Wednesday (TV series)
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Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character, with Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones portraying her parents in the series. Four episodes of each season were directed by Tim Burton, who serves as executive producer. The first season revolves around Wednesday Addams, who attempts to solve a murder mystery at her new school. Burton was previously approached to direct the 1991 film The Addams Family and was later involved in a canceled stop-motion animated film featuring the Addams Family. In October 2020, he was reported to be helming a television series, which was later given a series order by Netflix. Ortega was cast in part to represent the character's Latina heritage. Christina Ricci, who had played Wednesday in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, was asked by Burton to join the series in a supporting role. Wednesday premiered on November 16, 2022, and was released on Netflix on November 23 to positive reviews from critics; Ortega's performance received critical acclaim. Within three weeks of release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series. It received three Golden Globe nominations: one for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and two for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Ortega. It also won four Primetime Emmy Awards, while receiving nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Ortega. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on August 6, 2025; the second half was released on September 3. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| 1 | 8 | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | ||
| 2 | 8 | 4 | August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06) | |
| 4 | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
| 1 | 1 | "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe" | Tim Burton | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday Addams, a high-school student, finds her brother Pugsley tied up in a locker. She sees a psychic vision of his bullies, whom she then attempts to kill, resulting in her getting expelled. Her parents, Morticia and Gomez, decide to enroll her in Nevermore Academy, their alma mater and a school for outcasts in Jericho, Vermont. Meanwhile, a | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Woe Is the Loneliest Number" | Tim Burton | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday convinces a skeptical Sheriff Galpin that the perpetrator of the murders is a monster. Suddenly, Rowan reappears unharmed. Wednesday doubts her sanity and decides to investigate the murders herself. She roams the campus inquiring about Rowan and is told that he has been expelled. Meanwhile, Principal Weems grows worried about Wednesday's | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Friend or Woe" | Tim Burton | Kayla Alpert | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday finds herself tied up and surrounded by members of the Nightshades, including Bianca and Xavier. Wednesday frees herself and leaves the library, taking one of the books with her. Principal Weems orders Wednesday to accompany the high school band to an upcoming town ceremony run by Mayor Noble Walker. A drawing in the purloined book leads | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Woe What a Night" | Tim Burton | Kayla Alpert | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday and Thing break into the coroner's office to copy the files of the monster's victims. In trying to identify a pattern, she finds that each victim has had body parts surgically removed. Wednesday becomes suspicious of Xavier and follows him into his art studio, where she discovers several drawings of the monster, which lead her to the mons | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "You Reap What You Woe" | Gandja Monteiro | April Blair | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Thirty-two years earlier, Gomez Addams had been arrested at Nevermore on suspicion of killing Garrett Gates, a descendant of Joseph Crackstone. In present time, the Addamses visit Wednesday on Parents' Weekend at Nevermore. A family therapy session is cut short when Wednesday confronts her parents about the suspected murder. Meanwhile, Sheriff Galp | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Quid Pro Woe" | Gandja Monteiro | April Blair | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday attempts to summon Goody Addams, an ancestor and fellow psychic who killed Crackstone. During a surprise birthday party, Wednesday has a vision of Goody, who instructs her to seek out the Gates mansion. There, she witnesses Mayor Walker leaving the building and sneaks into his car. After arriving back in town, Mayor Walker is hit by a car | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "If You Don't Woe Me by Now" | James Marshall | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Matt Lambert | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| At Mayor Walker's funeral, Wednesday notices a lurking figure and chases it into the forest. The figure is revealed to be Uncle Fester, who explains to Wednesday that the monster she has been investigating is a Hyde. Together, they retrieve a diary from the Nightshades' library, which reveals that a Hyde must always have a master. Later, they track | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "A Murder of Woes" | James Marshall | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) | |
| Wednesday and her classmates kidnap Tyler to try to make him confess, but Wednesday is arrested and expelled from Nevermore. Tyler secretly admits to Wednesday that he is the Hyde. Wednesday and Principal Weems visit Eugene at the hospital, where he has come out of his coma. His description of the figure he saw at the monster's cave matches Ms. Tho | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |||||||
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| 9 | 1 | "Here We Woe Again" | Tim Burton | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06) | |||||||
| Wednesday returns to Nevermore with Pugsley, who starts his first day, and discovers she is a celebrity. New principal Barry Dort offers her the honor student position at a start-of-year bonfire. In her dorm, she realizes she has a stalker. Principal Dort persuades Morticia to lead a fund-raising committee. After private investigator Carl Bradbury | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | "The Devil You Woe" | Paco Cabezas | Matt Lambert | August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06) | |||||||
| Wednesday finds Galpin killed by crows in his home, and her psychic powers fail. During Nevermore's Prank Day, Wednesday finds one of Galpin's eyes placed in her and Enid's dorm room. Pugsley reveals Slurp, the zombie he has chained up and is keeping as a pet, to Eugene, but it eventually escapes. Wednesday goes to Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | "Call of the Woe" | Paco Cabezas | Valentina Garza | August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06) | |||||||
| Wednesday gets into Galpin's phone and learns about the "Bullpen", a hunting cabin they used as a rendezvous. Wednesday decides to attend Nevermore's first camping trip to investigate, but her parents also come along as chaperones. Pugsley brings along Slurp so that he is not left unattended. A double booking leads Nevermore to compete with the Pho | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | "If These Woes Could Talk" | Tim Burton | Lauren Otero | August 6, 2025 (2025-08-06) | |||||||
