Netflix has announced the second season of “Wednesday”.

Netflix renewed the hit series Wednesday for the second season announcement diffuser. The announcement comes just days after controversy surrounding Netflix’s decision to cancel another popular original series.

Highlights

• WednesdayIt was the second most popular Netflix series of 2022 after season 4 starring Jenna Ortega. Stranger Things.
• But the horror series broke even the previous records Stranger Thingsand in November became Netflix’s most-watched English-language series, with 341.2 million hours watched in its first week, according to the broadcaster.
• despite the success of WednesdayNetflix announced the second season of the series late, which led some viewers to speculate that the next episode of the series could be released on another platform after Amazon and MGM, such as Amazon Prime. Wednesday — Closed an $8.5 billion merger in March.
• According to Nielsen data, the success Wednesday That’s due to its popularity with multicultural audiences, particularly Hispanic families, which make up about 25% of all viewers, according to the analytics firm.
• According to Nielsen, the show is also popular with young women, who account for 60% of the audience Wednesday are women and more than half are between 18-49 years old.

Amazing fact

the success of Wednesday it spread to other aspects of culture, creating a viral dance and pushing the song bloody mary More than a decade after it was released by Lady Gaga, it soared on the music charts. Although the song did not appear on the show, a viral montage of Jenna Ortega dancing to a sped-up version of the track sparked a TikTok trend where users recreated the dance. bloody mary It has surpassed 100 million plays on Spotify and even Lady Gaga released a video of the actress mimicking the dance moves from the song.

Tangent

Earlier this week, the Netflix platform announced that it would not be airing a second season of its multilingual sci-fi series 1899, a decision that baffled fans and the show’s directors. The news prompted criticism of Netflix’s tendency to abruptly cancel original series after several seasons, often without plot resolution. Directors Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar – they are also behind the thriller series Dark – He said in a statement on Monday that they hope to end the series with a second and third season. The series debuted at number two on Netflix’s list of most-watched shows in its week of release, with 79.27 million hours watched in its first four days. Netflix’s head of scripted series in the US and Canada, Peter Friedlander, told Variety earlier this year that when Netflix executives “have to make cancellation decisions, it’s about taking a long-term view. We also always consider many variables. The top 10 is just one variable among others.”

A significant number

20. The number of English-language original series canceled last year, according to Variety’s estimates.

Basic Context

Despite success with Stranger Things, Wednesday and Dahmer, Netflix has struggled with subscriber losses throughout 2022. Netflix shares fell after reports that the service’s new tier of ad-supported subscriptions, launched last month, had disappointing results for advertisers. Hundreds of workers were laid off last year in several waves of layoffs.

Article translated from US Forbes – Author: Carlie Porterfield

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