The announcement was made in a short video by Netflix, which included highlights from the first season and Wednesday’s voiceover: “Over the past few weeks, I have been hunted, haunted, and mimicked millions of times across the internet (hello, Jenna’s viral dance video!). It’s been pure torture… Thank you.”
It’s then added: “More misery is coming. The global phenomenon will return for season two.” A scene from season one hilariously tied together the announcement, with Wednesday fittingly saying: “Honestly, I wished I cared a little more”. Brilliant!
Ahead of the confirmation, the head Of Netflix’s US and Canada scripted series, Peter Friedlander, hinted at a second season as he said: “I am optimistic about Wednesday, we’ll leave it at that.
“Weirdly, because it feels different, but we’re just two weeks into the launch of Wednesday, so we’re still really at the beginning of this cultural phenomenon, and there’s a lot to absorb and learn about it. It’s striking how quick something like this can explode on Netflix, and there is a lot you want to hear back from fans and audiences.”
Peter continued to Variety: “It’s not just the dance, it’s people dressing up and buying makeup and wanting to look like Wednesday Addams. The resurgence, for me, it’s something that’s been in the culture for a long time, but never this pronounced. It’s something that we want to study and understand why this is such a phenomenon. And I think so much of it is Jenna’s extraordinary performance at the centre.”
Meanwhile, the delay in confirming season two may have been due to the recent speculation that the show may leave Netflix for another streaming service, as the series is essentially a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) product. According to Deadline, Amazon and MGM closed a £7.06b merger in March 2022, which might mean that Wednesday could be acquired by Amazon and move to Amazon Prime.