What if there was a Season 11?
 

Let's say TMNT wasn't canceled by CBS after 1996. Most likely The Next Mutation would have never happened as the original cartoon would still be running.

Do you think Lord Dregg would have come back yet again, or do you think they would have left him "done" at the end of Season 10? Remember they got rid of Carter halfway through the season, it seemed like they planned to bring the whole arc about mutations and Lord Dregg to an end.

Would the writers bring in an entire new set of villains for the Turtles to face, or would they revert back to Shredder and Krang?

If it hadn't been cancelled I don't think it'd still be running, it would have gotten another season or two but TMNT didn't have enough legs to go on. The new season would have likely featured Shredder/Krang and been a more serious tone but different from the last few seasons, probably closer to other cartoons at the time.

I feel this way too. If not a red sky Shredder/Krang thing, then maybe new villains again like with Dregg, Havoc, etc.

They were done with Shredder and the end of Dregg was too big to make him just come back... perhaps they would have brought in the DragonLord in place of the live-action thing.

They might be awesome and do some kinda Shredder-Dregg-DragonLord thing mid season for the hell of it, but who knows.

Woulda been badass if Shredder teamed up with Dregg. Sharing hatred/technology, haha.

The show had gone so downhill by season 10, I don't think anyone cared at that point. If they had done an 11th season, I can think of a few things they could've done like bringing back Usagi and finally wrapping up his story.

What do you mean by downhill? The writing of the show was the same as it ever was.

If you mean by ratings, well that's understandable. Power Rangers and the impending Pokemon would have killed TMNT completely...but it could have went for at least one more season.

Think of Season 11 of the old show existing instead of Next Mutation, TMNT had 1 last year left in the spotlight before Pokemon took over.

No that's an idea

If there was an 11th season, I think it would start with Dregg in the Technodrome since he ended up there at the end of Divide and Conquer. He would have his microbots he used throughout season 10 easily rebuild the Technodrome. Then sometime later, Shredder and Krang could regain control of the Technodrome from Dregg and use it just like before.

Bebop and Rocksteady would mutate the same way Leonardo did at the beginning of Season 10. And the turtles would have to figure out a way to adjust to not having Splinter as their guide.

It didn't go downhill, you probably just didn't like it as much.
& Usagi doesn't need anything wrapped up, he opted to stay with that dude who took him in to aid his business.

I think that you hit the nail on the head by pointing out that the creators seemed to have been planning on wrapping everything up. If there was even a chance that the show was possibly going to get picked up for an eleventh season, I think that season ten would've gone differently.

It would've been kinda cool getting more of both Shredder/Krang and Dregg.
The three episodes featuring all of them were probably my favorite three episodes in the series run.

I think in this case, the meaning of "downhill" is referring to popularity. In the mid 90's, the TMNT were no where near as popular as they were in the early 90's. The fact that the show was able to go on past 1993 and get the "red sky" episodes is nothing short of a miracle.

I never stopped and thought about Bebop and Rocksteady possibly mutating the same way that the turtles were in the later episodes. It's certainly something that could've been used as a possible story line.

I really don't see how this could possibly be an issue. First of all, Splinter only said that he had nothing left to teach the turtles. He never said that he was going anywhere. But more importantly, in ten seasons how often did the turtles actually rely on Splinter for anything? Splinter spend pretty much every episode sitting on his (you know what), while the turtles were off battling HIS arch enemy Shredder.

I worry that if there had been an 11th season, that they would've thrown in elements inspired by the Power Rangers to try to cash in on their popularity. Maybe we would've gotten more Cyber Samurai Turtles, or giant robots that they drive or something.

Oh wow that would've been cool