The Power Rangers Better Dust Off their Zords
Although Disney effectively canceled the long-running Power Rangers TV show last year — by choosing not to create an 18th season and instead just showing reruns — there’s some good news for Power Rangers fans. Haim Saban, the kajillionaire who first brought the Power Rangers to America and sold the franchise to Disney, has bought back the rights and already has a new deal to show new Power Rangers episodes on Nickelodeon in 2011. Indeed, the new season is already under way, using the samurai themed Samurai Sentai Shinkenger series from 2009 as its base (that’s its opening theme above). I gotta admit, even I’m looking forward to seeing a bunch of white running around pretending to be samurai. (Via NY Times)
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