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And IMHO, a very intelligent post it is. While I still see no earthly reason why Disney would want the Muppets, Disney by far would be the best home for them, at least in terms of exposure, for the very reasons you've mentioned. Look at it this way - Disney has managed to retain the public...

Re: Does anyone care what you think? "No one liked the Star Wars movies"? Are you serious? And you think CGI is to blame? Silly me, I thought the series has raked in oceans of cash, and, even sillier, I thought the reason the films nonetheless bit was because of the scripting. I was a...

Hope this is okay, Philip. This is a short blurb from the HR - I'm not a subscriber, so I can't give you the full story: As the bidding for the Jim Henson Co. winds down this month, more suitors have joined billionaire Haim Saban in the hunt for Kermit, Miss Piggy and other Muppet characters...

Now, what have I been telling you guys? ;) Smart man, that Mike Horn. Maybe he should run the show at Henson. :D BTW, Philip, were Katie's comments about the slimmer Piggy enthusiastic, derogatory, or what?

The Muppets are a dated commodity. In addition, Henson's frequent blunders in writing and characterization have alienated some viewers, plus it's a simple fact that no hand puppet can compete with the new visual technology. What do the Muppets have to offer audiences today that Pixar and...

The guy I'm in contact with is with the PR department, locally speaking. FWIW, he watched the special and liked it. But he told me it "underperformed". I wouldn't have come here yet again and argued this point - talk about beating a dead horse! - but the blatant lies over at Toughpigs (???)...

Just wanted to add that at some website called "Toughpigs" (?) the webmaster is saying that the ratings were "3 times what NBC expected". Oh, har har. Now that I know is a crock. Divide 5.7 (households rating) or 11 million (viewers) by 3 and what do you get? He even says the term used regarding...

Well, I'm *usually* cranky, so there you are. ;) However, regarding the ratings - yes, the movie did better in the 18-49 audience for a Friday than any other show so far this season. But as one TV reviewer at the Washington Post put it: "Come to think of it, that's not saying much, considering...

I'm guessing that the lackluster ratings performance of the movie probably doesn't inspire much interest in producing new stuff, so the Muppet archives are probably Valentine's main interest in the company. Although the Henson library has been pretty much plundered by now, what with the...

No Miss Piggy?

The official final ratings are in. The Muppet movie ended up with a 5.7 rating, which placed it in the mid-50's in the rankings. Make of that what you will. Frankly, figuring out Nielsen ratings is too much like math and makes my head hurt... :D

Yeah, my friend is PR for my local affiliate. And he's pretty down about the film. I have no idea how others involved in NBC feel about the film's performance beyond what this guy has told me. (And BTW, he probably told me more than he should have). ;) NBC really expected - according to him -...

What I'm hearing is, probably never again on NBC. Despite the good spin some media outlets are giving the movie, word is NBC is *not* happy with the ratings results and will not likely yield up two hours of airtime in the future for a rerun that will continue to deliver diminishing returns...

I beg to differ. I did not see the special, but I downloaded the clip at NBC.com. And IMO Eric is far far BETTER with Piggy than Frank has been for YEARS. In his last days performing Piggy, it was painfully obvious, at least to me, that Frank had lost his touch. Clearly he could no longer really...

*bows to your infallible logic* :D

Well, you may be right (I'm a graduate of "ratings school" - that is if you grade on the curve ;) ) - anyway, what my friend said about expectations was that NBC expected the movie to do numbers at least along the lines of what "The Santa Clause" repeat did on ABC a couple of weeks ago, but it...

Well, I hope this doesn't start yet another round of debate, and Variety and Hollywood Reporter are certainly reliable sources for this kind of info, but for what it's worth: I asked a friend of mine who does PR for my local NBC affiliate about the ratings, and he told me (and yes, this is just...

Ahhh, somebody else who "just doesn't get it" ;)

If the Muppets want to get "adult" and "edgy", then the best way to do that is NOT to have puppets drool over human body parts. That's lame and never, ever works ("Greg the Bunny", anyone?) All that does is confuse/disgust kids and make grownups uncomfortable. The best thing the Muppets have in...

NBC's regular lineup does far better than the Muppet film did in that same timeslot. FWIW. And what won NBC's the night's ratings was "Law and Order". But if you all think this was a smash hit...again, suit yourselves.