| Wednesday discovers that Willow Hill death certificates were signed by Augustus Stonehearst, now a patient there. Uncle Fester infiltrates Willow Hill to learn about "LOIS". Grandmama Hester Frump arrives and offers to donate to Nevermore if Goody's book is returned, but Morticia burns it. Uncle Fester's attempt to uncover the truth is thwarted, le | ||||||||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | "Hyde and Woe Seek" | Angela Robinson | Erika Vázquez & Siena Butterfield | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |||||||
| Wednesday, in a coma, discovers that Larissa Weems is her new spirit guide due to being Wednesday's 13th cousin twice removed. After awakening, Wednesday is threatened by Judi, and a disguised Tyler threatens Wednesday and Enid. While Nevermore is celebrating the Outcast Day of Remembrance, Wednesday learns how to control a Hyde from music professo | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | "Woe Thyself" | Angela Robinson | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Kayla Alpert | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |||||||
| Tyler and Françoise reunite with Isaac, who is Françoise's brother. Isaac tells Françoise he can remove her Hyde and save her. Wednesday attempts to regain her psychic abilities by using a charm from the gravestone of former Nevermore professor Rosaline Rotwood, but is interrupted by Enid. Both of them lose consciousness and wake up in their dorm r | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | "Woe Me the Money" | Tim Burton | Teleplay by : Matt Lambert & James Madejski Story by : James Madejski | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |||||||
| In 2008, pyrokinetic Barry Dort enlists failed actor Arnold Hunt to act as leader of the Morning Song cult, where Bianca and her mother Gabrielle had been held. In the present, Principal Dort uses Bianca's siren abilities to make Grandmama Frump promise all her money to Nevermore. Elsewhere, Isaac treats Françoise with blood transfusions from Tyler | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | "This Means Woe" | Tim Burton | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar & James Madejski | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |||||||
| Wednesday learns that Isaac's original effort to cure Françoise required the electrical powers Gomez formerly possessed, and he now plans to use Pugsley in turn. Wednesday confronts Isaac, who reveals that Thing is actually his hand, which he forcibly reattaches before burying Wednesday alive. Enid risks permanently becoming an alpha werewolf to di | ||||||||||||
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
| 1 | 73% (105 reviews) | 66 (26 reviews) |
| 2 | 87% (92 reviews) | 66 (31 reviews) |
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| AACTA International Awards | 2023 | Best Comedy Series | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 2023 | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series | Mark Scruton (for "Woe Is the Loneliest Number") | Nominated | |
| 2026 | Mark Scruton (for "If These Woes Could Talk") | Nominated | |||
| Astra TV Awards | 2023 | Best Streaming Series, Comedy | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Jenna Ortega | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Christina Ricci | Won | |||
| Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Tim Burton (for "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe") | Nominated | |||
| Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (for "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe") | Nominated | |||
| Astra Creative Arts Awards | 2023 | Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Nominated | |
| Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Costumes | Wednesday | Won | |||
| Best Main Title Design | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Best Choreography | Corey Baker | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Won | |||
| Best Makeup | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| Best Score | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects | Wednesday | Nominated | |||
| British Academy Television Awards | 2023 | Best International Programme | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards | 2023 | Best Make Up and Hair Design | Tara McDonald | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards | 2023 | Best Horror Series | Wednesday | Won | |
| Best Actress in a Horror Series | Jenna Ortega | Won | |||
| Christina Ricci | Nominated | ||||
| Costume Designers Guild Awards | 2023 | Excellence in Contemporary Television | Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland (for "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe") | Won | |
| 2026 | Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland (for "Woe Me the Money") | Nominated | |||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series | Tim Burton (for "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe") | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2023 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Jenna Ortega | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Nominated | ||||
| Golden Reel Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form | Michael T. Ryan (for "A Murder of Woes") | Nominated | |
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2023 | Best Fantasy Adventure for a TV/Streaming Series (Trailer/Teaser/TV Spot) | "Nero" (Trailer Park, Inc.) | Won | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2022 | Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series | Danny Elfman | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series | Chris Bacon | Nominated | ||
| Original Song – TV Show/Limited Series | "The Dead Dance" – Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt | Won | |||
| Music Supervision – Television | Jen Malone and Nicole Weisberg | Nominated | |||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2026 | Favorite On Screen | Lady Gaga in Wednesday | Nominated | |
| Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards | 2023 | Best Period and/or Character Make-Up | Tara McDonald, Nirvana Jalalvand, Gabriela Cretan | Nominated | |
| 2026 | Lynn Johnston, Elaine Hopkins, Dorothy Campbell, Helen Bailey, Nirvana Jalalvand | Nominated | |||
| Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling | Francesco Pegoretti, Nirvana Jalalvand | Nominated | |||
| Best Special Make-Up Effects | Tristan Versluis, Matthew Smith | Nominated | |||
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2023 | Killer Series / Movie | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2023 | Best Show | Wednesday | Nominated | |
| Best Performance in a Show | Jenna Ortega | Won | |||
| Best Hero | Jenna Ortega | Nominated | |||
| Best Duo | Jenna Ortega and Thing | Nominated | |||
| Best Musical Moment | "Goo Goo Muck" | Nominated | |||
| National Television Awards | 2023 | New Drama | Wednesday | Won | |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | 2023 | Favorite Family TV Show | Wednesday | Won | |
| Favorite Female TV Star (Family) | Jenna Ortega | Won |
References
- Tied with Ayo Edebiri for The Bear.
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- Winter is Cominghttps://winteriscoming.net/2022/11/23/netflixs-wednesday-review-gothic-throwback-new-age/
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