Video: "The Muppets" Official ABC Trailer

[JimAndFrank]

I would have given my review of the teaser hours ago, but I had work to do. However, I have had the following cooking up in my head....

I was so excited when I saw the teaser this morning, but for the sake of my parents, I kept my happiness contained in the back of my mind.

So I was calm on the outside, but on the inside.......

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Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel,
My head keeps refusing to work out how it’s ‘sposed to feel.
Like a puppy with its tongue out as it runs on down the beach?
Like a sad baby with no mother as it soon begins to screech?
Fans throw their hands up in the air as they all start to rejoice,
Throwing love at the ABC for the great fantastic choice!
Now that the Muppets finally won, it’s time for some huge fun!


Now that trailers come to surface, there are some questions we must ask!
For instance, will the show end up living up to the huge expected task?
Will Miss Piggy ever own up to her flaws to save her relationship?
Or will she and Kermit’s love just dive down an unwanted dip?
Will poor Gonzo ever come to enjoy the interview cut-a-ways?
We all agree that Chip the Random Muppet has seen much better days.
Is the show gonna well, or will it be a bacon wrapped ****?

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So basically, I took 'The Windmills of Your Mind' and used it to describe how messed up my head is while I process this whole thing!

 

[dwayne1115]

So 99% of the time that Kermit and Piggy are "broken up" it's Piggy's fault. What if for a change it is not her fault, but Kermit's? We all know Kermit has a short fuse when it comes to Piggy's over reacting, and pushiness,but we have never really seen where Piggy would draw the line and end there relationship. So maybe there is more to Kermit dating then first meets the eye.

 

[goldenstate5]

This show is up against some stiff competition. The Tuesday slot demonstrates a lot of confidence in the Muppets and I appreciate that. However, Wednesday would be Modern Family adjacent and that might be the better place for the show.

The Tuesday block will have the Muppets in competition with The Voice on NBC, He||'s Kitchen on Fox, NCIS on CBS and The Flash on the CW.

The Wednesday block would compete with The Mysteries of Laura on NBC, American Idol on Fox, Survivor on CBS and Arrow on the CW.

Either way, there's always DVR, OnDemand and Hulu for those with split loyalties.

Yikes. I'm grateful for ABC to be so confident, but it really would flourish better on Wednesday, even though it's already jam-packed. Again: fingers crossed!

 

[beaker]

So insane that this show was pitched in march and filmed just the other week. Never would have imagined. And Prady is right; TMS was a vaudville variety show as it was spoofing the late 60s/70s tv style of shows. And here in 2015 that's exactly what it's doing. You have Big Bang Theory and what, 2 Broke girls still going the old school sitcom style? No brainer to go with the Office/Modern Family style. Just works incredibly well to me, and can only imagine the possibilities.

The fact this new show looks to be playing to both adult tv audiences and hardcore Muppet fans simultaneously is so so very amazing.
People who have no interest in a modern production with the Muppets or want them to go back to vaudville can always just keep rewatching the old tapes I guess.

 

[dwayne1115]

So insane that this show was pitched in march and filmed just the other week. Never would have imagined. And Prady is right; TMS was a vaudville variety show as it was spoofing the late 60s/70s tv style of shows. And here in 2015 that's exactly what it's doing. You have Big Bang Theory and what, 2 Broke girls still going the old school sitcom style? No brainer to go with the Office/Modern Family style. Just works incredibly well to me, and can only imagine the possibilities.

The fact this new show looks to be playing to both adult tv audiences and hardcore Muppet fans simultaneously is so so very amazing.
People who have no interest in a modern production with the Muppets or want them to go back to vaudville can always just keep rewatching the old tapes I guess.

The way that they are stepping away from the Muppet Show makes me wonder if they will ever release Seasons four and five of the Muppet Show.

 

[charlietheowl]

Love the idea of the talk show being the show-within-the-show. Variety shows were big in the 70s, and talk shows are big now. Think of all the Jimmy Fallon or Jimmy Kimmel videos people share on Facebook the morning after they air. It's a way to stay current and allow for celebrity guests in more of a supporting role than on the original show.

 

[Bear Man]

Article with Bill Prady explaining the new show!

http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/the-muppets-everything-we-know-so-far.html

Thanks for the link to the article - a really interesting read. Unfortunately there was one big thing that made me go "uh-oh", and that was the fact that the development of this has been so incredibly fast, and the pilot episode that was so-well-received wasn't actually a full pilot, but only a 10 minute piece. Muppets can do short pieces really well, it's when they start to go for longer that, in my opinion, the quality of product can start to drop off (or the audience's interest, initially captivated by the novelty factor of puppets, starts to wane). Combine such a fast development time with a product that actually hasn't even been tested to the full lengths that a show normally would during pilot season, and there's a real chance this could fizzle fast.

 

[Duke Remington]

The way that they are stepping away from the Muppet Show makes me wonder if they will ever release Seasons four and five of the Muppet Show.

Please don't even go there and don't read into things.

 

[RealWonderman]

I have no problem with Piggy here. Piggy is a diva...a Star. She has always been dismissive of the others, even in the movies, where she was just "playing" Piggy. In real life, these are just people she's worked with over the years, and since she is a diva, and quite self absorbed, it's believable that she may not have ever bothered to learn their names...just her scripts.
It's like Madonna remembering the names of every back up dancer she ever worked with (in Piggy's mind, the other Muppets are really just back-up to her star.)

 

[Duke Remington]

Thanks for the link to the article - a really interesting read. Unfortunately there was one big thing that made me go "uh-oh", and that was the fact that the development of this has been so incredibly fast, and the pilot episode that was so-well-received wasn't actually a full pilot, but only a 10 minute piece. Muppets can do short pieces really well, it's when they start to go for longer that, in my opinion, the quality of product can start to drop off (or the audience's interest, initially captivated by the novelty factor of puppets, starts to wane). Combine such a fast development time with a product that actually hasn't even been tested to the full lengths that a show normally would during pilot season, and there's a real chance this could fizzle fast.

Can we please stop nitpicking, worrying and get back to being positive and happy for the fact that the new show was even greenlit in the first place as well as actually looking promising overall?