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Really enjoyed it! Just an extension of the first film that came out a few years ago, with the Muppets having "gone Hollywood" - and the 1 Million Moms who are all hating on the series already only blowing smoke about A) something they haven't even seen yet; and B) something all their whining is only going to bring more press, attention, and probably ratings too. Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, it brings the old series into modern-day with the behind-the-scenes look at Miss Piggy's chat show, and was a lot of fun. Truly looking forward to more, and love the interaction with the live celebrities - this round, particularly with Elizabeth Banks and Piggy, or even her with Scooter in the electric cart!

Really wanted to like this. Really TRIED to like this, especially as Bradley Cooper is one of my favorite actors, and was so incredibly nice and humble when I had the good fortune to meet him in person.

But the series suffers from, first, a misfire in Jake McDorman, who from his first scene I just became so irritated with, it was hard to connect with or care about the character from then on. He's just not that good an actor, certainly not good enough to lead his own series (sorry, just one person's opinion, of course).

But the show itself was also a bit grating, as it seemed to deploy clichés of so many other series of the genre - friend of hero gets killed, hero is blamed for the crime and must prove himself innocent - and the scenes are he takes the drug and you have the multiple personalities and frenetic, headache-inducing scenes in need of ritalin ... nah, it was just too much. Might have thought different, had the show a better lead actor, but the pilot was enough for me and I don't think it will have a long life on CBS (much like "Supergirl").

Stopped reading James Patterson around the time he started pimping his name out for money to writer wannabes so they could get on the bestseller lists, but am a huge James Wolk fan, have thought Nonso Anozie was great since "Dracula", and was looking forward to this one ... and the pilot and second episode or so were intriguing.

But five episodes in, am growing to really dislike the series. The whole "reveal" in episode five I saw coming by episode three, and Billy Burke has got to be one of the worst actors in the history of television; all he ever does is play the same pompous ass know-it-all, and even that's grown thin - I just cringe whenever he's on-screen and want to turn the show off, period.

Worse, the animal scenes - what the entire series plays up - are few and far between, and one thing that always grates me in a film or TV series is when music cues or a thunder-like crescendo sounds to cue the viewer that "Hey, this is something important here, that you need to remember for later!" (or to let you know we are now going to WASHINGTON, D.C. or maybe ALABAMA or even RIO DE JANEIRO. And "Zoo", sadly, does that over and over and over again, drawing self-absorbed attention to itself and throwing you out of the viewing experience entirely.

Am thinking episode five is it for me. The series has gotten so melodramatic it's starting to get embarrassing for the actors, and - oh, yeah - did I mention that I regret watching it every time Billy Burke is on screen? Even the scene in ep5 with the bear, kind of cool potential but too many jump cuts back and forth and a weak resolution to that whole situation even had that fizzling like a wet firecracker.