New show to be as popular as the 80's cartoon?

[TurtleMaster4]

Hey guys, i was thinking about some thing recently, it is the new turtle show. Ok you know how the 80's show brang in all kinds of fans and all, well the question is, will this new Nick show do the same.

I was introduced to the turtles in the fox box era, if you may, and to me it didn't seem like that good of an era. (by good era i mean the fans it brought in, don't worry, i loved the show) Heres my theory on why, not many people knew about it, it was on the Saturday morning cartoons, not on some big name net work like Disney, cartoon network, or even........ Nickelodeon. And it seem like most of the fans of the older series just leave the turtles beind them once they reach middle school, because it's "little kid stuff" which we all know to be untrue, especially in the comics!

Now nickelodeon is a pretty big channel for kids, and could bring in more people to the turtles, a younger generation, and maybe even some teens like my self! But considering most of the people now days jump towards more gritty stuff now days, (well from my perspective at least) will they watch the turtles?

Me personally, i am in high hopes for these new turtles, and if the show and movie goes good, i could see a whole new generation of turtle fans come into play.

So i guess that leaves me back to the question, will the new turtles be as popular as the 80's turtles, yes or no, and why.

Sorry for the ranting dudes! thanx :twink:

[CyberCubed]

The 2k3 series aired on an obscure Saturday morning block that kids didn't watch. That and it came out when Pokemon and Yu-GI-oh we're still huge crazes.

The show brought in some new fans but it couldn't compete against other fads at the time.

[ToTheNines]

I have high hopes and high expectations for this show, I have a lot of faith in the people behind it, and I expect it to be on television for a good while. Bu to answer the question: Don't make me laugh!

No cartoon will be that huge again. Kids these days are mostly in to video games. If they don't have a copy of Call of Duty by 9, they're not cool.

[MikeandRaph87]

The 2k3 series aired on an obscure Saturday morning block that kids didn't watch. That and it came out when Pokemon and Yu-GI-oh we're still huge crazes.

The show brought in some new fans but it couldn't compete against other fads at the time.

I don't know about that ,CC. I was apart of all three crazes in the '90s' and Pok'emon's popularity craze was 1999-2002. By the time Johto ended the show's popular standing had dropped to just another cartoon and overall property. TMNT debuted just several months before that. I don't remember Yu-Gi-oh! being that big here in the United States but just mildly popular. Its just the fact that the TMNT property is popular just it will not be as popular as it was during the run of the original cartoon. It will expereince popularity spikes as time goes on and I believe it did from 2003 through 2005. Though others may differ on that assumption.

[gobo]

99.8% of me says "no". The other .2% still believes in magic.

[CyberCubed]

Pokemon and YuGiOh were the highest rated kid shows at the time well into 2005. Pokemon didn't truly lose ratings till the voice cast changed and it moved to Cartoon Network.

I remember wishing TMNT was on KidsWb at the time because I knew simply by airing on that block it would have been a bigger hit than on the FoxBox.

[CrazySquirrel]

I really doubt it. Let's put it this way. Nicks biggest show I can remember recently was Spongebob. You know how much Spongebob merch, games, toys etc there were a few years ago? It wasn't even remotely close to how crazy turtles were in the 80's.

Hey they might become as big as Spongebob though.

[Jester]

I've given this some thought, and I'm beginning to think we'll never know for sure. I mean, many of us were just kids when Turtle Mania was at its height, and now we are adults and see it from a different perspective. I don't know if we'll really know if this Turtle Mania will equal the original Turtle Mania because of the drastic perspective change. We were the target demographic in the 90's...now we aren't so much. Sad but true.

[Ecto Jedi]

I've given this some thought, and I'm beginning to think we'll never know for sure. I mean, many of us were just kids when Turtle Mania was at its height, and now we are adults and see it from a different perspective. I don't know if we'll really know if this Turtle Mania will equal the original Turtle Mania because of the drastic perspective change. We were the target demographic in the 90's...now we aren't so much. Sad but true.

This has a lot to do with it. But by all accounts, the Turtle craze in the early '90s was MASSIVE. We've all heard it. I can't attest to the numbers, because I really don't know any. All I know is that I had TMNT underwear, toothbrushes, and about a zillion different action figures.

