Wednesday (Season 1)

Wednesday (Season 1) TV Series Details:

Genre	Comedy, Family, Horror, Supernatural
Country	United States
Language	English
Season	1
No. of Episodes	8
Release Date	November 23, 2022
Running Time	47–59 minutes
Based on	Characters created by Charles Addams
Starring	Jenna Ortega Gwendoline Christie Riki Lindhome Jamie McShane Hunter Doohan Percy Hynes White Emma Myers Joy Sunday Georgie Farmer Naomi J. Ogawa Christina Ricci Moosa Mostafa
Created by	Alfred Gough Miles Millar
Directed by	Tim Burton James Marshall Gandja Monteiro
Written by	Alfred Gough Miles Millar Kayla Alpert April Blair Matt Lambert
Produced by	Carmen Pepelea
Executive producers	Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Tim Burton Steve Stark Andrew Mittman Gail Berman Kayla Alpert Jonathan Glickman Tommy Harper Kevin Lafferty Kevin Miserocchi
Cinematography by	David Lanzenberg Stephan Pehrsson
Edited by	Jay Prychidny Ana Yavari Paul Day
Music by	Danny Elfman (theme also) Chris Bacon
Production Company	Millar Gough Ink 1.21 Films Glickmania Media Tee and Charles Addams Foundation The Jackal Group Tim Burton Productions Toluca Pictures MGM Television
Distributor	MGM Worldwide Television and Digital Distribution Netflix Streaming Services
Original network	Netflix

Wednesday (Season 1) TV Series Cast & Character:

• Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, a teenager who possesses psychic powers. She is sent to Nevermore Academy for causing mischief at several other schools. Among her other skills, Wednesday is a skilled cellist and speaks fluent Latin, Italian, and German. Ortega also plays Goody Addams, Wednesday’s deceased ancestor from the 1600s, whom Wednesday sees in visions of the past.
  • Karina Váradi portrays a young Wednesday
• Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems, the shapeshifting principal of Nevermore Academy and a former student who was Morticia Addams’s roommate
  • Oliver Wickham portrays a young Larissa Weems
• Riki Lindhome as Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Wednesday’s court-ordered therapist from the local town, Jericho
• Jamie McShane as Donovan Galpin, Jericho’s sheriff who is suspicious of Nevermore Academy and Wednesday specifically
  • Ben Wilson portrays a young Donovan Galpin
• Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin, a barista at a local coffee shop and Sheriff Galpin’s son who has a romantic interest in Wednesday
• Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe, a student of Nevermore Academy who has the ability to make his art come to life, also a psychic who gets visions through dreams
• Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Wednesday’s colorful werewolf roommate at Nevermore Academy who attempts to become her friend despite Wednesday’s lack of interest
• Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay, a successful siren student at Nevermore Academy and Xavier’s ex-girlfriend
• Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus, a gorgon student at Nevermore Academy who is Enid’s crush
• Naomi J. Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka, a vampire student at Nevermore Academy
• Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger, a student at Nevermore Academy who has the ability to control bees
• Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill / Laurel Gates, the botany teacher at Nevermore Academy and dorm mother of Wednesday and Enid.
• Victor Dorobantu as Thing, a sentient disembodied hand and relative of Wednesday who is sent by Wednesday’s parents to watch over her at Nevermore Academy
• Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Ritchie Santiago, a deputy of Sheriff Galpin
• Tommie Earl Jenkins as Noble Walker, the mayor and former sheriff of Jericho
  • Ismail Kesu portrays a young Noble Walker
• Iman Marson as Lucas Walker, Noble Walker’s son, whose group of friends often runs afoul of Wednesday
• Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Wednesday’s mother, who attended Nevermore Academy when she was younger and possesses psychic powers similar to her daughter’s
  • Gwen Jones portrays a young Morticia Addams
• Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Wednesday’s father who also attended Nevermore Academy and is a suspected murderer
  • Lucius Hoyos portrays a young Gomez Addams
• Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, Wednesday’s younger brother
• George Burcea as Lurch, the Addams family’s butler
• Calum Ross as Rowan Laslow, a student at Nevermore Academy who possesses telekinetic powers and causes trouble for Wednesday
• William Houston as Joseph Crackstone, Laurel Gates’s Pilgrim ancestor and Jericho’s founding father who is intent on killing all outcasts.
• Nitin Ganatra as Dr. Anwar, a mortician who works at Jericho’s mortuary
• Lewis Hayes as Garrett Gates, a teenager who Gomez is suspected to have murdered during his time at Nevermore Academy and was Laurel’s brother
• Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, Wednesday’s paternal uncle who possesses the ability to generate static electricity

