Would Next Mutation have been better received if there simply was no Venus?

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We had Mona Lisa in the OT before this, and I clearly remember that having a female turtle didn't really bother me at the time. It was basically a combination of other things such as executive meddling by airing the same episodes over and over without showing the new ones, taking Shredder out too soon, no real human characters such as April & Casey, and simply too many filler eps. I actually liked the idea at first of a live action series given Power Rangers' success and gave me something to relate to and being more real after simply watching cartoons. But probably many people were so sick of anything "Ninja Turtles" that they didn't want to bother and thought "that was so 5-10 years ago". Definately the lost cause in the TMNT franchise that never had a proper ending.