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09-15-2020, 03:18 AM
https://www.looper.com/246989/every-muppet-tv-show-ranked/
In 2011, actor-writer Jason Segel revived the Muppets with The Muppets, the first feature film in the franchise in more than a decade. It was also a return to form, striking a balance between zany comedy, nostalgia, and emotional resonance. As a result, the Muppets' corporate parent, Disney, soon got to work on bringing Kermit and the gang back to TV, and in 2015, the studio premiered the ABC sitcom The Muppets.
Wasting all the goodwill earned with the 2011 movie, the show struck a jarringly different tone from which Muppets fans had grown accustomed. It was a modern-day update on The Muppet Show both in format and tone. No longer a theatrical-based variety show, it took place behind the scenes of a late-night talk show hosted by Miss Piggy. And instead of zany, it was cynical, bitter, and geared only at adults — things the Muppets had never really been before. In fact, Kermit seemed to be going through a mid-life crisis, deeply unhappy in his job backstage at a show for his former lover. And yeah, we said "former." Producers split up uber-couple Kermy and Piggy for The Muppets.
Miss Piggy, meanwhile, embodied the cliche of a self-absorbed star, an aggrandizing diva with a fragile ego who treated everyone around her like trash. It's no wonder this flimsy 30 Rock rehash was reworked (https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Why-Retooled-Muppets-Worse-Every-Way-115547.html) in the middle of its first season ... and then didn't make it to a second one.
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In 2011, actor-writer Jason Segel revived the Muppets with The Muppets, the first feature film in the franchise in more than a decade. It was also a return to form, striking a balance between zany comedy, nostalgia, and emotional resonance. As a result, the Muppets' corporate parent, Disney, soon got to work on bringing Kermit and the gang back to TV, and in 2015, the studio premiered the ABC sitcom The Muppets.
Wasting all the goodwill earned with the 2011 movie, the show struck a jarringly different tone from which Muppets fans had grown accustomed. It was a modern-day update on The Muppet Show both in format and tone. No longer a theatrical-based variety show, it took place behind the scenes of a late-night talk show hosted by Miss Piggy. And instead of zany, it was cynical, bitter, and geared only at adults — things the Muppets had never really been before. In fact, Kermit seemed to be going through a mid-life crisis, deeply unhappy in his job backstage at a show for his former lover. And yeah, we said "former." Producers split up uber-couple Kermy and Piggy for The Muppets.
Miss Piggy, meanwhile, embodied the cliche of a self-absorbed star, an aggrandizing diva with a fragile ego who treated everyone around her like trash. It's no wonder this flimsy 30 Rock rehash was reworked (https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Why-Retooled-Muppets-Worse-Every-Way-115547.html) in the middle of its first season ... and then didn't make it to a second one.
Read More: https://www.looper.com/246989/every-muppet-tv-show-ranked/?utm_campaign=clip