – Rudd is also a friend of Seth’s 5) Lebron James 6) Arden Cho, the Muppets keep asking her to sing not understanding and EJAE shows up at end to help 7) Lionel Richie 8) Quinta Brunson 9) Derek Hough 10) Simone Biles 11) Weird Al 12) Brandi Carlile (special appearance by Elton John) * I did consider Ryan Gosling for Last Starfighter promo and he actually can sing too, but I’m not sure if he would Like the Simpsons and Family Guys sometimes have Disney+ holiday exclusives, I am going to cheat and say that The Muppet Show has a Christmas time one with one or more of the Jonas Brothers Season 2/Beyond: * Kristen Bell (Frozen 3) * Pedro Pascal (Avengers Secret War) * Milo Manheim (live action Tangled) * Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries 3) * Zendaya (the next Spiderman movie after the one this summer, plus is with Disney musically) * Kathryn Hahn (stars with Rogen on Studio, + Marvel) * Ginnifer Goodwin or Jason Bateman (Zootopia 3) * Joseph Gordon Levitt (costarred with Rogen in a couple films and hosted Sesame’s 50th) * Chappell Roan * Robert Irwin * I know…I’m cheating…so many good possibilities including many others have said that I haven’t yet like Tyler the Creator, Chance, Brad Paisley, Lady Gaga, etc. And I wouldn’t mind if some were swapped out for say, a ballet star. I enjoyed how the original drew from all areas of culture.
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I suggested a lot of these awhile back, including the whole corporate synergy angle and got downvoted out of existence. I think you could get a lot of great episodes and never choose anyone outside the Disney “family” — which says more about the conglomeration of modern corporate America than it does about the show or the Muppets.
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1. Terry Crews 2. Jeff Dunham 3. John Mulaney 4. Andrew Garfield 5. Chappel Roan 6. The Cast of Smosh 7. Steve Martin & Martin Short 8. Weird Al 9. Kevin Smith & Jason Mews 10. Robert Downey jr 11. Cynthia Erivo 12. Elton John
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1. Ariana Grande 2. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez 3. Taylor Swift 4. Danny DeVito 5. Shakira 6. Jason Statham 7. Elvira 8. Daniel Craig 9. Steph Curry 10. Eddie Murphy 11. Bruno Mars 12. Simone Biles
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Weird Al. Jenna Ortega. Lady Gaga. Chappell Roan.Tracy Morgan. Daniel Radcliffe. CM Punk. Chris Rock. Lonely Island crew in one episode. Sadie Sink. Taylor Tomlinson
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Mark Hamill
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Weird Al Yankovic David Byrne Keith David Chappell Roan Christina Chong Jodie Whittaker Pedro Pascal Iñaki Godoy Lin Manuel MIranda EJAE, Rei Ami, & Audrey Nuna Ken Jeong (shows up asking where his band is; gets told he missed them). Stellan Skarsgard (I want him to treat the show with the same intense gravitas that he did Andor.)
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All lists are meaningless without Weird Al. 🪗
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1.) Arianna Grande 2.) Pedro Pascal 3.) Tom Holland and Zendaya 4.) Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana 5.) Lady Gaga 6.) Mark Hamill 7.) Jonathan Bailey 8.) Simone Biles 9.) Brendan Frasier 10.) Dolly Parton 11.) Josh Gad 12.) Jonathan Groff
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Key & Peele Annie Murphy & Dan Levy as Alexis and David Rose Kate McKinnon Peter Dinklage Maybe Ariana Grande, but the version of her from 5 years ago when she was…funnier Brad Paisley (he would write something funny to sing with them)
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1. David Tennant 2. Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez 3. Timothy Chalmette 4. Josh Gad 5. Andy Serkis and Martin Scorsese 6. CM Punk 7. Lebron James 8. Ghost and the Count for a Halloween special 9. Noah Kahan 10. Michael B Jordan 11. Kyle MacLachlan 12. Macaulay Culkin for a Christmas special
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Married couple Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song together would be so much fun! And thank you for remembering to put Selena with Steve and Marty.
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Oh ffs this is asked multiple times a day. It’s a sad fan group if the same questions are asked repeatedly, so quickly. Then again, this is probably AI engagement farming as that’s how AI works…..the same issues get asked over and over as the bot knows what keeps people engaged. And after a little while, the question stops getting asked when something new pops up. But given that there are also tons of responses to these posts, my guess is that the responses aren’t by actual humans, either, at least not many of them. Dead internet theory is real.
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Charli XCX Jane Krakowski Julia Louis-Dreyfus Jinkx Monsoon Matt Rogers Issa Rae Tom Daley Bad Bunny Bruno Mars Constance Wu Larry David Chappelle Roan
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Jenna Maroney was basically Miss Piggy, so Jane Krakowski might be a bit of a retread of the Sabrina Carpenter appearance. They could probably come up with something new, though.
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I want her storyline where she is the insecure one angry at Ms. piggy and Ms Piggy is just not noticing because somethings going wrong with her number and she’s mostly worried about that
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1) Benedict Cumberbatch 2) Jensen Ackles 3) Cynthia Erivo 4) Lindsey Stirling 5) James Marsden 6) Summer Glau 7) Amy Acker 8) Keith David 9) Erika Henningsen 10) Christian Borle 11) Patrick Stewart 12) Brent Spiner
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Y’all are going with **too** many A-listers. Go check out who starred in the OG version. It’s a VARIETY show, let’s get some variety, and use it as a platform for talent that hasn’t gotten a bigger platform and those whose stars have faded. Also remember, one of the rules of the Muppet Show is NO repeat performers. 1. Martin Short (with Steve Martin in the audience, circumventing the repeat rule). 2. Audra McDonald — winningest Tony Award winner of all time. 3. Selena Gomez (with Steve Martin AND Martin Short in the audience, circumventing the repeat rule. 4. Lucy Darling. IYKYK 5. Weird Al. Pretty obvious. 6. Zendaya 7. Keanu Reaves 8. Gorillaz (Damon Albarn) 9. Jamie Foxx (let him SING) 10. Bec Hill 11. Hugh Jackman 12. Zoe Saldana
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