Muppets Now

Also suffers from the issue of attempting to be too grounded in modern day human life. One of the charms of the original show was crazy antics. Cartoonish absurdism. When you try to ground everything muppet into the human world, rather than grounding humans in the muppet world, it looses that.

I got a few nice laughs from the first episode, and it's better than the last effort (although that also had it's moments), it also suffers from some of the same issues. It feels toned down, sedate.

Not bad, had some (predictably) funny moments. My biggest issue is that Kermit did not sound like Kermit.

The Muppets have had a hard time finding creative footing since Jim Henson died in the 1990s. Their output is generally hit and miss, and sometimes veers too far in trying to be trendy and "relevant." This new series is-- judging by the first episode-- harmless and pleasant, but not exactly mindblowing. The celebrity guests are rather uneven when it comes to improv skill, and the skits themselves are just okay. I'll watch more episodes before I write it off though.

Bros this Muppets Now Is boring, dull, slow, and for the most part, a cliche and lifeless reboot. 1/10

Episode 1 was quite good, got some laughs and made me want to see the next episode. That being said I have to agree about the new voices Kermit in particular just sounds wrong and it's really off putting. I thought Miss Piggy and Deadly were very fun together.