Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered on February 22, 2024, and remained in the top slot on the streamer's top 10 most-watched shows for the following week.
However, the second week saw the show suffer a sharp drop in viewership.
In its first week of release, 154.4 million hours were watched by 21.2 million viewers, yet in the following week, 144.2 million hours were watched by 19.9 million viewers. Typically, major releases on Netflix hold steady for the first few weeks or even increase in viewership thanks to favorable reviews and word of mouth.
Still, Netflix seems to be comfortable with the statistics as they've renewed the show for two more seasons, with the third being the last.
The first season of the show covered the first 20 episodes of the animated series. With two more seasons, they'll continue that pace as the original animated series consists of 61 episodes in total, divided into 3 volumes.
It's also worth noting that the live-action Avatar episodes from Netflix typically had a runtime of 45 to 60 minutes, whereas the episodes of the Nickelodeon animated series have the typical runtime of approximately 20 minutes.
Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender stars Gordon Cormier as Avatar Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara and Ian Ousley as Sokka.
The show also stars Dallas Liu (PEN15) as Prince Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim's Convenience, The Mandalorian) as Uncle Iroh, Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0, Lost) as Fire Lord Ozai, Ken Leung (Inhumans, The Blacklist) as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu (Somewhere in Queens)as Princess Azula.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads, "Water, Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony - then everything changed. A live-action adaptation Aang's story.
The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope.
But like a light in the darkness, hope springs forth when Aang, a young Air Nomad — and the last of his kind — reawakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar. Alongside his newfound friends Sokka and Katara, siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on a fantastical, action-packed quest to save the world and fight back against the fearsome onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai. But with a driven Crown Prince Zuko determined to capture them, it won’t be an easy task. They’ll need the help of the many allies and colorful characters they meet along the way."