‘Wednesday’ Officially Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix | THR News - video Dailymotion

The goth teen sleuth hit has at last been renewed by the streamer for a second season.

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00:00It's finally official. Wednesday has been renewed for a second season at Netflix.

00:05This episode of THR News is brought to you by Avatar The Way of Water,

00:09for your consideration in all categories, including Best Picture.

00:13After much speculation about the hit show's fate,

00:15Netflix has confirmed that the Supernatural mystery series

00:18centered around the Addams Family's eldest daughter will return for another round.

00:23The streamer shared this special video announcing the news.

00:25Over the past few weeks, I've been hunting.

00:30Haunted.

00:34And mimicked millions of times across the internet.

00:37Jenna Ortega's character Wednesday goes on to say this.

00:40It's been pure torture. Thank you.

00:43Since the release of its debut season on November 23rd,

00:46Wednesday has become Netflix's third most popular series of all time,

00:51behind only Stranger Things Season 4 and Squid Game.

00:54The show also twice broke the record for most hours viewed in a single week

00:58by an English-language TV series.

01:05Ahead of the show's Season 1 premiere, Ortega opened up to The Hollywood Reporter

01:09about her take on the iconic Addams Family character.

01:12This is a new generation of Wednesday, and we've never seen so much of her on screen before,

01:16and people have dimension, and they have strong moments, they have weak moments,

01:20and I think that you kind of get a bit of everything with Wednesday in this season.

01:25For more on this story and the latest TV news, head to THR.com.

01:28For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.