They would have done better if the writing was focused on the kid audience knowing that their parents will watch anyway. After the success of the movies The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, ABC had no problem green-lighting the new TV show based on the iconic characters.

An early review of the show on USA Today states, “Don’t panic”.

Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog might no longer be a couple, but the pair are still keeping their professional obligations, no matter how awkward they might be.

Miss Piggy also made a dig at Jimmy when comparing his show to her late-night program.

As previously revealed, Kermit admitted that his new love interest is a marketing executive at ABC, named Denise. “What can I say?” he says. “He has a thing for pigs”.

The new primetime The Muppets is not family-friendly, a new press release from the notoriously overreacting One Million Moms’ group writes. Miss Piggy remains as boisterous as ever but now spouts about being pro-choice. The reason isn’t sufficiently clever or amusing.

Aside from Banks other guest stars include: Tracy Anderson as herself, Tom Bergeron as himself, Meagan Fay as Holly, Jere Burns as Carl, Riki Lindhome as Becky, Nilla Watkins as Kim and Layla Alizada as Betty. “Not wrong – just wrong for me”. Kermit, now her ex-boyfriend, is the producer, Fozzie serves as the sidekick, and The Electric Mayhem provide the house band. Miss Piggy is a star in her own right and spends more time canoodling with Hollywood’s elite than actually working.

The museum opened in 1991 to honor the Muppets creator, who died in 1990. Rebecca Traister, in a piece last week headlined “The Muppets should not be having sex, people”, ably captured the sentiment that the Muppets, ideal and lovely (and, sure, fictional), should not be besmirched by tawdry gossip and innuendo. Now it feels like a job. In the first, Kermit insists on booking Elizabeth Banks as a guest despite Piggy’s protestations.