Turtle Power strikes again! Nickelodeon announced today that their freshman series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has officially been picked up for Season 3.

According to Deadline , the network made the announcement at Nick's upfront presentation in New York earlier this afternoon. Nickelodeon Group president Cyma Zarghami acknowledged that 2012 had been a tough year, in which "new competitors came on strong" -- a reference to the Disney Junior upstart. However, she added that, "[Nickelodeon] has hit the reset button" and is "reinventing itself," with a strong focus on animation.

This would explain the premature Season 3 renewal of TMNT, which hasn't even finished airing its first season yet. (Season 2 was announced back in October .) But, hey, it's not like we're complaining.Nick also ordered a series pickup for Breadwinners, a new animated show based on the short by animator Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele and writer Steve Borst.

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