Wanna buy a Muppet?

EM.TV, the troubled German media company that paid $680 million for The Muppets just two years ago, may only get about $200 million if is able to unload the characters, who include Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, the New York Post observed Thursday, citing industry analysts. Chris Bryne, editor of Toy Report, told the newspaper: “The problem is that the Muppets aren’t hot the way they once were. … Any new owner will face the difficulty of trying to make all these characters relevant again.” Among the possible buyers, the Post said, are Disney, Viacom and Jim Henson Productions, the Muppets’ creators.