What next for Power Rangers?
 

So, assuming Dino Charge continues the current seasonal pattern, this newly announced show concept will carry PR through 2016- which is when Saban's broadcast contract with Nick supposedly runs out.

Now the obvious choice is for them to just re-sign with another revised deal but worst-case scenario: what if Nick doesn't want the show anymore?

Where else could Power Rangers go? Saban's Vortexx isn't really a big enough draw for new episodes I think. The Hub's a direct competitor so they're right out. And nobody can count on Cartoon Network anymore.


So what are your thoughts? What should happen next??

My hope is Vortexx. Or they do a deal with The Hub, but Hub is Hasbro. The best option for them is either Cartoon Network or Vortexx.

I can see it going to either CN or the Hub.

If Nick doesn't want it it'll go to Vortexx.

The only way is for saban brand to talk with Disney ask if they can air power ranger on XD again but form a contract so saban keep right to the show Disney just airs it

The Hub might be a good option. Even though it's Hasbro, I don't see them turning down the ratings.

Or just let Saban Brands become a subsidiary of Disney. This would permit Saban to keep his brainchild (note: unrelated to Brainchild) while giving him access to Disney's unlimited McDuck Vaults and excellent writers and producers from the Disney era.

Pipedreaming yes, but still an option that theoretically could happen.

I don't see this happening. Not in the slightest. Saban is like that one guy everyone knows who is super possesive of everything. He's hardly going to get it out from under Disney only to sign over even a tiny part like distribution over to them. Disney would love that. They'd want to use it as leaverage surely.

(That's forgetting what Disneys writers and production teams could do for the show, but whatever ...)

Vortexx, perhaps? CN could work, because when have their problems ever stopped anyone from trying to make money by keeping a franchise on the air.

The most likely answer to this question is that they'll just re-sign with Nick. It all depends on whether Saban really is pissed off with 20ep seasons or not.

The Hub would be nice. That way I could wash down the taste of terrible, underpaid acting with the nice helping of ponies~

Granted, that'd never happen. Saban would be more privy to buy his own damn channel before that happened :lol

Plus the hub owned by the rival toy company of bandai

I want Power Rangers to stay on Nick, because to be honest, they have the best chance out of the big four (Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Hub, and Disney).

Cartoon Network would NEVER work because of the channel's name. Then again, that channel's been down the toilet since 2004 with live-action shows and movies.

Disney probably doesn't want Power Rangers again, since they never wanted it in the first place, especially considering how they wanted to kill the franchise off with every season they made. Then again, they had a better time handling Power Rangers during their tenure than how Saban's handling it now.

The Hub wouldn't work either; it's run by Bandai's competitor, Hasbro.

Sadly, it looks like Nickelodeon's the best bet for Power Rangers in the near future, despite that channel being home to a cartoon that needs to die off after 15 years on the air. *cough*Spongebob*cough* My only wish is that when Saban renews their contract with Nickelodeon, we get proper, 40-episode seasons that don't have Halloween/Christmas clip shows, and that the second half of the season they make doesn't add the word Super to the title.

But hell, a fan can dream.

Please God! I don't even believe in God, but please.

I sure wish Power Rangers went to vortexx like it used to be on Fox Kids!

As long if the show gets good ratings on Nick then they will renew the rights to PR on Nick until 2018. While I don't like what Nick did with PR by having two seasons, but Nick and Saban help the series more popular again. PR is popular with kids again for the first time in over a decade. If kids like the show and buy the toys, that's what Nick and Saban wants.

I think Dino Charge will run for two seasons since Kyoryuger has a big story and a big cast of characters. I think we will get a PR version of ToQger in 2017. It's still too early since Saban could skip the 2015 Super Sentai show if it has poor toy sales in Japan and use the 2016 Sentai show in 2018. All of the Power Rangers anniversary seasons were adapted from Sentai anniversary shows expect for Megaforce (Even though Goseiger did air 35 years after Goranger started).

Oh yes, PLEASE.

I would love to see Saban become a part of Disney. Imagine what good the Disney production value could do for this show. Especially if they get some of writers for RPM to come back. In my opinion, that one was the best season of Power Rangers and one hell of a swan song for Disney's Power Rangers run, considering they apparently didn't want it in the first place.

But yes, if things go south for Saban's deal with Nick, I'd like to see Saban Brands become a part of Disney.

...Wow, Disney would have a lot of cool stuff if they bought Power Rangers again. They already bought out Marvel and Star Wars, why not reclaim Power Rangers?

I doubt Saban will let Disney take over Power Rangers again. Disney stop making PR shows because the ratings and toy sales were going downhill after SPD. Saban does a good job marketing on Power Rangers and people know that Power Rangers is still around. Back in the mid 2000's and late 2000's, people had idea that they still made Power Ranger shows since Jungle Fury and RPM barely had any marketing.