Comeback kids (and frogs) 'Andy Richter Controls the Universe' and 'It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie' brighten holiday weekend.(Time Out!)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2002 | by Cox, Ted

Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist Two longtime comic favorites return to TV this weekend. One had great success followed by a long hiatus, the other more humble success and a short hiatus. Both are as cuddly as they are wacky. One just happens to be green. Kermit the Frog leads the long-awaited return of the Muppets in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" at 7 p.m.

today on NBC's WMAQ Channel 5. "Andy Richter Controls the Universe," the amusing workplace sitcom featuring the pudgy former "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" sidekick, likewise bounces back at 8:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox's WFLD Channel 32. Your friendly neighborhood TV critic feels compelled to point out that neither finds its comedy troupe at peak power. But either working at...