‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is Officially Ending With Fewer Episodes Than Ever

2026 is a great year to be a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, which has a strong case for being the greatest animated series of all time. It’s now been almost 20 years since the original ATLA series went off the air, but fans generally haven’t had to wait long for new content out of the franchise. Only two years after the original animated series aired its final episode, M. Night Shyamalan brought one of the most egregious adaptations of all time to the screen — it holds 5% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and 30% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. ATLA found redemption just two years later, though, with the release of The Legend of Korra, which follows the Avatar after Aang, who hails from the Water Tribe. In 2024, Netflix released the first season of another live-action ATLA adaptation, which has more time to breathe and tell a proper story thanks to it being a TV show and not a movie.