Snap snap! Netflix today confirmed that the streaming service has given Wednesday Season 2 the green light. You can watch the announcement video for Wednesday Season 2 by scrolling down!
“It’s been incredible to create a show that has connected with people across the world. Thrilled to continue Wednesday’s tortuous journey into season two,” creators, showrunners and executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar told Netflix’s Tudum.
They added: “We can’t wait to dive head first into another season and explore the kooky spooky world of Nevermore. Just need to make sure Wednesday hasn’t emptied the pool first.”
Wednesday, which is produced by MGM Television, continues to have a resounding cultural impact across entertainment, the internet, music, fashion and beauty.
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Since the series debuted in November 2022, Wednesday is now one of the most successful series ever on Netflix. It ranks #2 on the Most Popular (English) TV list with 1.237 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days.
More than 182 million households have seen the series since its debut. (1.237 billion hours divided by 6.8 hours). Wednesday also crossed the 1 billion hour view mark only three weeks after debut – joining Stranger Things 4 and Squid Game as the third title to reach this milestone within its first 28 days.
The series broke the record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language TV series on Netflix — not once, but twice — when it debuted in the #1 spot with a record-breaking 341.23 million hours viewed, and again in its second week with a staggering 411.29 million hours viewed.
To date, Wednesday has had six consecutive weeks with over 100+ million hours viewed on the English TV List — another record! On TikTok, #WednesdayAddams has amassed over 22 billion views.
The Wednesday soundtrack reached #1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart where it remained in the Top 10 for three weeks. Wednesday Addams, the artist, now has over 1 million followers on Spotify.
Wednesday’s iconic dance scene has gone massively viral across global social media. Fan-generated content utilizing “Bloody Mary” by Lady Gaga led to a streaming increase of more than 1,800% of the song on Spotify compared to the month prior the series release.
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Even Lady Gaga joined in on the fun. With over 80 million views and counting, fans can’t get enough of the cast’s reaction to the iconic dance scene video.
Wednesday’s viral makeup look has been searched for and viewed over 100 million times by fans on TikTok. Wednesday products are in high demand with select items selling out at retailers like Hot Topic, MAC and Cakeworthy.
Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally-infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability.
She’ll have to thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago – all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
The showrunners, executive producers and writers are Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Tim Burton directs and also executive produces.
The executive producers also include Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, Gail Berman, Tommy Harper, and Kevin Lafferty.
While we’ll have to wait and see who all will be in the Wednesday Season 2 cast, the first season’s cast includes Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams), Gwendoline Christie (Principal Larissa Weems), Jamie McShane (Sheriff Galpin), Percy Hynes White (Xavier Thorpe), Hunter Doohan (Tyler Galpin), Emma Myers (Enid Sinclair), and Joy Sunday (Bianca Barclay).
There’s also Naomi J Ogawa (Yoko Tanaka), Moosa Mostafa (Eugene Ottinger), Georgie Farmer (Ajax Petropolus), Riki Lindhome (Dr. Valerie Kinbott), Christina Ricci (Marilyn Thornhill), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia Addams), Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester), and Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley Addams).
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to cover the latest streaming, movie, TV, and game news.