The typical action cartoon franchise production formula

[neatoman]

So the ratings are not doing so hot right now huh? That's probably pretty normal actually, most cartoons don't even get three seasons, kids are fickle after all. Even if we don't get a fifth season, it will still have had a good run.

Obviously Nickelodeon won't give up on the franchise if this show fails and there will be TMNT cartoons after it, but instead of starting a show and ordering seasons to see how long it lasts, what if they start using the more typical formula?
This formula usually applies to action cartoons and seems to work fairly well.

1. Design a show to last 1-3 seasons, or 52-65 episodes.
2. After it has run it's course, wait a year or two.
3. Start over from step 1.

It has worked for Transformers for almost twenty years.