Nickelodeon's Acquisiton of TMNT pays off: $475M sales in its first year
 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...uts-475-649396

Great to see the franchise is as healthy as it ever was and that there is lots expected through 2015, when Season 3 ends. 2014 could gross close to a billion if the movie is a hit.

I don't know how instrumental these executives are in the actual decision making to do with the show but it did read like they're taking a bit too much credit for the genius of the writers and everyone who physically works on it.

Still, if it's raking in the cash, they're a lot more likely to let Ciro and everyone off the leash a little bit and let them go ahead with the 'wilder' ideas that they have for seasons 2 and 3.

More seasons confirmed.

While the Nick series still has yet to impress me though (but it doesn't matter, because the show isn't designed for me, being an adult now :lol:), Nickelodeon better be paying Ciro, the writers, and the staff more if this show is just that profitable then (in beating Iron Man, Batman, and the WWE) because the success is primarily due to them.

As optimistic as this article is, it seems more of an advertisement "earnings report" for investors from the Nick executives, so the source of the information is somewhat biased though. I wonder if its truly as successful as they hoped for, since the show incorporated so many OT elements, and did Nick wish to replicate the whole TurtleMania craze back in the late 80s to early 90s? (I mean lets face it, that's probably the primary reason why Nick wanted to acquire TMNT.) So it begs the question then, how much pressure are the Nick executives placing on Ciro and the writing staff? The reason I bring this up is because this part of the article seems a bit suspicious:
I mean toy fads have periods for about 5 years on average (TMNT, Pokemon, etc.), and of course most kids were initially clueless about TMNT before 2012, so naturally this Nick series all feels "new" to them, but anyways, I'm curious exactly how they want to see TMNT "be healthy for 25 years". I mean what exactly is their business approach in doing that? Reinvent the series every 10 years or so for every subsequent generation?

Awesome news. I hope we get at least 5 seasons. This show has the potential to boast as many episodes as the 87 series.

I can't believe they only had to pay $60 million for the brand. Seemed like a steal to me at the time, but I guess the franchise had reached an apparent dead end in 2009.

That's an enormous turn-over. Wow. Nick really made the right decision.

I think Ciro said in an interview that he was hoping for around five seasons.

That sounds about right. Much as I love the series to pieces I don't want it to fizzle out or become boring. Of course as long as the ideas keep pouring in there's no limit to how long they can go on for but it depends on their main source of audience, kids.

Can the show maintain their interest for so long?
Can it attract new kids that come along or will the turtles eventually get overshadowed by a brand new show?

And if they do get five seasons, by that point, the turtles would be hitting their 20s so they'd no longer be teenagers. A lot of cartoons never age up, The Simpsons for example. But I get the feeling that the team want the characters to grow up and they can't mature mentally and not physically as well. You can't have the wisdom of a 40 year old man in a teenager because it's too weird.

But we'll see. Season 2 is off to a good start anyway.

Yes. Yes. YES. :tparty::thyper:

Well, you have to factor in the costs of producing the show, merchandise, games, marketing, etc. Subtract all that from the earnings (as well as the 60 million).

Its obvious the show is going to be renewed for more seasons.

I fully expect at least a 7 season run to match the 4kids series, but maybe if we're really lucky it'll outlast the original toon.

My dream is to finally see a TMNT cartoon hit the 200 episode milestone number, maybe this time we can actually do it. 200 episodes or bust!

yes...cause Quantity over quality

Gee. Remember all the "Nick is gonna kill the franchise" talk?

Yeah, it definitely worked out better than a lot of us expected. I for one thought the show was going to be a lot more dumbed-down than what we got. I think that's what a lot of people expected initially, and if it had gone that way it may not have worked as well. But it's pretty clever and well-done in general, and the quality probably has a lot to do with it doing better than expected.

Same thing with the Bay film. Although I originally I hated it. The movie eventually warmed up to me and now I can't wait to see it.

Fine, I just hope we don't get another fast forward arc as we get to the seventh season like the 4 Kids series did.

Glad Turtles are going toe to toe with that big Sponge, finally some thing can stand up against him. Now why won't they air reruns is my question to them? That or I miss them :-?

Can't believe how well the series does each time a new series comes out, fandom that big each series?

I'm glad that they finally have another successful cartoon besides Spongebob, but they can't really be competing if they're both making money for the same network.

I wish other networks would learn from the success of this show. You don't have to dumb down animated series involving superheroes. Kids are smarter than the execs think.

In terms of audience numbers and ratings, of course they can.

Eventually wanting to top or equal SpongeBob on the network will make Ciro and the writers stay on their "A" game and continue to try and make the show better as the years move on. Competition within to be the best show on your network is the best form of motivation.

I'm so happy for them!! :D now let's get more seasons!!

It sucks though yah know? If a new show, even if good and they don't have as high as ratings as that sponge they get axed :x

Will Nick learn from this? It'd be great if they did but I'm not expecting them to :ohwell:

I'm also happy the show has done so well. I admit, I was a bit leery about Nick buying the franchise, but it's paid off and has done well, so good for them. Definitely hope there's more seasons to come.

Nick ran both Rugrats and Spongebob for years.

TMNT will last a long time.

Oh man Rugrats i loved that show back in the day. :)

I bet we will get another season ordered soon after Christmas. :tparty:

I'm so happy the TMNT is doing really well. Hopefully we get some new seasons, as the new cartoon is really good.

I'm pretty sure we're getting more than 3 seasons. I'll be happy with 5 but wouldn't oppose 6-7.

Anything less than 7 seasons would be a failure in my eyes. The show better at least make 150 episodes.

No TMNT cartoon has made less than 150 episodes.

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inb4: it's an anime

And that was just a one-off special, it was never a series.

Just read up on that. It's so japanese.

IT BURNS! IT BURNNNNNNNNNNSS!!

Anyway, if TMNT gains as much audience as it did in its first season, hopefully that goddamn sponge... thing... can be trumped over for good. Realistically, Nick probably won't cancel Spongebob anytime soon (even though it's about damn time. That show died about 6 years ago), but if they can get some of their other shows some good audience as well, it could happen. (More like I'm talking about Spongebob than TMNT, I just have a grudge for Spongebob :P). Point is, this TMNT has the potential to be the most popular show on Nick (hell, we already know it's the best).

I'd love to see shows with great writing such as TMNT 2012 last for several seasons. It seems like cartoons with a bunch of random Family Guyish jokes are the norm these days and that shows with an actual storyline and great writing are canceled in no time. I'm really surprised and happy that this show is doing so well.

As bad as SpongeBob has become over the past couple years, it's still the highest rated show weekly on Nick, so it will never get canned...ever.

It would be the equivalent of the NFL canning Monday Night Football, will never happen.

I'm so glad to hear this news, I love this show! and we can expect even more merch! :)

Yes, gotta love the merch.

That's the entire point. It was a parody of other Japanese TV shows.

I don't. At least not in the sense that I assume you mean.

I vividly remember the argument being made that the sale to Nickleodeon was a good thing in the sense that it would ensure a steady stream of merchendise and cartoons and a strong mass media/market presence a big company like them could provide.

The questionmark was on the quality of the above things and whether it would appeal to established fans instead of exclusively being something for the new generation of money makers. Even then I think Nick did a good job in easing those concerns fairly early on. The only truly iffy thing is the movie.

I've sure done my part to contribute. LOL.

I wish we could get a 3.1 for a regular episode again.