Netflix renews live-action adaptation Avatar: The Last Airbender for two more seasons, despite mixed reviews

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Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series has been renewed for two more seasons.

This comes as no surprise after the show racked up 154.4 million hours watched by 21.2 million viewers in just its first week. Per Deadline, the series will conclude with season 3 – mirroring the structure of the original Nickelodeon animated series.

Reviews have been mixed, however, with critics describing the show as "hit-or-miss" and with Rotten Tomatoes's consensus stating that it "only sporadically recaptures the magic of its source material."

"I thought it was really clever of the writers to end Season 1 in that way, because you want to get a sense that the universe of the show is expanding with every season," Daniel Dae Kim told Tudum in February. "And they really did a good job of that with that cliffhanger and also created a sense of urgency and time."

Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.