The first half of the second season of “Wednesday” debuted on Netflix last week, and has managed to pull in very big numbers.
The series returned to the streamer’s second season debuted on August 4th, and within its first five days managed to pull in 50 million views.
The first season pulled in 341.1 million hours in five days which, when divided by runtime, equals roughly 50.1 million views.
One key difference is that the first season premiered with all eight episodes at once, whereas Season 2 premiered with only four episodes of its run, the remaining four to premiere on September 3rd.
The split is expected to yield a second major viewership spike next month and thus increase the numbers for the run overall over the full 90-day period that Netflix measures for its all-time list.
The first season ranks as Netflix’s No. 1 most popular English-language TV title ever and its No. 2 TV title overall (behind only the first season of “Squid Game”).
The first part of the second season has also set a new record for the highest number of countries in which an English-language TV title has reached No. 1 of the week (91 total).
Series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar recently confirmed they’re involved in a new animated film adaptation of the “Addams Family” property is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios – one that won’t be connected to “Wednesday” or the previous animated movies. Kevin Miserocchi, Gail Berman and John Glickman will produce the film which is in its early stages.
Source: Variety
