New series Wednesday breaks Netflix record in first week | Movies & Series

The new Netflix series Wednesday has been massively viewed on Netflix since its premiere on Wednesday. According to entertainment site deadline subscribers watched a combined total of more than 341 million hours in the first week. That is a record for an English-language series on the streaming service.

The fourth season of Stranger Things Earlier this year, it broke the previous record for an English-language series with a total of 335 million hours of viewing in its first week. The South Korean series Squid game tops the list of all TV titles. In the first week after publication, more than 571 million hours were watched in total.

Wednesday, by director Tim Burton, is about the daughter of the famous Addams creepy family. The title role is played by Jenna Ortega, who was previously seen in the series Jane the Virgin and You. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán play her parents Morticia and Gomez Addams.

The Addams Family is originally a comic from 1938. The story has been made into several series and films.