So, yeah. From a numbers perspective? If what I've heard about the original craze is correct and not just nostalgia-beating? Then no. That's not to say there's anything inherently wrong about the new show; just that the original was a f*cking worldwide phenomenon.

But again, I don't know the numbers. Anyone have any figures on merchandise sales, toy sales, and the like?

[Oculus Orbus]

I don't think it will. I wish, but it was so crazy back in the days, I just don't think it'll get that big this time around. Still, I think this could actually be huge.

[shezcrafti]

Do I think lightning will essentially strike twice? No. But it's possible.

A reboot of any property will always have the added challenge of living up to unreasonably high expectations from existing fans, which is already a factor working against the new show if the bitching/moaning in these threads are any indication. For Nick's TMNT to reach the same levels of hysteria as the original, it has to be a hit with young kids new to TMNT.

One thing I can easily envision is Nick's TMNT bringing a lot more females to the fanbase. Making April the same age as the Turtles was a brilliant move marketing-wise, imo.

I'm thrilled that she's going to be a useful part of the team and not just a Mary Sue archetype or older woman that kids won't really relate to. (Don't get me wrong, I love April as a character in all iterations of TMNT, but I'm excited by what Nick is doing with her character.) If I were a young girl I'd be ecstatic to have that kind of heroine.

[TurtleMaster4]

i'm pretty sure it won't be as big as the 80's turtles, i just wan't it to be big, all i'm concerned about is if it will bring new generations of fans, while keeping old ones! All in all, i can't wait for the show!

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Nickelodeon is good at licensing their shows to merchandise from stickers to toothbrushes to Beanie Babies. Add in the factor of it possibly being a good show and you just might have a popular TMNT series.

[Ecto Jedi]

A reboot of any property will always have the added challenge of living up to unreasonably high expectations from existing fans, which is already a factor working against the new show if the bitching/moaning in these threads are any indication.

It's even more apparent on the TMNT Facebook page. Man, the hate by self-righteous pseudo-fans on there really is something to behold.

[Joshdonnie]

The 2k3 series aired on an obscure Saturday morning block that kids didn't watch. That and it came out when Pokemon and Yu-GI-oh we're still huge crazes.

The show brought in some new fans but it couldn't compete against other fads at the time.
Actually a lot of my friends watched it when we were 5 ish

[CyberCubed]

It's even more apparent on the TMNT Facebook page. Man, the hate by self-righteous pseudo-fans on there really is something to behold.

Which is ironic because none of those people are actually real Turtle fans. I bet they didn't even buy the original cartoon on DVD.

[Master Splinter]

No, but only because kids have so many more options these days. I can imagine it will be popular, probably more so than the 4kids series, but not as much as Freddy's.

-ms

[CyberCubed]

The show should last at least 5-7 years. I am hoping we hit close to 200 episodes with this series before it ends.

Assuming that we get 7 seasons at 26 episodes each, we could reach it. A damn shame the 4kids series only gave us 13-eps for Seasons 5 and 7, because otherwise the 4kids show would have almost reached 200 eps as well.

[Jester]

The show should last at least 5-7 years. I am hoping we hit close to 200 episodes with this series before it ends.

Assuming that we get 7 seasons at 26 episodes each, we could reach it. A damn shame the 4kids series only gave us 13-eps for Seasons 5 and 7, because otherwise the 4kids show would have almost reached 200 eps as well.
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[Cure]

Which is ironic because none of those people are actually real Turtle fans. I bet they didn't even buy the original cartoon on DVD.

This whole real fan thing is super sickening.

[Volvagia]

Which is ironic because none of those people are actually real Turtle fans. I bet they didn't even buy the original cartoon on DVD.
Well sorry for living in Sweden where the DVD aren't available so I can't be a true fan. But I do have the seven DVDs of random episodes that are available here, does that count, am I real fan :trolleye:

[Zany Orange Dude]

You know, I have a feeling this show will be very popular. I think it will be a hit, but I am not so sure if it will reach the height that the 80's cartoon did. But it is quite possible.
And I can't help but agree with Jester, most fans were kids at that time so there view on the craze was a whole lot different than now.
In conclusion, I think it has a chance at being around the same popularity the 80s show recieved!:tsmile:

[TurtleMaster4]

Which is ironic because none of those people are actually real Turtle fans. I bet they didn't even buy the original cartoon on DVD.

