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By its very nature, Power Rangersis a goofy and bizarre series. This especially applies to early seasons, like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, where integration of Super Sentai footage was still rough, and the tone was more in line with Saved by the Bell than anything else. While the show evolved over time, there isn't a season without some head-scratching details.

The Disney Era of Power Rangers was ambitious and well-produced, but it was also as weird as any other era of the franchise. Within the show itself, there are still odd choices made regularly, and the series' infamously low budget often winds up haunting it. Other aspects of the Disney seasons won't be noticed just by watching them, and require outside knowledge to understand what makes them so strange.

Wild Force's Narrator is Rarely Used and Never Explained

Narration is a tool very rarely used by Power Rangers. When it is applied,...

Quick Links What Was Power Rangers Mystic Force The Story Had an Interesting Premise The Characters Had a Lot of Potential What Made Mystic Force Great Mystic Force Fumbled Its Interesting Premise

The Power Rangers franchise has run for 30 years, with each season bringing action-packed stories for young viewers and long-time fans. With each season since Power Rangers Lost Galaxy introducing a new set of Rangers with their own themes and aesthetics, each entry in the franchise has the potential for a new take on a Power Rangers story. The Disney era of the franchise aired some fantastic seasons, including Power Rangers Dino Thunder, and Power Rangers S.P.D. However, one season that doesn't get the love it deserves is the fourteenth entry of the franchise.

Power Rangers Mystic Force, premiering in 2006, followed a theme of wizardry, magic, and fantasy. While most Power Rangers do feature magical elements, Mystic Force went...

Over thirty years, Power Rangers has had nearly 1,000 episodes. While many of these episodes feature a standard "Monster of the Week" formula, and others live up to the series' reputation as an extended toy commercial, there are quite a few that offer a great deal more of substance. In particular, season premieres, season finales, and team-ups can typically be expected to be stand-out episodes.

In total, there are 973 episodes of Power Rangers, not counting material that exists outside the main TV show. Beyond just having awesome action, the best episodes in the series provide deep explorations of the characters, offer important messages, are packed with drama, and break the franchise's familiar tropes and formula. After 30 seasons, these are the best episodes of Power Rangers ever made.

"Stranger Within" Has Real Stakes

"Stranger Within Parts One and Two" are the eighth and ninth episodes of Power Rangers Mystic Force. "Stranger Within...

In any television series, a season premiere has to set the tone for all the following episodes and draw audiences in, and Power Rangers is no different in this regard. Every season premiere in the franchise has to establish that installment's premise, its heroes and villains, and its setting while also telling a strong story, with some of them requiring two, three, or even four parts to accomplish this.

Nothing gets Power Rangers fans excited for a new season like an awesome premiere. Whether it's a fast-paced race to establish the status quo like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' "Day of the Dumpster" or only the first piece of a much bigger story like Power Rangers Time Force's "Force From the Future," Power Rangers has demonstrated that there are countless ways to begin a season.

"Powers From the Past" was Seen as a Return to Form by Longtime Fans Close "Powers...

Irma Kalish, a prolific comedy writer who blazed trails for women in television with a career that stretched from radio to 1980s sitcoms, died Monday in Woodland Hills due to complications from pneumonia. She was 96.

Kalish worked on a wide range of series, from “My Favorite Martian” and “Gilligan’s Island” to “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Bob Newhart Show.” She was also an active member of the Writers Guild of America West and had a long tenure as a board member and as vice president. She spent 20 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund and she was an early president of Women in Film.

Kalish was a partner in life and work with her husband, Austin “Rocky” Kalish, for seven decades until his death in 2016 at age 95. The two got their start together in radio as writers for “The Martin & Lewis Show” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Irma Kalish, one of television’s first female producers whose writing and producing credits with her husband and writing partner include the Norman Lear series Maude, All in the Family and Good Times as well as My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons, Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show and Too Close for Comfort, died September 3 in Woodland Hills, CA due to complications from pneumonia. She was 96.

