So objectively how did Avatar perform?

[kooties]

This pertains to the series as a whole. Critically and Financially.

I know about this show's achievments in 2007 ,it won an Emmy if I'm not mistaken ,as well as more that 3+ million views in a single episode.

But now the only award I've been hearing about is the Kids Choice Award (which is kinda sad).

So what happened?

[MasterPakku93]

One word, pwnage.

[fuego]

I doubt your going to get objectively because most of the fans here poo-poo EW and New York Times Reviews

[etherbender]

I tried posting this as a topic, but it got closed and I was told to post it here...

"Sozin's Comet" did not disappoint in the ratings department.

www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nickelodeons-avatar-last-airbender-hits/story.aspx?guid=%7B5203BA44-5E86-4DCF-8FE1-0F257DB3F258%7D&dist=hppr

NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender ended its third season with a "b-Aang," scoring the series' highest ratings ever, and earning the number-one spot on broadcast and basic cable television for the week with kids and tweens. The two-hour season-three finale, Sozin's Comet (Sat., July 19, 8 p.m. ET/PT), wrapped up a week of new, half-hour Avatar episodes (Mon-Tues., Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m. ET/PT), including a one-hour TV movie mid-week, Avatar: Boiling Rock (Wed. July 16, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
Ratings highlights for Nick's Avatar week include:
-- The season-three finale, Avatar: Sozin's Comet, was the number-one telecast on broadcast and basic cable television for the week of 7/14/08-7/22/08, averaging 5.6 million total viewers, up +195% over last year's like time period.*
-- Sozin's Comet earned the highest Avatar ratings ever with kids 6-11 and tweens, and triple-digit increases in all kid and tween demos. It averaged an 8.9/1.9 million K6-11 (up +123% over last year's same time period), and a 9.2/2.0 million T9-14 (up +229%).
-- All of the week's new Avatar episodes, including the Saturday finale, reached 19.0 million total viewers combined.**
-- The Wed., July 16, episode, Avatar: Boiling Rock (8 p.m. ET/PT), drew 4.0 million total viewers and averaged a 6.9/1.4 million K6-11 (up +86% over last year), and a 7.1/1.5 million viewers T9-14 (up +122%).
-- On average, the week-long Avatar premieres earned a 7.6/1.7 million T9-14 (up +130% over the same week in 2007); a 7.3/1.5 million K6-11 (up +83%); and 4.6 million total viewers.*
-- The new Avatar online Game of the Week on www.nick.com, "Rise of the Phoenix King", generated almost 815,000 game plays (7/17-7/20/08) and in just three days, became the number-two online game for the week.****
-- During the week of premiere episodes, Avatar became the number-one message board on Nick.com.

WOOHOO! I think this cements the fact that Nick will produce a spin-off series.

This, combined with winning a KCA and getting 3.8 million viewers for The Day of Black Sun, makes Nickelodeon's treatment of Avatar even more frustratingconfusing

[Horyo]

Thanks Etherbender!

It's really great to hear Avatar's success come so far.

[Chibi Chan-o]

Avatar deserves all that recognition and success. YAY

[dragonflly]

Jul 22, 2008 17:11:06 GMT -5 etherbender said:

I tried posting this as a topic, but it got closed and I was told to post it here...

"Sozin's Comet" did not disappoint in the ratings department.

www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nickelodeons-avatar-last-airbender-hits/story.aspx?guid=%7B5203BA44-5E86-4DCF-8FE1-0F257DB3F258%7D&dist=hppr

NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender ended its third season with a "b-Aang," scoring the series' highest ratings ever, and earning the number-one spot on broadcast and basic cable television for the week with kids and tweens. The two-hour season-three finale, Sozin's Comet (Sat., July 19, 8 p.m. ET/PT), wrapped up a week of new, half-hour Avatar episodes (Mon-Tues., Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m. ET/PT), including a one-hour TV movie mid-week, Avatar: Boiling Rock (Wed. July 16, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
Ratings highlights for Nick's Avatar week include:
-- The season-three finale, Avatar: Sozin's Comet, was the number-one telecast on broadcast and basic cable television for the week of 7/14/08-7/22/08, averaging 5.6 million total viewers, up +195% over last year's like time period.*
-- Sozin's Comet earned the highest Avatar ratings ever with kids 6-11 and tweens, and triple-digit increases in all kid and tween demos. It averaged an 8.9/1.9 million K6-11 (up +123% over last year's same time period), and a 9.2/2.0 million T9-14 (up +229%).
-- All of the week's new Avatar episodes, including the Saturday finale, reached 19.0 million total viewers combined.**
-- The Wed., July 16, episode, Avatar: Boiling Rock (8 p.m. ET/PT), drew 4.0 million total viewers and averaged a 6.9/1.4 million K6-11 (up +86% over last year), and a 7.1/1.5 million viewers T9-14 (up +122%).
-- On average, the week-long Avatar premieres earned a 7.6/1.7 million T9-14 (up +130% over the same week in 2007); a 7.3/1.5 million K6-11 (up +83%); and 4.6 million total viewers.*
-- The new Avatar online Game of the Week on www.nick.com, "Rise of the Phoenix King", generated almost 815,000 game plays (7/17-7/20/08) and in just three days, became the number-two online game for the week.****
-- During the week of premiere episodes, Avatar became the number-one message board on Nick.com.

WOOHOO! I think this cements the fact that Nick will produce a spin-off series.

This, combined with winning a KCA and getting 3.8 million viewers for The Day of Black Sun, makes Nickelodeon's treatment of Avatar even more frustratingconfusing

Thanks so much for posting this, I was looking forward to the numbers and man I was cheering when I read it! The only sad thing is that this series deserved these numbers from the beginning. Maybe if Nick hadn't screwed around with it.......oh well who cares. Avatar rules and these numbers prove it!

So has anyone here played the new game. I don't go to that site, this is the first I've heard of it!

[kooties]

This is what I've been waiting for. Thanks again etherbender *karma*.

So undeniably, Avatar IS a success.

[Milkman]

I think avatar did pretty well as a show. I doubt that the franchise is even near the succes of pokemon.

I think Avatar is one of the most criticly acclaimed kids series that launched in the 21 century so far. I cannot think of any kids show that incorperates the same level of story telling, action and comedy.