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Post: 93325753_1 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:00:40 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:00:40 +0000

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Since its June 27 premiere, The Legend of Korra has been troubled with low ratings. From as high as 1.5 million on the first episode to as low as 1.1 million on the fourth and fifth episodes, it was only a matter of time before episodes were either rescheduled or pulled completely.

Now, the network has started pulling the episodes completely. After seven new episodes of Book Three’s 13 have aired, Nick has pulled one episode from this Friday as well as all four episodes from August 1 and 8.

Episode 8 “The Terror Within” is still airing this Friday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

No word on when (or where) the remaining five episodes will air.

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I blame Book 2 for this, personally...

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Post: 93325753_2 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:27:17 +0000
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Nick was doing a terrible job of advertising the show so personally, I blame them.

edit: Looks like it's not cancelled but we'll get more details at SDCC.

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Post: 93325753_3 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:27:41 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:27:41 +0000

Wait what?
They wouldn't just cancel it mid season would they?

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Post: 93325753_4 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:28:11 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:28:11 +0000

Hopefully it won't get cancelled but honestly they wouldn't be showing the series now if it weren't for all the early episode leaks

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Post: 93325753_5 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:30:39 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:30:39 +0000

I've spoken about this before. Legend of Korra is a bit... Well, the plot, Korra's actions, and perhaps also some portion of the characters introduced, aren't as easy to relate to (or perhaps not fantastical enough, for people who enjoyed that element) as those in the original series. I think, maybe, the writers are trying too hard to make Korra 'different' from Aang, which is putting a portion of the audience off. Purely speculation.

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Post: 93325753_6 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:31:26 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:31:26 +0000

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Nick was doing a terrible job of advertising the show so personally, I blame them.

This, though it seems like airing it now was a last minute decision after the leaks.

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Post: 93325753_7 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:56:28 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 02:56:28 +0000

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Nick was doing a terrible job of advertising the show so personally, I blame them.

edit: Looks like it's not cancelled but we'll get more details at SDCC.

Based on this (which is from Bryke's Tumblr, as linked above), it would seem that Nick is pulling Korra from TV proper, and it will be a digital-only thing.

They must need more room for Spongebob reruns or something...

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Post: 93325753_8 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 03:45:35 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 03:45:35 +0000

i blame nickelodeon refusing to advertise at all or play any reruns

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Post: 93325753_9 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:11:35 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:11:35 +0000

And this is the Avatar series should go to Cartoon Network or Disney and not to Nickelodeon. They always keep pulling these stunts with their shows and I'm sick of it.

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Post: 93325753_10 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:57:01 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:57:01 +0000

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/128377-nickelodeon-yanks-final-five-episodes-of-legend-of-korra.html

Guys, we're in trouble, and have no one to blame but ourselves. Because no one in the u.s. watched TV airings of Korra, and opted to illegally stream it instead, they are switching to digital distribution. The good news is, Nickelodeon will probably stream it legally at several sites. The bad news is, if we don't watch it legally, the entire series and franchise are most assuredly screwed. Not watching this season legally is only going to show the execs that we are uninterested in the franchise as a whole. TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

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Post: 93325753_11 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:58:07 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:58:07 +0000

Straight from the creator's Facebook. It's going on hiatus from TV, but they're planning on continuing it online. Whether that means its own website, or Nick.com, we don't know, but Korra will continue with this season, at the very least.

The blame falls on all parties involved. Nick did a terrible job advertising the show. The leaks certainly didn't help anything, because it's pretty much what caused the creators to say "You know what? ******** it, we're not putting the episodes on Nick.com then." And then they were super slow about uploading them to iTunes, so the only way to really see them was on TV one night a week, and there are countries that don't have Nickelodeon, so the only way to see them online LEGALLY was iTunes, which, as aforementioned, was being uploaded at snail speeds.

Honestly, I hope Avatar strips itself from Nick entirely and continues just putting episodes online or goes to a different channel. There are plenty of mature themes that could be implemented while still keeping it fairly "kid-friendly".

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Post: 93325753_12 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:01:52 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:01:52 +0000

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I watch it when it airs! emo

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Post: 93325753_13 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:06:43 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:06:43 +0000

I don't, because it airs at the most inconvenient time possible for me. Who's home on Friday night at like, 8 or 9 pm?

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Post: 93325753_14 created on Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:10:43 +0000
Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:10:43 +0000

Ugh I don't want to watch the show on my computer ( it's so slow!) and I'm blaming Nick on this one. I have not seen a single ad for the show, besides a preview right after the show and on facebook.