What Happened to the Puppets?

Today, I was shocked with the realization that puppets are being removed from popularity in today’s media.   I think there are two main reasons for my feeling this way and my arrival at such a woeful conclusion.  The first reason, is that the primary media through which I was exposed to puppets was Sesame Street and lets face it, sadly, I’m a little too old and busy to loyally follow Sesame Street these days.  I’m not even completely sure that they still produce Sesame Street or if it has sadly digressed to re-runs.
I also recall, that when I was just a wee little lad there were always Muppets movies to submerge my senses in blissful hours of entertainment.  This was premium, clean, and original entertainment.  Has the world moved onto better things thanks to flashy CGI? Is bigger, shinier, and newer really better?  Does anyone care that it’s the Muppet Central websites’ twelve year anniversary?  I care! I would almost rather see a puppet version of Avatar, which would be twice as entertaining and cost about one thousand percent less to create.  Why do you have to waste money for the fancy new shit, when you could just use puppets?!?!  Come on people!
I will agree though, that it is hard to take a puppet seriously once you are beyond the age of six or maybe even ten for you late bloomers out there.   Due to that fact,  most recent puppet media is of a comical nature such as Crank Yankers or Team America: World Police.  What is the world of puppet entertainment coming to?  Are we going to see puppet porno next?  What happened to the puppets that taught us the alphabet and good manners?    Could a movie with an all puppet cast experience success in today’s filth filled box office with out the filth?