Three episodes in, the new Avatar series has been given what Nickelodeon never gave Korra
In 2014 the last Avatar was bundled off the telly halfway through a series. In 2026 the new one has four books guaranteed before most viewers have learnt her name. Paramount+ has renewed Avatar:
In 2014 the last Avatar was bundled off the telly halfway through a series. In 2026 the new one has four books guaranteed before most viewers have learnt her name.
Paramount+ has renewed Avatar: Seven Havens for Books 3 and 4. Co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko announced it at their New York Comic Con panel on 9 October 2026, the same day the first three episodes went up on the streamer. Book 2 was already in the bag: Nickelodeon ordered two books of 13 episodes each back in February 2025. So the count now stands at four seasons ordered and three episodes watched.
The streamer kept the official word short:
"Books 3 and 4 will continue the story of Avatar Pavi and her twin sister Nisha."
— Paramount+, on the renewal
Pavi, voiced by Saheli Khan, is a young Earthbender and the first Avatar after Korra. The catch is the world she inherits: after a cataclysm, being the Avatar marks her as humanity's destroyer rather than its saviour. The rest of Book 1 arrives in Friday batches until 30 October, so viewers will have seen all of Book 1 by Halloween. Paramount+ has already paid for three more.
The last Avatar got the opposite treatment
Twelve years ago the network treated this franchise like a scheduling problem. The Legend of Korra Book 3 premiered on Nickelodeon on 27 June 2014, moved forward after episodes leaked. Ratings fell, and after episode 8 on 25 July the series simply vanished from the channel:
- Episodes 9–13 of Book 3 went out weekly on Nick.com and digital stores from 1 August.
- Book 4 never made it back to the telly at all and launched online on 3 October 2014.
- The creators spent that summer assuring fans the show had not been cancelled.
Korra still got her ending, just without a channel. Which makes this year's panel a cheeky bit of casting: the session that handed Pavi her double renewal was moderated by Janet Varney, the voice of Korra herself. A Deadline reader put the mood more bluntly: "I remember how Nickelodeon handled seasons 3 and 4 of Korra. Sad that it took a takeover for Paramount to finally acknowledge the value of one of their biggest franchises."
Korra lost her timeslot halfway through Book 3. Pavi had Book 4 before her third episode finished streaming.
To be fair, the takeover's goodwill has limits. The animated film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender was meant for cinemas until Paramount sent it straight to streaming in December 2025; after the whole thing leaked in April, it went up on Paramount+ on 25 July. The trust, it seems, is for series.
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The Avatar the original barely mentioned
The same panel ordered another series, Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos, with Konietzko as showrunner. Kuruk is the Water Tribe Avatar who came between Yangchen and Kyoshi, and in the original series he is little more than a cameo with a tragic footnote. The Kyoshi novels filled in the rest: he died at 33, leaving an era of chaos for his successor to clean up. Paramount+ is now promising his teenage years, with a teenage Avatar learning the four elements on the road while staying "one step ahead of his angry teacher, rowdy pirates, and chaotic spirits".
No date has been set for Kuruk, Book 2 has no premiere date either, and Books 3 and 4 have not shown a single frame. For now Pavi is three episodes in with four books promised, which is more than Korra was ever given.
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