The comics were changed to reflect the show, not the other way around. I'll say at least that show gave us Barb as Batgirl I guess…

Movie will probably suck, but, as someone already said on here; TMNT was ruined by the original cartoon. It's basically like comparing the 1960's TV Batman to the actual comics that were out prior. I loved it as a kid, but it has aged horribly and it was an insult to the original TMNT comics, which were dark as Hell.