Oh so i'm not a true fan, what you own doesn't make you a true fan or not, what makes you a true fan is sticking beside your beloved franchise threw their good and bad times. and how much you love it too. I don't have all the seasons of the old toon (main reason is because i don't have a job and i got towards the comics first, though i hope to get them some day) But i still consider my self as a true fan, am i the biggest? Heck no, but i am a true fan! Again, sorry for ranting, i just wanted to get the point clear :tgrin:

[gobo]

Throwing my two cents in: I think the actual difference between a casual and a true fan is that casuals don't appreciate the franchise enough to financially support some facet of the brand. So, there is a distinction. But, we really need a less pretentious term than 'true fan'. I wouldn't be comfortable calling myself that.
i just wanted to get the point clear :tgrin:
The point that cybercubed is an insensitive twit? People will be making that point until the day he dies. Pretty sure it won't change anything.

[SherlockJr]

I doubt the show will become the phenomenon the Wolf cartoon was. Being a kid in the 80s/90s was different than it is now; however, there is a chance it'll be more popular than 2k3 due to it being on Nickelodeon and get higher exposure.

[sdp]

Just clearing up some facts

The Pokemon fad died around in 2001 midway through "Gen II", by the time Gen III came out when 2k3 started Pokemon was starting to pick up fans again. Yu-Gi-Oh was also hugely popular as Pokemon was after the Pokemon fad died. 4KidsTV/FoxBox. I ran a Pokemon League and none of the kids would ever watch 2k3 or liked the turtles, it really boggles my mind how the show lasted as long as it did, people cite toy sales but it's still hard to believe. It's kind of like the show being on 4KidsTV is what made it last so long, for some odd reason they kept it, if the show had been on KWB it would've either been cancelled after two 13 episode seasons or even if popular the run of the show would've ended once it reached the standard 52/65 episode limit that most KidsWB shows got during that time.


To answer the question the topic is about it depends how you measure popularity, would you say that Transformers is more popular now than in the 80s? They are probably making much more money off the franchise and it might have a bigger audience, but I don't think it has the social impact with kids that the original show had. I suspect the same for TMNT, Nick is going to blast it with Marketing, ratings will be great, tons of toys and merchandise and it'll be making as much if not more money than it did in the 80s but it won't be "turtle mania". I don't think fads can be re-created Pokemon is still a huge franchise but it'll never reach the fad status it had in Generation I even if the franchise is as popular as it's ever been.

[Spitfire]

Nothing will ever be as popular as the old toon was again. That kind of marketing monster just doesn't happen anymore. The entire world for the most part was in on turtles. I think Pokemon might be the last case of that. You'd have to live in a cave not to know what Pokemon was or Ninja Turtles but I just don't see that with a lot of cartoons these days. I don't think newer generations are as invested and honestly willing to buy all the stupid merch like we were.

[sdp]

Pokemon was way bigger than TMNT ever was, and of course newer things can become huge fads, heck just look at Harry Potter/Hannah Montana, all those have been as big as other fads from the past, the big difference is you are no longer a kid so you have no way to realize how big something is unless you have children or work with them. We haven't had that many "fads" but really neither did we in the 90s, the 3 huge franchises when I grew up were TMNT/Power Rangers/Pokemon there were other big shows but none of them reach the levels of the former three. Same thing now you can say in the 2000's, Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh/Harry Potter were the big franchises that reached fad status. I count Pokemon for the 00's the same way I count TMNT for the 90s since they both took place in both decades.

