Actress Jenna Ortega has received her first Golden Globe nomination for the hit Netflix series, Wednesday. The nominations for the Golden Globes 2023 have now been revealed, with the series, which follows The Addams Family member into her teenage years, also being nominated for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
Ortega, who has gotten the nod thanks to her critically acclaimed performance as titular Wednesday Addams, will go up against the likes of Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary, Kaley Cuoco for The Flight Attendant, Selena Gomez for Only Murders in the Building, and Jean Smart for Hacks in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy category. No doubt many will now be calling for Ortega to take home the trophy.
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As for the series itself, Wednesday has been nominated for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy alongside such hit series as Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, and Only Murders in the Building.
Other small screen nominations include Donald Glover (Atlanta), Bill Hader (Barry) Steve Martin and Martin Short, both for Only Murders in the Building, and Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy. The likes of Better Call Saul, The Crown, House of the Dragon, Ozark, and Severance have been nominated for Best Television Series – Drama.
Wednesday Has Been a Major Hit for Netflix
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Led by Scream and X star Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Wednesday explores the teenage years of the Addams Family sibling and how she adapts to high school. The series has amassed a stellar cast alongside Ortega, with Wednesday set to star Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, George Burcea as Lurch, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, and Victor Dorobantu as Thing. The likes of Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Hunter Doohan, Georgie Farmer, Moosa Mostafa, Gwendoline Christie, and Christina Ricci make up the rest of the supporting cast.
Wednesday premiered on Netflix on November 23, and has since been met with glowing reviews from both critics and audiences alike. With much of the praise being directed at Jenna Ortega for her delightfully deadpan work as Wednesday Addams. Not only has the series been met with a positive response critically, Wednesday has also received huge viewing numbers.
Debuting at number one on Netflix in 83 countries, Wednesday now holds the record for most hours viewed in a week for an English-language Netflix series. Reaching a total of 341.2 million hours watched during its first week of release on the steaming platform, Wednesday has beaten other popular Netflix shows such as The Witcher, and beat the record previously held by the hugely successful Stranger Things.
Such success should ensure that a second season of Wednesday gets the greenlight, with showrunner Miles Millar having already teased what he would like to see happen in the continuing adventures of Wednesday Addams and her nightmarish family.
