By George Marston
Venerable entertainment news source Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the long running “Power Rangers” franchise will be moving to Nickelodeon from the Disney Channel, which has carried the rights to the show for the last several years now that it has been repurchased by original franchise owner Haim Saban.
The series will soon enter its 18th season of encouraging children to kick each other in the face, and alienating kids who are just a little too old to be summoning dinosaurs on their front lawn, and Saban hopes that the move will revitalize the show for future generations.
Saban claims that the franchise has generated “over 5 billion dollars” since its initial US launch, but I haven’t cared since they stopped riding around in mechanical dinosaurs in favor of super cars and emergency space shuttles. Saban is also reportedly planning to branch the franchise into new areas, including theme park attractions, which is actually a pretty good idea. What kid wouldn’t want to ride around on a ‘Zord? So, Newsarama, exactly how excited are you for the new season, and the theme park?
May 13th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Oh hell yeah!
May 13th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I am very excited. I don’t care that I’m 34 years old (LOL). I just hope that they go back to animal zords and stop with the vehicle zords.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Be interesting how much they use japanese footage if at all anymore but if I was a kid I would love to ride on zord.
May 18th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Disney Channel never aired Power Rangers. Heaven forbid Disney actually put something with more testosterone than the male cast members of their movies put together. No, they stuck it on a barely-available network, Disney XD (formerly Toon Disney), and a weak timeslot on ABC’s soon-to-be-gone Saturday morning lineup and not the Disney outlet that actually gets ratings.
And for the record, while the new season airs on Nickelodeon in 2011, the older 700-plus episodes will air on the increasingly mislabeled Nicktoons network.
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October 8th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
i really love PR and i am looking forward to seeing how Saban can revamp it. After SPD and maybe mystic force, the series went to the dogs, i wanna see the new storyline and characters and hopefully, more talented people in the story. Can’t wait. :]
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