Saban Entertainment distributed the Power Rangers series from 1993 until the end of 2001, and Fox broadcast it until the fall of 2002. The Walt Disney Company purchased the franchise as a part of a buyout that took place in 2001.[1][12][13][14] This resulted in Fox Family Worldwide becoming ABC Family Worldwide Inc.[14] This buyout also saw Saban Entertainment becoming BVS Entertainment, fromNews Corporation, Fox's parent company, and Haim Saban.[14] The show continued to air on Fox until the company replaced its Fox Kidspackage with "FoxBox" in the United States. Since September 2002, all Power Rangers shows have aired on various Disney-owned networks (ABC Kids, Toon Disney and Jetix channels worldwide).[12] ABC Family, another Disney-owned network, also used to air Power Rangers until it did away with its Jetix timeslot after August 31, 2006. On February 12, 2009, Toon Disney ended in the wake of Disney XD, ending cable airings of Power Rangers in certain areas of the United States. Several ABC affiliate broadcasting groups, most notablyHearst-Argyle Television and Allbritton,[citation needed] have declined to air most of the Power Rangers series since 2006 due to the lack of FCC-compliant educational and informational content in the programs.[15]
An article in The New Zealand Herald published on March 7, 2009 identified RPM as the last season of the Power Rangers run. Production manager Sally Campbell stated in an interview, "...at this stage we will not be shooting another season."[3][16] A September 1, 2009, revision to Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia by Disney's head archivist Dave Smith states that "production of new episodes [of Power Rangers] ceased in 2009".[17] On October 1, 2009, Bandai released a press release that Disney would re-broadcast Mighty Morphin Power Rangers starting in January 2010 on ABC Kids. A new toy line accompanied the series and appeared in stores in the later part of 2009.[4][5][12]ABC's over-the air telecasts ended on August 28, 2010, as they returned the hour back to their affiliates to do as they please.
In mid-2010, Haim Saban's Saban Brands bought the Power Rangers franchise back from Disney for $43 million[18] and will produce a new eighteenth season of Power Rangers, now subtitled Samurai, which will begin airing on Nickelodeon February 7, 2011,[7][19] with the previous 700 episodes being rerun on Nicktoons sometime in early 2011.[19][20][21] It was also announced that Saban plans to make a new Power Rangers movie.[22] On July 26, 2010, it was announced that Saban Brands awarded the international television distribution rights for Power Rangers to MarVista Entertainment
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