Wednesday (2022 Series)

About

Wednesday is a 2022 coming-of-age comedy horror television series centered around the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family media franchise. The series stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, a death-obsessed, unemotional teenage girl who attempts to solve a monster mystery at her new boarding school with her roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers). Following its release in late November 2022, both Wednesday and Ortega trending online in memes, fan art and other viral discussions, particularly on TikTok.

History

On August 17th, the official teaser trailer for the comedy horror television series Wednesday, directed by Tim Burton, premiered. The series, based on the character Wednesday Addams from the The Addams Family media franchise, stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character, a cold and unemotional teenage girl born into a wealthy but odd family of aristocrats. On October 8th, 2022, the official trailer for the series premiered, with the teaser and the trailer accumulating over 13 million views and 17 million views on YouTube^[1][2] in three months and two months, respectively (shown below, left and right).

On November 23rd, the series premiered on Netflix. ^[3]

Reception

The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Ortega's performance, and very positive reviews from audiences. As of November 30th, 2022, on Rotten Tomatoes,^[3] the series maintained an average critic score of 70% and an audience score of 88%. On IMDb,^[4] the series had a user rating of 8.5 out of 10 with over 49,000 reviews. On Metacritic,^[5] season one of Wednesday maintained an average Critic score of 66 based on 26 reviews and an average user score of 6.8 based on over 70 ratings.

On November 29th, 2022, the official Twitter account for the show reported that the show was watched a combined 341.2 million hours in the first week since release,^[6] beating a record for the most viewed English-language Netflix series previously held by Stranger Things 4.

Fandom

Following the release of the series, it achieved massive popularity online as a fandom formed on Twitter, TikTok and Tumblr. In late November 2022, multiple posts about the show and its characters went viral on these platforms. For example, on November 25th, the gimmick Twitter^[7] account Out Of Context Wednesday (@oocwednesday) posted two screencaps from the show, with the post gaining over 43,600 retweets and 250,000 likes in five days (shown below, left). On November 28th, 2022, artist @littlethunder tweeted^[8] fan art of Wednesday Addams from the 2022 series and the 1993 film, with the post gaining over 29,600 retweets and 221,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Wednesday Dance

The Wednesday Dance or Wednesday Addams Dance refers to two scenes in which the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family dances: one from the original 1966 series (portrayed by Lisa Loring) and one from the 2022 Netflix series Wednesday (portrayed by Jenna Ortega). The original scene became the subject of memes throughout the 2010s as people set it to various songs. In 2022, the scene of Wednesday dancing in a goth dress then inspired a dance trend on TikTok in which users copy the dance.

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