[MikeandRaph87]

I was a big fan of all three of the 90s' fads and only stuck with my first love as my true fandom. Maybe that says something about TMNT? Maybe its more durable? What about the rest of you 90s' kids? It will never reach the success it once did but it can reach great success. Power Rangers and Pok'emon are like the energizer bunny and I wonder why it has not reached its end at least on screen. I thought PR did but maybe I was mistaken. Time will tell. I tihnk TMNT has more durability and not seem repetitive. That is what it has that Power Rangers and Pok'emon do not have. Also, Pok'emon being my #2 I thought it reached more success than Power Rangers but not as much as Ninja Turtles or at least it did not last at its height as long as Ninja Turtles did.

[Spitfire]

Pokemon was way bigger than TMNT ever was, and of course newer things can become huge fads, heck just look at Harry Potter/Hannah Montana, all those have been as big as other fads from the past, the big difference is you are no longer a kid so you have no way to realize how big something is unless you have children or work with them. We haven't had that many "fads" but really neither did we in the 90s, the 3 huge franchises when I grew up were TMNT/Power Rangers/Pokemon there were other big shows but none of them reach the levels of the former three. Same thing now you can say in the 2000's, Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh/Harry Potter were the big franchises that reached fad status. I count Pokemon for the 00's the same way I count TMNT for the 90s since they both took place in both decades.

I never said Pokemon wasn't bigger then turtles. And actually as far as Pokemon goes it's still big with kids. My cousin, whose going to be 12 this year, has loved Pokemon most his life. I know all his friends are into it as well. Cards, toys, and games up the ying yang. Star Wars is still big with kids. Stuff like that just doesn't seem to go away but I don't see any new franchises reaching those heights and turtles didn't have the lasting power of Pokemon or Star Wars. Yeah it came back and did fairly well but it didn't reach the heights of it's former glory.

Kids and Harry Potter is a tough sell for me. I hear more adults talking about Harry Potter than little kids. Maybe it depends on area. I don't hawk around school yards but I rarely see kids dressing up like Harry Potter for Halloween and the last two films I saw there were almost no kids in the audience. And does Hannah Montana have any lasting power outside the US, or outside of girls? Because her concert film was released in every major country and barely made anything in the foreign box office.

As for Yu-Gi-Oh it was part of the Pokemon fad in my opinion. The card game was huge when I was in high school so here comes a new anime, focused on a game where monsters come out of cards instead of balls, and there ya go. Dragon Ball Z was pretty huge for a few years as well. We had plenty of fads. Tamagotchis, light up sneakers, and Furbies. I just don't see that kind of stuff anymore. The most recent one I can recall are roller shoes and I rarely see those anymore.

[SherlockJr]

We had plenty of fads. Tamagotchis, light up sneakers, and Furbies. I just don't see that kind of stuff anymore. The most recent one I can recall are roller shoes and I rarely see those anymore.

I've noticed this too. There haven't seemed to be many "worldwide phenomenon" fads since the early 2000s. Why do you think that is?

[Ecto Jedi]

Okay, as for the "true fan" thing, I can only speak for myself...But when I look at the Facebook TMNT page, most of what I see are people only vaguely familiar with the old toon, having watched it as kids or whatever, bashing whatever new incarnation of the property for no other reason than that's simply their first instinct.

"Oh no! I saw the old toon when I was five! A new toon? YOU'RE RUINING MY CHILDHOOD."

That's just bullsh*t, and that's "sickening."

[sdp]

I'm not sure i'd count YGO as part of the Pokemon fad, while technically from a similar mold they're as different as PR's is to TMNT. Harry Potter was definitely very big with kids around the era of the first two movies, it's remained big but that is when they indeed dressed up as HP. As far as fads how about those monster high dolls they're very popular, just because it's only for girls doesn't mean it's not a fad, like with Hannah Montana. iCarly is also very big maybe not fad status but it'll be remembered as fondly as kids sitcoms from the 90s by this generation like we remember Kenan and Kel and Clarissa Explains it all.

We've had similar fads to pogs and furbies with Silly Bandz and Zhu Zhu pets, they don't seem to be as big since we aren't kids and we aren't bombarded as much with it. Videogames and the internet definitely have taken a huge blow in fads in taking kids attention away but I don't think it's the reason for no more fads to exist, videogames existed all my life and Super Nintendo and N64 were huge with kids my age growing up and yet it didn't mean we didn't like Power Rangers anymore because of the games. Though to give some validity to your point it is true that after the turtles/PRs the things we talked about in school weren't so much tv shows but videogames like Zelda/Star Fox etc. But still they were second to talks of DBZ.



