Quick Scoop: When Did The Legend of Korra Come Out?

The Legend of Korra first came out in 2012 — with its very first two episodes released online on March 24–25, 2012 , and the official TV premiere on April 14, 2012 on Nickelodeon in the United States.

Exact Release Timeline

Here’s the essential timeline in bite-sized form:

Event| Date| Notes
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First 2 episodes online| March 24–25, 2012| Released for free on iTunes (HD) 7
TV premiere (US)| April 14, 2012| Nickelodeon official broadcast 35
Series end| 2014| Four seasons total 3

  • The show is a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender , set 70 years later in the same world.
  • It follows Korra, the new Avatar from the Southern Water Tribe, as she masters the elements and deals with political and spiritual conflicts.

How to Think About “Come Out”

People usually mean one of these when they ask “when did it come out?”:

  1. Online debut – March 24–25, 2012
    • First chance for fans to watch it.
  2. TV broadcast debut – April 14, 2012
    • The date most sources (IMDb, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes) list as the series start.
  1. Full series run – 2012 to 2014
    • Four seasons: Book One: Air , Book Two: Spirits , Book Three: Change , and Book Four: Balance.

If you’re filling in trivia or a timeline, the safest single answer is:

The Legend of Korra premiered on April 14, 2012.

But if you want to be precise about the very first release, you can say:

Its first two episodes were released online on March 24–25, 2012; the official TV premiere was April 14, 2012.

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