“Wednesday,” the Jenna Ortega-starring supernatural mystery centered on the lovely and terrifying Addams daughter, has become Netflix’s most-watched English-language TV title in a single week. Upon its debut on November 23, the limited series directed by Tim Burton was viewed 341.2 million hours.
When comparing dark comedy shows with other popular Netflix titles, Ryan Murphy’s “Demer” — which dominated the Netflix Top 10 for weeks — only came close to the 300 million viewing hour mark. “Stranger Things 4” came even closer, clocking 335 million hours a week during its second week on the chart in late May.
When the sci-fi series released Part 2, its highest one-week viewership was 301.3 million hours watched. It is also worth noting that “Dammer” and “Stranger Things 4” achieved these numbers in only their second week on the top 10 chart, unlike “Wednesday”, which achieved a record-breaking feat in its inaugural run.
“Wednesday,” which finds its primary outtakes at Nevermore Academy—sleuthing and scheming alongside vampires, werewolves, and scheming—was viewed by 50 million+ households in its first week on the chart (341 million hours versus the series’ total of 6.8 hours). Viewed divided by) ). Also executive produced by Burton, along with creators/show-runners Al Gough and Miles Millar, the series spawned a No. 1 hit in 83 countries, “Stranger Things 4.” tied up with
While initially billed as a limited series, Gough and Miller told TheWrap that they have plenty of stories and tricks up their sleeves in case Dreamer wants to renew it for a second installment. Season 2 has yet to get an official green signal as viewership numbers are still on the rise, though if its initial outing is any indication, the potential path looks clear.
Also on the list during the week from November 21 to 27 was “1899”, a multilingual German period sci-fi; “The Crown” season 5; and the last third season of “Dead to Me” in descending order. The latter’s first season of the show, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, made its debut at No. 10 on the list as viewers revisited the tragedy’s humble beginnings.
