This week The Muppets behind-the-scenes turmoil caught up to them. This week the Muppets slid down in the rating share of 1.2 for adults 18-49.

In the episode, Patrick Dempsey cancels a guest appearance due to an unforeseen poison ivy rash, and plans are made to have Swedish Chef carve a butter sculpture of Miss Piggy’s head. Unfortunately, Sweetums crashes while transporting a giant block of the churned dairy product. The on-set mess along with an elevator malfunction and ever-changing lunch orders has Kermit stressed to the point where he passes out. I enjoyed the episode and thought it was actually one of the most comical of the season, but the ratings did not reflect that.

In other muppets news, it was recently released that The Muppets teamed up with Warburton’s Giant Crumpets for a £25m integrated campaign. You can watch the awesome two minute advertisement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLfMrj74otA

You can find the most recent episode here: http://abc.go.com/shows/the-muppets/episode-guide/season-01/07-pigs-in-a-blackout