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Here is a look at what episodes of Power Rangers RPM
GRID CODE:
will be airing on ABC Kids.
(All times Eastern. It is imperative that you check local listings
- now that the show is ABC-ONLY!)
indicates U.S. premiere telecast.
Reruns of PRRPM in grey.
Reruns of PRJF in green. Reruns of PROO in bronze.
Reruns of PRMF in blue. Reruns of PRSPD in purple.
Reruns of PRDT in dark orange. Reruns of PRNS in light blue.
(All PR left the Jetix/XD schedule as of 2/9/09.)
"Power Rangers Generations" episodes in olive.
(PRG left the Jetix schedule as of 10/1/07.)
Marathons, movies and specials in burgundy.
Episodes in italics indicate unconfirmed projection
(Schedules subject to change)
And, now that we're in an ABC-only situation, there's no need to be concerned with Sunday-Friday:
| NEXT THREE SATURDAYS OF PR ON ABC (All times Eastern) (Check your local listings!) COLORS: PRRPM | ||
| July 25 | August 1 | August 8 |
| pre-empted (E/I recovery) | Noon - 1917 - Prisoners 12:30 p.m. - 1918 - Belly of the Beast | Noon - 1918 - Belly of the Beast 12:30 p.m. - 1919 - Three's A Crowd |
There you go! That's all it is now. No different than what is on the main page.
But all the info below on this page will stay there. And, here's an exciting
development. I talked with the listings contact at ABC Kids and, they have
OK'd the release of the remaining episode titles on an EIGHT-week basis instead of six.
(September episode info will be posted once I get the next batch of ABC schedules)
| UPCOMING NEW EPISODES OF PRRPM: | |||
| Episode no. & title | ABC Kids | ||
| 1918 - Belly of the Beast | Aug. 1, 12:30 p.m. | ||
| 1919 - Three's A Crowd (Yup -- title's been used before) | Aug. 8, 12:30 p.m. | ||
| 1920 - Heroes Among Us | Aug. 15, 12:30 p.m. | ||
| 1921 - Not So Simple | Aug. 22, 12:30 p.m. | ||
| 1922 - The Dome Dolls | Sept. ??, 12:30 p.m. | ||
 (Updated 7/20) Here's a little bit of a dilemma. I have the next handful of post-August episode titles, but the schedule has NOT been released with the dates they will be shown. However, I'm very confident that Sept. 5 will be the first of five straight Saturdays with a new episode before ABC's football/other sports schedule gymnastics begins on Oct. 10. So, here's what I'm going to do until the schedule is released. For every two weeks where there SHOULD be a title release (and, as of 7/20, there SHOULD be titles released through 9/12), I'll post one title without an air date. If #22 doesn't get shown on Sept. 5 or 12, it will be the most shocking mis-read of scheduling tactics in all the time I've been doing PROAC. LOS ANGELES SECTION: Here's where I'm going to list the upcoming air times for KABC-7 in Los Angeles. The nation's 2nd-biggest market has a somewhat-delayed Kids schedule, which puts the standard time for RPM at 12:30 and 1:00 on Saturdays. But being at that time puts it in the way of sports coverage more often. Here's what's coming up:
July 25 -- pre-empted for E/I recovery
 RED FLAG ZONE
UPCOMING ABC KIDS SCHEDULE IRREGULARITIES: Here's what's in store as far as disruptions of the usual two-slots-per-week PR schedule on ABC Kids, which now includes the plans for the first four months of 2009.
Sat Jul 25 -- National -- Both time slots pre-empted for E/I recovery We learned two things from the info in the May-August grids: 1) At least through Aug. 29, any week where the SECOND time slot is pre-empted on the West Coast will NOT have a new RPM episode. (Aug 22 has first slot pre-empted, second slot NEW) 2) There should be one national football pre-emption in October (I'm guessing Oct. 17 for the Oklahoma-Texas game) and one in November (I'm guessing Nov. 21 for the Michigan-Ohio State game). And, there's also a West Coast pre-emption on Dec. 5 for a 1:00 Eastern football game. Each national football pre-emption comes with one or two extra weeks of PR pre-emptions on the West Coast in order to make up the required E/I content. HOLD ON. There's one more event I forgot about that puts ANOTHER crimp in the West Coast schedule. The Breeders' Cup horse races pre-empt the West Coast on Nov. 7. When you plot everything out, we're looking at -- hold on to your hats -- TEN STRAIGHT WEEKS of no RPM on the West Coast (Oct. 10 to Dec. 12). This is where it gets difficult. If they stick to the summer pattern of not showing a new episode in any week that's pre-empted on the West Coast, they'll show one new episode on October 3 and then not show another one until DECEMBER 19! On the other hand, in the past few years when they weren't the ONLY outlet for PR and were running them on a 'second-hand' basis, they DID run 'new' episodes in the November and December weeks that were pre-empted on the West Coast. In the PRNS year of 2003 when there were many more actual game pre-emptions, they doubled-up on new episodes in any open week after the British Open off-weeks in July, which got them to the November finale. Do I know what they're going to do when they get into this mish-mash of pre-emptions? Seriously, I got no clue. The one thing I just CAN'T see them doing is letting the show go TEN WEEKS without a new episode. If they do that, the fandom will go NUCLEAR and we won't get the finale until Jan. 23, 2010. Will they double-up episodes come September? There are five straight weeks (Sept. 5 to Oct. 3) with NO schedule irregularities -- before the 10-week Western wipe-out. Is that the time play a little bit of catch-up? The last time they showed two 'new' episodes on the same day was 7/12/08 with both parts of "Ghost of a Chance" from PRJF. It could be an interesting strategy to what is usually the start of a new TV season. But, ABC Kids hasn't made a major change to its schedule in ages. Or, do they do what they did last year and trudge on ahead with the new episodes even though they won't be seen on the West Coast? I kinda wanna go with this option ... but with RPM being exclusive to ABC, how can they get away with it? So, with very little confidence that I'm reading the tea leaves properly, here's my take: What SHOULD they do? I can't figure it out. Really. If they do that five-week double-up, they'll be at episode #31 (one from the end) on Oct. 3 and then hit the 10-week chasm with no clear-cut place to show the finale. What WILL they do? I really fear they're going to continue on a one-per-week schedule in those five clear weeks and then hit the brakes. Makes no sense, I know. But when does Disney make sense? I really hope there's a big-time revelation when we get the last section of schedules, which should be at some point in late July or early August. All I can really say is ... stay tuned! Also this year (2009) is the LAST year of the July pre-emptions for the British Open golf tournament. ESPN/ABC reached a new agreement with the event that puts all four rounds of live morning coverage on ESPN (cable) starting in 2010, with just some afternoon highlights on ABC.
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