Nice to have another 90s kids who grew up with all 3 fads, as well mike&raph most people here are a little older so to them TMNT was the fad they had growing up while we saw the turtles as the firs fad exposed to us. I just remember loving the turtles, and thinking they were awesome, when PRs came out I still loved the turtles but thought the PRs were even cooler, when MMPR stopped airing I still loved them but I couldn't watch them anymore so I stopped liking them slowly while TMNT remained a big part of my childhood while playing with them re-enacting scenes from japanese anime like Saint Seiya and Dragon Ball oddly enough. Then Pokemon came out and by that time I had forgotten about TMNT, and I absolutely loved it, but I was getting a bit too old by the time the fad ended and I lost track of it for a little while, it wasn't long before I was able to embrace Pokemon again during my teen years and thought it was the only franchise from my childhood I could genuinely enjoy even if i wasn't a kid. I eventually would get nostalgic about other childhood stuff but it wasn't until 2005 that I got back into PRs and I've been enjoying it a bunch ever since. After that it was TMNT and I'm unsure what I like more I don't think I really do know. I don't see it as "I like TMNT more than PRs", which I think if I had to rank them that's what I do, I certainly spend more time with PR's information but that's because there's a new show with a different theme every year which isn't the case for TMNT. But I just view as all my childhood franchises with fond and not so much over which one I like more, one month I'm more into one than another, I get tired of just being a "fan" of one thing, one day I'm really into Star Wars the next I may not even think about any franchise and just be excited about tablet computers or some new band I discovered.

Anyways two more huge fads I lived as a kid were Saint Seiya and DBZ, they were as big as the turtles and PRs were but I don't count them since Saint Seiya was never a fad in the US and DBZ in the US didn't get as big because it had to compete with Pokemon and when it was a fad here it was before Pokemon so it had all the spotlight to itself.

[pannoni1]

"It depends" is obviously the most reasonable choice, but I'd but the odds at about 10 to 1. It has happened before (B:TAS, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Star Trek: TNG being more popular than their predecessors). But don't blame the Internet for taking away fads, as this very site helps support TMNT from living on! The thing is that we're currently in an "anything goes" enviornment with lots of moderate successes, but few huge successes. This proves that revivals come in all different sizes, from boosts to maintaining their mark to even causing a popularity drop (Extreme Ghostbusters for example). That said, its best if we expect the worst (only one season and a couple weeks in the limelight), pleased that we're simply getting new episodes and hope for the best, which is the extreme popularity you guys are hoping for.

[Jester]

Part of me wonders if the original Turtle Mania benefited from coming out in the 90's when cable was less prevalent and there were far fewer channels.

Much like when there were only the big 3 (ABC, CBS, and NBC) more people watched the same shows, could a similar reasoning be applied to Turtle Mania Mark 1

[CyberCubed]

TV in general doesn't get as good ratings anymore thanks to youtube, online streaming like Hulu, streaming on Iphone's and IPad's, etc.

The world was a different place 25 years ago....even the internet didn't exist yet...as strange as that sounds.

[Jester]

True, media is everywhere. Even 10 years ago, it wasn't like this.

[CyberCubed]

True, media is everywhere. Even 10 years ago, it wasn't like this.

It might be why there have been no huge kid fads since Pokemon, which debuted in 1998 before youtube, etc.

Fun fact: The Pokemon anime just celebrated its 15th anniversary in Japan this week. Hard to believe the show has been running for 15 seasons...

[Foot Soldier Clang]

I really hope it does become as popular as the 80's toon, but I doubt it will. Either way I plan on enjoying the new show and what it brings.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Well sorry for living in Sweden where the DVD aren't available so I can't be a true fan. But I do have the seven DVDs of random episodes that are available here, does that count, am I real fan :trolleye:

Those 7 DVD's, released in the early 2000's, were originally 10 VHS episodes, released in 1991, they just changed from 2 to 3 episodes on even.

