Wednesday clinches the record for most hours viewed in a week for English language series

Jenna Ortega’s new series Wednesday is taking Netflix by storm.

The show “now holds the record for the most weekly viewing hours for an English-language series,” the streamer announced on Tuesday.

The series took the honor after amassing a total of 341.2 million hours watched just a week after premiering on the platform on November 23.

Cast a spell! Wednesday holds the record for the most weekly viewing hours for an English-language series on Netflix

The record was most recently held by Stranger Things 4, which racked up 335 million hours of viewing in its first full week on Netflix, according to the website. deadline. The series starring Millie Bobby Brown was in the platform’s Top 10 in its second week.

However, the two hit series are currently tied for #1 in 83 countries.

South Korean drama series Squid Game still holds the all-time record for one-week viewing hours with 571.8 million hours logged.

The new Netflix series Wednesday stars Jenna as the iconic Addams Family character, a role previously played by Christina Ricci.

Magical: Jenna Ortega stars as Addams Family character Wednesday in the new series

Not seated! Stranger Things 4 previously held the recorded now inhabited by Wednesday

In a new interview, Jenna revealed that she didn’t take any advice from Christina on how to play the character.

“Our show has superpowers and outcasts and evil ghost pilgrims,” ​​Jenna said in an MTV news interview with co-star Emma Myers, who plays her roommate Enid.

‘I think when [Christina] on set, neither of us said ‘Wednesday’ to each other once,” Jenna explained.

“I don’t think she wanted to get in the way of my performance and feel like she was being overbearing,” adding, “They’re two very different people, our Wednesdays.”

Unstoppable! South Korean drama series Squid Game still holds the all-time record for one-week viewing hours with 571.8 million hours logged

Christina has done several projects in the three decades since she played Wednesday, and Jenna said she didn’t think it was polite to bring up the subject.

“I felt like I didn’t want to do something she did 30 years ago.”

“For my own gain.. I didn’t want to rip her off and I didn’t want to be too much like her.”

Star-studded: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman have lent their talent to Wednesday as her parents, Morticia Addams and Gomez Addams

The streaming show is a crime thriller set at Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for outcasts like sirens, werewolves and gorgonians.

Sent there against her will, Wednesday ends up trying to solve a series of murders that happened near the school.

Christina stars as a “normie” faculty member and stay-at-home mom for Wednesday’s frat house.

Sharing the small screen with Jenna and Christina are Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzman as Morticia and Gomez Addams. Gwendoline Christie plays Nevemore’s head mistress.

Icon! The titular role was formerly occupied by Christina Ricci, who now appears on the show as a ‘normie’ member of the faculty and stay-at-home mom for Wednesday’s dorm.