‘The Muppet Show’ Review: Seth Rogen’s Faithful Reboot of a TV Classic Plays the Hits

In the two decades since acquiring The Muppets, Disney has never appeared to have a clear idea of what to do with Jim Henson’s beloved characters.

Things started off strong with the 2011 film “The Muppets,” a charmingly nostalgic reboot that went out of its way to remind us why we loved Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo in the first place. The film’s success suggested that a new era of big-screen adventures was on the horizon, but that fizzled out after 2014’s “Muppets Most Wanted” disappointed at the box office.

The franchise then shifted its efforts to the small screen with Bill Prady and Bob Kushell’s 2015 mockumentary series (which was also titled “The Muppets”), which stripped the characters from their vaudeville roots and presented them in a dryly hilarious single-camera sitcom that didn’t shy away from adult situations. That series remains one of the boldest and…