Wednesday Defeats Stranger Things In Huge Netflix Ratings Upset
Stranger Things is a science fiction horror television series created by the Duffer Brothers, while Wednesday Addams is a character from the Addams Family, a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938. Wednesday Addams is known for her gothic appearance and gloomy personality. What would you like to know about either of these?
A derivative of The Addams Family Wednesday broke the previous record for Netflix viewing set by the wildly popular show Stranger Things on the streaming service. The New Addams Family TV series, which ran from October 1998 to August 1999, was the last live-action edition of The Addams
Family franchise before the new series, which centres on the figure of Wednesday Addams. Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as the title character, debuted on November 23 and has already broken several records.
THR reports that Wednesday surpassed the previous record, held by Stranger Things, for the largest opening week for an English-language Netflix series. During its first week, the series amassed an astounding 341.2 million hours of viewing around the globe, surpassing the previous record of 335 million hours held by Stranger Things season 4. Despite this, the amount is still below the record-breaking 571.76 million hours for the first week ever recorded by Squid Game the previous year.
Why Wednesday Beat Stranger Things
The success of Wednesday will be seen as a huge victory for Netflix, a streaming business that has spent a lot of time and money in recent years creating original programming. The show tied for first place with Stranger Things in no less than 83 different countries during its first week, pulling off this amazing achievement. According to a calculation made by Netflix, roughly 50 million homes worldwide watched at least some of the series. This is very encouraging for Wednesday’s future.
Wednesday has mostly received favourable reviews from both critics and viewers. Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday Addams in the original 1991 film The Addams Family and its sequel, Gwendoline Christie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, and Ortega have all received recognition for their supporting roles. The first four episodes of the series are also directed by Tim Burton, a well-known Hollywood director. Before the show even debuted, there was a lot of anticipation due to the star power and popularity of the Addams Family IP. This most likely stoked Wednesday’s large audience, and favourable word of mouth insured that additional viewers would stick around. Undoubtedly, Stranger Things will retaliate once its fifth and final season airs, but as of right now, Wednesday has won.