The news was confirmed Monday by a family spokesperson.

Kalish, born Irma May Ginsberg in New York City, was also a vice president and longtime board member of the WGA West, receiving the writers guild’s Valentine Davies Award and Morgan Cox Award. She also was one of the first presidents of Women In Film, and the recipient of that organization’s Founders Award. Kalish also spent 27 years on the board of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.

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Toronto -- Canadian animation producer Cookie Jar Entertainment has stepped up its push into live-action comedy with a Cartoon Network pilot from scribe Steven de Souza ("Die Hard," "48 Hours").

The new live-action programming remit also has Cookie Jar developing "Decidedly Debra" for Family Channel Canada, a tween live-action comedy from the veteran Los Angeles comedy writing team of Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.

The Family Channel pilot, to be directed by Stacey Curtis ("Majority Rules!") with Peter Benison ("The Wild Girl") as director of photography, follows 14-year-old Debra, who sprinkles her magic and special skills to bring out the best in people.

Cookie Jar's live-action development slate also includes a primetime young adult romantic comedy for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. set in a Montreal coffee shop.

While the Canadian producer's lineup is still mostly animation -- Cookie Jar showcased at Miptv the new animated series "Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show" and new seasons of "Caillou,...

Toronto -- Canadian indie producer Cookie Jar Entertainment has cut 35 animation production jobs as it pivots toward more live-action series production.

Toronto-based Cookie Jar in a statement said it was "realigning" its production dollars amid the economic downturn to move deeper into live-action programming.

The Canadian producer added it will expand its copyright promotions licensing group, based in London, and maintain all of its 16 offices internationally.

Cookie Jar is best known for its cartoon properties that include "Caillou," "The Doodlebops" and "Richard Scarry's Busytown Mysteries."

But the studio has also expanded into consumer products and educational publishing. Cookie Jar has broadened its entertainment programming reach into U.S. network series and syndicated fare after acquiring the global brand management group Dic Entertainment for $83 million in 2008.

Cookie Jar has since hired former Columbia TriStar and Paramount TV division boss Tom Mazza to lead a foray into U.S. network series production,...

Toronto -- Cookie Jar Entertainment has tapped Bruce Kalish ("Power Rangers") to show-run its hybrid tween series "Mudpit" for the indie Canadian producer's teen and adult label, The Jar.

Production on 26 half-hours of "Mudpit" will start in April.

Kalish most recently created, wrote and executive produced the Disney Xd live action series "Aaron Stone," which was shot in Toronto.

"Mudpit," a blended live action and animated comedy, portrays four teens in a virtual band called Mudpit that are forced by a sudden hit single to balance their off-line teen lives with their virtual world stardom.

Kalish was hired by Burbank-based Tom Mazza, executive vp and head of worldwide TV, who was brought in last year to broaden Cookie Jar's programming into U.S. network series and syndicated fare after the Toronto-based producer acquired the global brand management group Dic Entertainment for $83 million in 2008.

Cookie Jar, best known for its animated kids series,...

Disney Xd has renewed its flagship show, the live-action adventure "Aaron Stone," for a second season and picked up the new comedy "Viper Slap."

"Slap" is about a teenage boy (Logan Miller) who is living his dream as the new lead guitarist of his favorite '80s rock band, Viper Slap, while helping them on the comeback trail.

The project, from Icm-repped creators Michael Kaplan and Ron Rappaport, marks the first multicamera comedy series for the boy-centric Disney Xd, which launched in February after the rebranding of Toon Disney.

Disney Channel senior vp Adam Bonnett, who oversees development and current series for Disney Xd, said his team had been looking for a "Hannah Montana"-type music-flavored comedy vehicle for boys and found it in "Slap."

"It represents a fresh way to approach a music-driven concept that targets boys," he said.

Production on "Slap," exec produced by Kaplan and Richard Gurman,...