Review: The Muppets redeem themselves — well, Disney does — with delightful 'Muppets Now'

Just because you own a brand doesn't mean you know what to do with it. The Muppets, which have been largely controlled by Disney since 2004, have had their ups and downs over those 16 years. The height of their success in that time came with the very popular, well-reviewed Jason Segel film "The Muppets." The height of their failure, to my mind, was the 2015 ABC series also called "The Muppets," a mockumentary account of the production of a late-night show starring Miss Piggy that overlaid a sophisticated worldliness, and adult cares, onto the troupe.

Audiences, too, have their own ideas of what should be done with an