<P> Along with adapting the villains from the Super Sentai counterparts, most Power Rangers series also feature villains with no Sentai counterpart . Generally, the primary antagonist of a Power Rangers series (for example, Lord Zedd, Divatox, etc .) are not adapted from the Sentai . Exceptions to this includes Mighty Morphin, Zeo, Lightspeed Rescue and a few others which only use villains adapted from the Japanese shows . </P> <P> The series that began the franchise, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (an American adaptation of the 1992 Japanese Super Sentai Series, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger), began broadcasting as part of the Fox Kids block of programing that aired on the FOX network . It lasted for three seasons (from 1993 to 1996). </P> <P> Saban Entertainment distributed the Power Rangers series from 1993 until the end of 2001, and Fox broadcast it until the fall of 2002 . The Walt Disney Company purchased the franchise as part of a buyout that took place in 2001 . This resulted in Fox Family Worldwide becoming ABC Family Worldwide Inc . This buyout also saw Saban Entertainment becoming BVS Entertainment in 2002, from News Corporation, Fox's parent company, and Haim Saban . The show continued to air on Fox until the company replaced its Fox Kids package with "FoxBox" in the United States . Since September 2002, all Power Rangers shows had aired on various Disney - owned networks (ABC Kids, Toon Disney and Jetix channels worldwide). When Wild Force ended, Disney moved production of the franchise from Los Angeles to New Zealand . This resulted in the closure of MMPR Productions and the dismissal of many members of the production . From Ninja Storm to date, Power Rangers is produced in New Zealand . ABC Family, another Disney - owned network, also used to air Power Rangers until it did away with its Jetix timeslot after August 31, 2006 . On February 12, 2009, Toon Disney ended in the wake of Disney XD, ending cable airings of Power Rangers in certain areas of the United States . Several ABC affiliate broadcasting groups declined to air most of the Power Rangers series since 2006 due to the lack of FCC - compliant educational and informational content in the programs . </P> <P> The Saban era seasons, starting with In Space, have gone under the "Saban's Power Rangers" moniker, up until Time Force . Since the re-acquisition of Power Rangers by Saban in 2010, this practice has continued once again starting with Samurai . </P>

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