4Kids Q307 Earnings Report Funhouse w/ clowns and puppets

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The consensus of the 2 analysts covering KDE for 3rd quarter 2007 is a per share value of $-.14.

And now, the earnings:

Final earnings per share: $-.31. So they missed the estimates by a whopping 17 cents.
 
Why do people still say this when they are now going to be programming the WB morning block for 5 YEARS?

More people tune in to channel 11 than 5, 4kids revenue will probably improve especially if they get WB's shows.
 
I don't understand this "4Kids needs to suffer a painful death" mentality. Yeah, they've done some unlikeable things in the past, but what have they done in the last year that's so horrible? Currently, they're putting most of their focus towards their original productions. The one exception is Dinosaur King, and even that has a decent dub.

Anyway, this news isn't too surprising. The third quarter wasn't anything special for 4Kids. It'll be interesting to see how things go for them in 2008, though. They've got the Chaotic TCG that's just been released, the Dinosaur King video game coming out, the new TMNT in production, and control over two Saturday morning blocks starting in the fall.
 
I think it stems from:

a) A desire to see the company put out of its misery. They're just kind of meandering at this point, and most of the stuff they make nowadays isn't that good.
b) A desire to see TMNT and other 4kids products and shows be picked up by a better company.
c) Bitterness over past dubs.
and/or
d) A hatred of Al Khan for remarks such as "kids don't read".
 
As disagreeable as some of their practices may be, it's a little harsh to enjoy people losing their jobs. I'm sure quite a few of the 4Kids employees are honest, hard working people.
 
I agree. I can understand why people do seriously dislike 4Kids and what they've done in the past, but wishing their company to suffer a long and horrible death is going overboard. There are people who run this company who need to support themselves and their families. Whether you have problems with what they're doing, it isn't illegal. Just really questionable choices, in some cases. If you don't like the company and/or what it is doing, then just don't support it. Besides, most of what they've done this year has been fine.



It will be interesting to see how they'll do in the fall. It seems like those new products and shows, epsecially the new TMNT and their second Saturday morning block, will probably be helpful. Especially considering how popular TMNT and a few shows on KidsWB are at the moment.
 
A new YGO series? Do you suppose he means the next season of YGO GX or is 4kids cooking up another YGO like Capsule Monsters? And shouldn't that stay on 4kidsTV: The Game Station being as it's about a card game? Or perhaps they aren't going to keep up that marketing in 2008-2009.

Awesome that TMNT will air on CW. It's bound to get better ratings there. If they team it up with Spider-Man it'll be a New York comic book heroes power hour of epic proportions.
 
It makes sense to move their more successful franchises over to the CW. But then again, they probably should balance out the content between the two blocks...

Regardless, 4Kids certainly has a big task ahead of them. It'll be interesting to see what happens when we get to Fall of 2008.
 
So, if that's the case with only NEW episodes of TMNT being on CW, then will the 4Kids Game Station get 'classic' reruns?


Now that my HDTV TV Tuner seems fully operational again, one can only hope..
 
I'm glad they lost $4.2 million! I can't see why both Fox and Time Warner are still helping 4Kids, even though they've no idea how to run a business what so ever. Most of their shows are of inferior quality, they refuse to release uncut versions of their foreign properties even though it would help them escape the current situation they're in and their "kids don't read" remark really ticked us off as well.

I really hope that Chaotic TCG sells extremely poorly, so it could teach Disney a very important lesson about paying attention to their original animation department and the neglected media libraries they own lock, stock and barrel and also that somebody with compassion, like Navarre or ADV, will absorb 4Kids much sooner and their foreign properties will also probably get uncut versions immediately in the process.
 
Okay...that still doesn't tell us much though. There's a long time between now and September 2008, which means they're still probably working out their scheduling options. Let's wait and see before any negative conclusions arise...
 
I'd say that most of us asking for the death of 4Kids would be much happier if they actually reformed instead (and maybe changed name to get a clean slate).

Basically only the higher ups need firing, not all the crew.
 
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