The very popular, anime-inspired action-adventure series Avatar: The Last Airbender will soon be thrilling its legion of fans more than just once a week. The Hollywood Reporter brings word today that Nickelodeon will begin airing the show each weeknight at 6:30 starting Sept. 25. An expanded online initiative will also be launched for the show, which has a one-hour special debuting tonight, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon.
Avatar is created and exec produced by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and produced at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, Calif. The show revolves around on Aang, a fun-loving, 12-year-old boy who must forego a normal life in order to master his latent powers over the four elements. Aided by a protective teenage Waterbender named Katara and her bull-headed warrior brother, Sokka, Aang proceeds on a perilous journey to save the world while sometimes shaking off his heavy responsibilities so that he can enjoy being a kid.
Nickelodeon recently greenlit a third season of the series, ordering another 20 episodes. The new batch is set to go into production will bring the show’s episode total to 60. The series is Nickelodeon’s top-rated Friday show and, as a weekday strip, it will join the upper echelon of Nick staples consisting of SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron and The Fairly OddParents.
In tonight’s special, Avatar: Secret of the Fire Nation, the most powerful nation on the planet will reveal its darkest and most dangerous secret, one that threatens to change everything. The hour-long installment begins at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)/7 p.m. Central.
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