Throw in the behind-the-scenes shakeup that cost The Muppets its showrunner early on and the dwindling ratings after a mid-Season 1 reboot, and it’s not all that surprising that The Muppets got the axe from ABC.
Interestingly, Frank Oz isn’t the only person to think that The Muppets was missing what made the Muppets so lovable in the first place.
The show was apparently a few ingredients short of a recipe for success.
Back when the show was still on the air, ABC President Paul Lee revealed that The Muppets wasn’t working because it didn’t have “the joy and the laughter and the heart that it should have.”