It's not even the same dub as used for TV. I know a lot of people who hate the video dub used in Sweden.

[Volvagia]

Those 7 DVD's, released in the early 2000's, were originally 10 VHS episodes, released in 1991, they just changed from 2 to 3 episodes on even.

It's not even the same dub as used for TV. I know a lot of people who hate the video dub used in Sweden.

The DVD dub is the Swedish dub that I'm used to, I had sky1 when I grew up so I watched the UK version (not understanding a word :tlol:) and didn't even know that there were two different dubs until a few years ago so I have no problems with the DVDs. If I'm not wrong I watched TMNT in Swedish for the first time in 1995 (could've been 1994) when I got the "How it all began" VHS.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

The DVD dub is the Swedish dub that I'm used to, I had sky1 when I grew up so I watched the UK version (not understanding a word :tlol:) and didn't even know that there were two different dubs until a few years ago so I have no problems with the DVDs. If I'm not wrong I watched TMNT in Swedish for the first time in 1995 (could've been 1994) when I got the "How it all began" VHS.

As your profil states you're born in 1986, didn't you catch the TV 3 (season 1-3) and TV 1 000 (season 4-5 + Vacation in Europe) broadcastings between 1990-1993 (TV 1 000 orginalyl required using the 777 code for subtitles). The sadly thing living in Sweden is that after these seasons, it was all over.

Enter some TMNT-related Internet discussion in Swedish (like the Youtube). Five minutes after publishing, the discussion will become years-lasting quarrels over which dub is the best (TV used Media Dubb, video used Sun Studios), and this is the only thing Swedes discuss about TMNT.

Are you interested in starting a TMNT forum in Swedish?

[Coola Yagami]

I'm not sure i'd count YGO as part of the Pokemon fad, while technically from a similar mold they're as different as PR's is to TMNT. Harry Potter was definitely very big with kids around the era of the first two movies, it's remained big but that is when they indeed dressed up as HP. As far as fads how about those monster high dolls they're very popular, just because it's only for girls doesn't mean it's not a fad, like with Hannah Montana. iCarly is also very big maybe not fad status but it'll be remembered as fondly as kids sitcoms from the 90s by this generation like we remember Kenan and Kel and Clarissa Explains it all.

We've had similar fads to pogs and furbies with Silly Bandz and Zhu Zhu pets, they don't seem to be as big since we aren't kids and we aren't bombarded as much with it. Videogames and the internet definitely have taken a huge blow in fads in taking kids attention away but I don't think it's the reason for no more fads to exist, videogames existed all my life and Super Nintendo and N64 were huge with kids my age growing up and yet it didn't mean we didn't like Power Rangers anymore because of the games. Though to give some validity to your point it is true that after the turtles/PRs the things we talked about in school weren't so much tv shows but videogames like Zelda/Star Fox etc. But still they were second to talks of DBZ.



Nice to have another 90s kids who grew up with all 3 fads, as well mike&raph most people here are a little older so to them TMNT was the fad they had growing up while we saw the turtles as the firs fad exposed to us. I just remember loving the turtles, and thinking they were awesome, when PRs came out I still loved the turtles but thought the PRs were even cooler, when MMPR stopped airing I still loved them but I couldn't watch them anymore so I stopped liking them slowly while TMNT remained a big part of my childhood while playing with them re-enacting scenes from japanese anime like Saint Seiya and Dragon Ball oddly enough. Then Pokemon came out and by that time I had forgotten about TMNT, and I absolutely loved it, but I was getting a bit too old by the time the fad ended and I lost track of it for a little while, it wasn't long before I was able to embrace Pokemon again during my teen years and thought it was the only franchise from my childhood I could genuinely enjoy even if i wasn't a kid. I eventually would get nostalgic about other childhood stuff but it wasn't until 2005 that I got back into PRs and I've been enjoying it a bunch ever since. After that it was TMNT and I'm unsure what I like more I don't think I really do know. I don't see it as "I like TMNT more than PRs", which I think if I had to rank them that's what I do, I certainly spend more time with PR's information but that's because there's a new show with a different theme every year which isn't the case for TMNT. But I just view as all my childhood franchises with fond and not so much over which one I like more, one month I'm more into one than another, I get tired of just being a "fan" of one thing, one day I'm really into Star Wars the next I may not even think about any franchise and just be excited about tablet computers or some new band I discovered.

