[Spiteface]

As I understood it, Disney never really cared for Power Rangers. There were other shows Saban had that Disney kinda wanted, so they got PR as part of a package deal. As time wore on, they didn't really want the show, and you could tell. That's the only was they got away with RPM. Imagine if Disney REALLY wanted Power Rangers, there'd be so much executive meddling, RPM would have just been Go-Onger-lite. With the "right" people looking the other way, we got what is (to me, anyway) the last great Power Rangers show.

As for brand recognition? That may well have been true to a degree, but also, Disney never really did a "Boys" show like Power Rangers is percieved to be. They got a show that could be that to them, so they kept it around. Makes sense. Until they acquired Marvel in 2009. Then they could just put out Marvel-related cartoons and such and hit a very similar demographic that Power Rangers would have, but with bigger names.