Netflix’s Avatar: Last Airbender, spin-off “Walking Dead” and other new TV series

We are now in the doldrums of February; It’s still pretty chilly, the days aren’t long enough yet, and Valentine’s candy sales are running out.

Luckily we always have TV – and these days we tend to have a lot of it! This week is no exception, with plenty of flair to temper it. Above all, there are major franchise releases like Avatar: The Last Airbender And The Walking Dead: Those Who Live, Both mark a dramatic return to a major motion picture (live-action and “with Rick and Michonne,” respectively). But you can also go off the beaten path with a new sci-fi thriller from Apple starring Noomi Rapace or an animated sci-fi comedy from Prime Video starring Keke Palmer and Stephanie Hsu.

Here are this week’s best new TV premieres and finales:

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New shows on Netflix

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Genre: Live-action cartoon adaptation
Release date: February 22nd, with all episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Albert Kim
Pour: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and more

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony – but it was in cartoon form. Now Avatar: The Last Airbender comes to live action with eight new episodes from Netflix. Spoiler alert: The Fire Nation will once again change everything when they attack.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive Season 6

Image: Netflix

Genre: Sports documentaries (Fast Car Guys)
Release date: February 23rd, with all episodes
Showrunner/Creator: James Gay Rees and Paul Martin
Pour: A group of Formula 1 drivers of the year 2023

Season 6 will cover Formula 1’s most recent season, meaning audiences will see for the first time how the ups and downs of the season (including the first-ever race in Las Vegas) affect the drivers.

But this time it’s more than that: given the numerous controversies and shocks surrounding F1 teams heading into the 2024 season – including a major team change and an undisclosed allegation that reportedly led Red Bull to fire its team boss To demand resignation – no doubt Drive to survive Season 6 will have one much read into it.

New shows on Prime Video

The second best hospital in the galaxy

Genre: Animated science fiction comedy
Release date: February 23rd, with all eight episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Cirocco Dunlap
Pour: Stephanie Hsu, Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin and more

What cases are there in an intergalactic medical facility? A whole bunch of things, including parasites, time loops, and STIs in space. Luckily, the crack team – or at least the second best crack team – in the universe is here to combat all of these health ailments. Since it’s an animated comedy, chances are good that everything will run completely fine, with no errors or anything like that.

Finale of the first season of “Expats”.

Photo: Jupiter Wong/Prime Video

Genre: theatre
Release date: February 23rd
Showrunner/Creator: Lulu Wang
Pour: Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo and more

After the night of the blackout changes everything for our three main players, the women must make their own decisions, accept their grief and find a way – no matter what it is – to move forward.

New shows on Apple TV Plus

constellation

Genre: Twisted science fiction film
Release date: February 21, with three episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Peter Harness
Pour: Naomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks and more

After a flight into space and a near-fatal accident on the ISS, Jo (Noomi Rapace) returns to Earth, ready to rest and recover with her daughter. But suddenly parts of her life seem to have changed – or even missing.

Criminal Record season 1 finale

Genre: criminal proceedings
Release date: 10. January
Showrunner/Creator: Paul Rutman
Pour: Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi

After eight episodes, this crime thriller becomes increasingly personal as both detectives are asked to focus their energies on their children as they work to remedy the miscarriage of justice at the heart of the series.

New shows on AMC Plus

The Walking Dead: Those Who Live

Genre: Zombie spinoff
Release date: February 25th, with an episode
Showrunner/Creator: Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln
Pour: Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira and more

There have been plenty of “Walking Dead” spin-offs, but this is the first – and the long-awaited, long-promised one – to feature Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) reuniting in Working on what AMC calls an “epic love story.” According to their plot synopsis, the two are “kept apart by distance.” By an unstoppable force. By the ghosts of who they were.” Can they find themselves among all the walking dead?