Anyways two more huge fads I lived as a kid were Saint Seiya and DBZ, they were as big as the turtles and PRs were but I don't count them since Saint Seiya was never a fad in the US and DBZ in the US didn't get as big because it had to compete with Pokemon and when it was a fad here it was before Pokemon so it had all the spotlight to itself.

You sound like you're in Mexico. When I moved there, Saint Seiya was EVERYWHERE. And then it was Dragonball. And then Dragonball Z. I was still in the US during Turtlemania, so I had no idea how it was in Mexico. I left the states sometime after the 3rd movie. And I don't know when the Red Sky eps were aired.... where I lived CBS cut the turtles out around season 7 or 8 when Sonic the Hedgehog hit the tv. Not saying Sonic replaced it so to speak, but I honestly don't remember TMNT and Sonic airing at the same time.

[Volvagia]

As your profil states you're born in 1986, didn't you catch the TV 3 (season 1-3) and TV 1 000 (season 4-5 + Vacation in Europe) broadcastings between 1990-1993 (TV 1 000 orginalyl required using the 777 code for subtitles). The sadly thing living in Sweden is that after these seasons, it was all over.

Enter some TMNT-related Internet discussion in Swedish (like the Youtube). Five minutes after publishing, the discussion will become years-lasting quarrels over which dub is the best (TV used Media Dubb, video used Sun Studios), and this is the only thing Swedes discuss about TMNT.

Are you interested in starting a TMNT forum in Swedish?
We didn't have TV 3 back then, we got whatever the satelite dish on the apartment building offered so we had no saying in what channels we got.

Nah I'm way to lazy to for starting anything as big as a forum.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

We didn't have TV 3 back then, we got whatever the satelite dish on the apartment building offered so we had no saying in what channels we got.

Nah I'm way to lazy to for starting anything as big as a forum.

Here are the voices

http://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/credits/turtles/

[CyberCubed]

The fact that the show is airing on Nick and they're going to promote the hell out of it should ensure its success.

Will it become as popular as Spongebob still is on the channel? Only time will tell.

[gobo]

they're going to promote the hell out of it
What makes you so sure? O_o

[TurtleTitan97]

It may not be as popular as the original show, but I think it will still get alot of attention. Then again, if the new movie is a success, it might reach that level of popularity.

[Luzmagica]

I voted "yes, of course" ....Im so excited and happy with all new show/movies...!!! :)

Why not??? ....Everything is possible...and probably a big part of success is going to be thanks to all us, olds fans , now adults that can recommend this new cartoon to the youngests!!!!!!

Dont forget we had been the biggest wave of TMNT fans ever!!!!!!! :tgrin:

[lKevlKev]

Just for the fact that it's going to be on Nickelodeon assures the shows success. It's one of the most watched kid's network and it will probably be advertised quite a bit. I'm sure it will bring in many new fans to the series.

[pannoni1]

Unfortunately, Nickelodeon's ratings have taken a double digit decline in the first quarter of this year:

http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/05/what-nickelodeon-ratings-curse-hasbro-signs-netflix-deal/

It mentioned that part of the decline had to do with long in the tooth shows, but this unfortunately means fewer viewers will see promos leading up to the premiere, so it will take alot of help online to draw viewers in. If you know somebody with a nice blog and can get a hold of them, please tell them to write an article about the new series so that more viewers can be reached. Post a youtube video about it as a response to a popular TMNT video. Its the only way we can help this show get a good start! This isn't like 1987, when there were only a handful of TV channels where many, like myself, discovered the turtles by chance! We also could use Playmates advertising "Watch the turtles on Nickelodeon" as a help.

[Raphael86]

I'd love to see the Turtles as popular as they were back in the day, but I doubt it will ever happen. Man, me and my cousins were OBSESSED with the TMNT. Come to think of it, everyone I knew was too. And it reigned supreme in my house until Power Rangers came along.