In 2010, Power Rangers was on life support. Ratings had plunged into the gutter with Power Rangers RPM and Disney’s half hearted attempt to rebrand Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers episodes with goofy comic book effects was nothing more than filler for early morning slots on a few ABC stations. Fans were left without a lot of hope. Maybe it was just Power Rangers time. After all, how many other series run seventeen years without a break? Maybe Power Rangers just needed to quietly die.

All mourning ceased in May of that year when something completely out the blue happened. Saban Brands, the original owners and creators of Power Rangers, bought the franchise lock, stock, and morpher back from Disney. Fans lit up the internet with excitement. A new series would be airing on Nickelodeon the next year. A movie was even mentioned.

What could go wrong?

Well, buried amongst the headlines was one promise that gave fans their first inkling of what was to come. Jonathan Tzachor would be returning as executive producer for the new series. Tzachor had worked on the show since its inception all the way through the final Saban produced season of the series, Power Rangers Wild Force,and had become synoumous with everything that was wrong with the show at that time.