It is perhaps the most controversial series of the fall television season, a dark reworking of old children's tales in which the world is stood on its head and darkness comes out of the light. I speak of course of "The Muppets," which begins Tuesday on ABC.
The short description is that it's "The Larry Sanders Show" overlaid with "The Office." And Muppets.
As you may have heard, given the big promotional run-up, Kermit and Miss Piggy are no longer together, though he is producing her late-night series, "Up Late With Miss Piggy." Of his ex, whose quirks he used to find "sexy," he says, "If you take dating out of the equation, she's just a lunatic.