‘Wednesday’ Season 2: Netflix Renewal Status and What We Know So Far

To everyone’s surprise, Wednesday didn’t arrive the week leading up to Halloween. However, it’s been more than worth the wait. After a dark and incredibly fun season of Wednesday, we know fans will be eager to see where the series goes next. It’s still early days but by the end of its second week, the series has exceeded over 752,000,000 million hours, which means fans shouldn’t worry, we’re 100% confident that Wednesday will be renewed soon.

Wednesday was one of the most anticipated Netflix shows of 2022. Aided by the fact that Tim Burton, who made his television directorial debut on Wednesday, was attached to the project as both a producer and a director. Not to mention once Netflix revealed the first look of Jenna Ortega in costume as the iconic Wednesday Addams, it only made fans that much more excited.

Wednesday Season 2 Netflix renewal status

Official Netflix Renewal Status: Pending (Last Updated: 30/11/2022)
Our Renewal Prediction: Certain Renewal

Wednesday has exceeded all expectations and is proving to be one of the most successful Originals on Netflix in its history, let alone for just 2022.

We’ve heard that Netflix officially gave the green light to a season 2 on December 16th, 2022. The service has yet to officially announce, however.

On the record, Netflix last gave an official update via Peter Friedlander telling Variety when asked about season 2:

“You may know what I’m going to say — but I have nothing to confirm at this time. 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. 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 center. But that supporting cast, across the board, are legends: Gwendoline Christie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán and Christina Ricci!”

How is Wednesday performing on Netflix?

In week 1 (its first 5 days on the service), the series amassed 341,230,000 million hours. That number rose to 411,290,000 million hours in week two, a 20.5% increase from week one. Week three saw another impressive week with a further 269,670,000 million hours, a 34.33% decrease from week two, but still extremely impressive considering this pushes Wednesday’s total view time to over 1 billion hours.

You can see a weekly breakdown of Wednesday’s viewing hours here.

This is huge compared to the likes of Dahmer, which had amassed 701,370,000 million hours by the end of its third week on Netflix, and Stranger Things season 4, which recorded 781,040,000 million hours. Squid Game is the only show it might not beat in its first 28 days.

In the graph below, with data taken from week one to week three, you can see that Wednesday is on track to be Netflix’s biggest English Netflix Original!

Not only has Wednesday grabbed the attention of millions of subscribers, but the series, in particular Jenna Ortega’s performance as Wednesday Addams, has been highly praised on social media.

Currently, it’s hard to scroll down a Twitter feed or your TikTok FYP without seeing someone emulating Wednesday’s dance from the Rave’N or just praising Jenna Ortega for her performance.

On TikTok, the Wednesday hashtag has 23.3B views. Insane.

What to expect from Wednesday season 2?

Who is Wednesday’s stalker?

Immediately after switching on the phone, Xavier had bought her, Wednesday was sent some ominous messages as she gleefully realized she had acquired her first stalker.

We already know that Wednesday had a limited online presence, thanks to her negative stance towards social media. But considering Xavier is the one to give her a brand new phone, it’s impressive a stalker was already able to send her messages. But thanks to her antics it’s no surprise Wednesday has picked up lots of attention.

Xavier will hope to be more than just a friend to Wednesday next season – picture. Netflix

What will Tyler do next?

We last saw Tyler, in chains, being transported to what would have been a maximum security prison, or psychiatric ward. However, before the transport could make its journey, Tyler transformed into his Hyde form, leading the audience to assume he had killed all of the armed guards.

With Tyler on the loose, and without his master, will he be more dangerous? Or, will he try to redeem himself so he can return to Jehrico?

Will Tyler wreak havoc on the students of Nevermore again? – picture. Netflix

Who will be the next Principal of Nevermore?

With the death of Larissa Weems, Nevermore Academy has been left without a principal. There’s also an extremely limited pool of candidates that could take the job. The most obvious choice would be for Morticia Addams, Wednesday’s mother, to be offered the job. As a former student of Nevermore and a member of the Nightshades, Morticia would be the most competent person to take over. However, Wednesday would do everything within her power to remove her mother as principal with hilarious and likely disastrous results.

If Morticia is given the job of principal of Nevermore, this would require Catherine Zeta-Jones to be bumped up to a series regular.

Wednesday would be less than delighted to see her mother become the principal of Nevermore – picture. Netflix

What will happen to Laurel?

With her true identity revealed, Laurel was able to resurrect Jeremiah Crackstone but thanks to Wednesday, he was defeated. It was also revealed that she was the master of Tyler, as she manipulated the teenager into transforming into a hyde.

Laurel’s plans have been thwarted for now, but if Tyler comes to the rescue of his master, the duo could have more nefarious plans for Nevermore and the outcasts.

Marilyn aka Laurel was pretending to be Wednesday’s ally all along – picture. Netflix

Will Pugsley join Nevermore?

It’s unclear what the age difference is between Pugsley and Wednesday, however, we do know that they both attended the same high school together before Wednesday’s transfer to Nevermore. If Morticia is offered the principal position at Nevermore, the whole family could move with her. Wednesday’s reaction would be priceless as she would naturally do everything within her power to stop him from trying to hang out with her.

The only one who is allowed to bully Pugsley is Wednesday. picture. Netflix

Who are the cast members of Wednesday season 2?

We could expect the following cast members to reprise their roles in the second season of Wednesday:

• Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
• Riki Lindhome as Dr. Valeria Kinbott
• Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin
• Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
• Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe
• Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
• Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Otinger
• Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
• Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
• Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka
• Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
• Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
• Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester
• Victor Dorobantu as Thing
• George Burcea as Lurch
• Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams

While it seems Gwendoline Christie’s character of Larissa Weems died of Nightshade poisoning, there’s always a chance that the character could return in some capacity through flashbacks.

Christina Ricci’s character of Marylin Thornhill aka Laurel, was defeated but we don’t know for sure what her ultimate fate was. Which means the actress could return to reprise her role.

Will Tim Burton return to direct?

Much of the first season’s advertising has emphasized the fact that some of the episodes were directed by Tim Burton.

The only upcoming project that Burton is scheduled to be working on is the announced Beetlejuice sequel. But, taking into consideration that he was not involved in the writing of any Wednesday episodes, and only directed half of the first season, there’s no reason why he can’t return to direct further episodes.

It would be a shame if Burton doesn’t return to direct, however, it’s not imperative, and the show would still continue.

Would you like to see a second season of Wednesday on Netflix? Let us know in the comments below!