Storyline:

Wednesday is expelled from her high school after dumping live piranhas into the school’s pool while the boys’ water polo team is practicing in retaliation for the team bullying her brother Pugsley. This leads her parents, Gomez and Morticia Addams, to enroll her in Nevermore Academy in Jericho, Vermont, a school for monstrous outcasts once attended by her parents. Wednesday’s cold, emotionless personality and her defiant nature make it difficult for her to connect with her schoolmates and cause her to run afoul of the school’s principal. However, she discovers she has psychic abilities that help her solve a local murder mystery.

About Wednesday (Season 1) TV Series:

Wednesday is an American coming-of-age supernatural comedy horror 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 Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Christina Ricci, and Moosa Mostafa appearing in supporting roles.

Four out of the eight episodes of the first season were directed by Tim Burton, who also serves as executive producer.

Burton was previously approached to direct the 1991 film The Addams Family and was involved with a cancelled stop-motion animated The Addams Family film. In October 2020, he was reported to be helming a television series, which was later given a series order by Netflix.

Jenna Ortega was cast in part to represent the character’s Latina heritage. Ricci, who had played the titular character in the 1991 film and its 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, was asked by Burton to join the series in a supporting role. Filming took place in Romania between September 2021 and March 2022.

Wednesday premiered on November 16, 2022, and was released on Netflix on November 23 to predominantly positive reviews from critics, who praised Ortega’s performance. Within three weeks of release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series.

It received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and 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.

In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season.

Wednesday (Season 1) TV Series Episodes:

Wednesday S1, Episode 1. Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Woe

November 23, 2022 | 60m
When a deliciously wicked prank gets Wednesday expelled, her parents ship her off to Nevermore Academy, the boarding school where they fell in love.

Wednesday S1, Episode 2. Woe Is the Loneliest Number

November 23, 2022 | 49m
The sheriff questions Wednesday about the night’s strange happenings. Later, Wednesday faces off against a fierce rival in the cutthroat Poe Cup race.

Wednesday S1, Episode 3. Friend or Woe

November 23, 2022 | 49m
Wednesday stumbles on a secret society. During Outreach Day, Nevermore’s outcasts mingle with Jericho’s normies in Pilgrim World. Fudge, anyone?

Wednesday S1, Episode 4. Woe What a Night

November 23, 2022 | 50m
Wednesday asks Xavier to the Rave’N dance, sparking Tyler’s jealousy — but Thing’s got something up his sleeve. Meanwhile, Eugene stakes out the cave.

Wednesday S1, Episode 5. You Reap What You Woe

November 23, 2022 | 52m
During Parents Weekend, Wednesday digs into her family’s past — and accidentally gets her dad arrested. Enid feels the pressure to “wolf out.”

Wednesday S1, Episode 6. Quid Pro Woe

November 23, 2022 | 50m
Wednesday’s friends throw her a surprise birthday party. They mean well… but she’d much rather mark the miserable occasion by solving the murders.

Wednesday S1, Episode 7. If You Don’t Woe Me by Now

November 23, 2022 | 48m
Kooky Uncle Fester pays a visit and shares his theory about the monster. Wednesday begrudgingly agrees to a date with Tyler at Crackstone’s crypt.

Wednesday S1, Episode 8. A Murder of Woes

November 23, 2022 | 52m
Wednesday lands in trouble with Principal Weems, but that’s just the start of her problems. To fight an ancient evil, she’ll need all her friends’ help.