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Harry Fletcher
Nov 30, 2022
'Wednesday' On Netflix: This Is How You Know Star Jenna Ortega
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There’s a new hit show taking over Netflix, with Wednesday racking up millions of views over recent days.
In fact, Netflix has said the scripted series based on The Addams Family is now the most-watched English-language series in a week in the platform’s history.
The official viewing figures are never released, and we just have to take Netflix’s word for it of course, but according to the streaming service, viewers watched more than 341.2 million hours of Wednesday in the space of a week.
It beat the previous record held by Stranger Things of 335 million, which is an awful lot.
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Comedy horror series Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega as the daughter of the Addams family, alongside the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman.
Of course,Stranger Things has become a cultural phenomenon since it first aired back in 2016, with one of the most engaged fanbases out there – so it’s no surprise it’s provoked a big reaction.
In fact, some fans have jokingly begun framing the two shows as direct rivals, with the reactions coming in thick and fast.
The supposed ‘feud’ between the two Netflix shows has instantly become a meme on social media.
\u201cnetflix with stranger things now that wednesday broke their record\u201d— ceo of kory (@ceo of kory) 1669752499
\u201cWednesday walking past Stranger Things in the next Netflix meeting\u201d— maleficent \u2730 (@maleficent \u2730) 1669752976
\u201cdamn people are actually putting eddie munson down now that wednesday surpassed stranger things on netflix lolol\u201d— \ud835\udcda\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfd \u2661 (@\ud835\udcda\ud835\udcea\ud835\udcfd \u2661) 1669788885
\u201cPeople saying Wednesday is better than Stranger Things, but they\u2019ll be the same ones saying the exact same thing when another show comes out on Netflix. Bffr\u201d— sadie lover (@sadie lover) 1669789895
\u201cin honour of wednesday joining stranger things as the most viewed english-language tv shows on netflix \ud83d\ude0c\u201d— best of max mayfield (@best of max mayfield) 1669760111
\u201cwednesday literally saved netflix bc stranger things is about to be over and all the rest of their shows and movies are flopping \ud83d\udc80\u201d— taybrina\u2019s biggest truther \ud83d\udd70\ud83d\udc8c (@taybrina\u2019s biggest truther \ud83d\udd70\ud83d\udc8c) 1669757580
How will the 'feud' progress? We'll just have to keep an eye on social media to find out, we guess.
Wednesday has also set an unlikely milestone on Rotten Tomatoes after first arriving on the platform back on November 23.
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