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Nickelodeon’s TMNT Officially Renewed for Fourth Season

by Justin W

Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A few months ago, a reliable source indicated that there would be a fourth season of Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. Recently, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that this is in fact happening. With the third season starting up later this year, the fourth season is set to begin in the fall of 2015. In other words, there is a lot more TMNT to come in the next year or two, and we now know for sure that the series will run into late 2015-early 2016.

 

Nickelodeon has ordered 20 episodes for the newly confirmed season, which would make it a bit shorter than the first two. Seasons 1 and 2 are both 26 episodes long, making them slightly longer than the plans for the fourth season. Before you take this as cause for concern, consider that the first two seasons of the original animated series crafted in the late 80’s didn’t even total 20 full episodes. The loss of 6 episodes in one season is no reason to worry, and if anything it only suggests that Nick is wondering what kind of longevity they can expect from the recent spat of Turtle Fever a year or two from now.

 

Needless to say, with only a slightly shorter season planned for a year from now, I think it’s safe to say that they have enough faith in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to give the show plenty of room to breathe. And after all, why wouldn’t they? The show has been a ratings bonanza for the channel over the past two years, almost single handedly reviving the TMNT for a new generation. I, for one, am very happy to see that the series will be getting yet another season, and I hope to see the success of Nickelodeon’s series continue for many years to come.

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In addition to the news of the series’ renewal, it was also revealed this week that voice actor Jason Biggs (playing Leonardo) is going to be replaced during Season 3 by Seth Green. Many will be familiar with Green from his work on shows like Robot Chicken, although he is also very well known as a traditional actor in many films. This move was apparently made after Biggs made some supposedly uncouth statements on his Twitter account.

 

Nickelodeon, being a company that sells content to a family audience, probably didn’t want to associate with Biggs after this controversy. Although they never explicitly stated that there was a link between this event and their decision to remove Jason Biggs as Leonardo, the timing seems a bit convenient. Regardless, one has to wonder who thought it would be a good idea to make Seth Green the replacement, as he is well known for his crude humor and tends to be less likely than most to censor himself.

 
Jason Biggs did a great job as Leonardo, but it looks like we’ll soon be hearing a slightly different leader of the group nonetheless. I’m sure he will be missed, but thankfully the series isn’t going to be stopped by such a silly controversy.

 
What do you think? Are you excited about another season of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Do you think Seth Green will pull off a good Leonardo? Let us know what you think in the comments below or feel free to sound off in our forums!

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11 comments

Jules71782 June 20, 2014 - 11:58 am

I would like to see some of the second hand characters from the 1980s original series come in. Especially Mona Lisa, Id like to see them explore the Raph-Mona relationship that was hinted in at in “Raphael Meets his Match”

Jen Hamato June 20, 2014 - 1:25 pm

I would love to see Dominic Catrambone voice Leonardo instead of Seth Green

☆♥Sarah☆♥ June 20, 2014 - 1:48 pm

I love Seth hes a great actor, but not sure about him being the voice of Leo. We shall see.

Ian Manning June 20, 2014 - 4:39 pm

I can’t believe Biggs could do something so stupid! Even I would’ve known I had connections with Nick, and that the slightest bit of adult humor could risk me getting fired! The TMNT series is awesome, so I’m glad it’s going to continue. Seth Green, you’ve been giving smiles to all your fans, so I’m confident that your work as Leonardo will heighten my hype for you! LONG LIVE THE NINJA TURTLES!!!

Billy Bob Throrton June 20, 2014 - 8:23 pm

he didn’t. the writer of this article is an irresponsible jounalist(cough,cough amateurish blogger). Nowhere else have I seen that reported to be the reason he was fired,mainly because it’s stupid and doesn’t make sense. Even the link given in this article is dated before season 1 was finished,and season 2 even went into production. So according to this hack,a major company waited 2 years to fire someone when they could’ve just re-recorded Leo’s dialogue with a different actor back in season 1,let alone producing an entire 26 episode season with him.
The person who wrote this should be ashamed they published a half-baked assumption as if it were fact.
The truth is they haven’t said why he got canned yet. That’s not what people want to hear,but it’s not like this is a tabloid. So get it right.

genawadsworth June 25, 2014 - 3:16 pm

i dont know about you but this better not affect the show with seth biggs being the voice for leo im worried that it will sound way to different watching the turtles now and im so exited for the new season i wonder what episode pattern they will play after this season is over on nick on saterdays andother thing you can also see reruns every day of the turtles on nick toons at 3:00-3:30 and 6:00-6:30 go check it out by the way if youve seen my youtube vids i lost my phone so my account on youtube is gone sorry guys

secretfan July 6, 2014 - 7:07 am

when is season 3 gonna air

secretfan July 6, 2014 - 8:04 am

the last episode i saw was season 2 episode22 vengeance is mine

secretfan July 6, 2014 - 8:07 am

i heard that in season 3 the turtles secret lair gets destroyed and they live with april o niel

secretfan July 6, 2014 - 8:09 am

who is gonna make leonardo s voice in season 3?

secretfan July 6, 2014 - 10:15 am

is any one even on this site?

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