This is insane! Nick spent probably a few hundred thousand dollars producing those episodes. They profit from the advertisments that air during the commercial breaks on primetime Friday nights. If they don't air them, and are simply testing our commitence to DVD sales, isn't that a really huge gamble?? Every week I have people asking me when Avatar is coming back. Every week. People haven't forgotten. I just can't understand why Nick wouldn't air those episodes.

Not everyone will buy the DVD but a lot of people would watch it like they normally do on Nick. Ugh, this is SO messed up. I've been involved with a lot of fandoms but this on EASILY has the most twisted producers and tactics I've ever seen. Mike and Bryan need to hire some hitmen. Or we could do that.

You are right Raven. They did spend a HUGE amount of money making these episodes and that is exactly why, in my opinion, they are withholding them to see exactly how many fans will pour out in droves to buy them.

If they air them on TV, they gain advertising dollars between commercials but they have to spend money to air promos for the return of Avatar to Nickelodeon. However if they just release these 'never-seen-before' episodes straight to DVD, they can accomplish two things--one, they can see firsthand who the live-action movie audience will be and gauge how much money to budget for the first live-action movie and two, without spending a freakin' dime outside of the cost of the episodes, they can rake in mega-money in DVD sales BECAUSE they didn't air the episodes contained on the DVD on TV first.

Can you see their reasoning?

After the KCAs they have a better understanding of just how freakishly fanatic we are about Avatar. So some pointy-headed Nick exec said, "I know. We'll test the market. We will NOT show these episodes on TV. We will only release them to DVD and see just how badly fandom wants them."

Remember voting for the KCAs doubled this year with Avatar in one of the categories. Only Nick knows just how many of those 'new' votes were Avatar votes.

Think like a squinty-eyed Nick executive...if you could translate those votes into dollars...can you see where they are going with this?

I think the best way to retaliate against Nick is to go all Azula on them and make sure they never rise from their 'shame and humiliation' by achieving skyrocketing DVD sales on May 6th for a show that Nick hasn't aired in five months.

I mean when a reporter interviews Nick about this grand DVD sales achievement but then questions why this same show hasn't aired in several months, what exactly can they say?

*Cue deer-in-the-headlight look*

Nick exec: "Uhhhh."

Sadly, I don't think record sales would shame Nick into anything but smiling widely while having a deer-in-the headlight-look on the rest of their face. If anything it may make them more likely to release the rest of the unshown episodes directly to video, without showing them on tv first. Btw, I am not saying don't buy the video, I am just stating with Nick you never know for sure how they will respond to anything other than throwing more Sponge Bob at it.

The parrots stay busy in 'The Parrots Lounge' while waiting for more Avatar to be shown anywhere.

I agree with you, thefireman43, though fear of dealing with a backlash of angry Avatar fans hasn't kept Nick from doing whatever Nick has planned to do with Avatar up to this point. Thus I won't be surprised by anything Nick does with regards to Avatar.

The parrots go back and rewatch all of seasons 1&2 on DVD and the part of season 3 they have on tape again for the umpteenth time.