Move Over, ‘Stranger Things:’ a Brand-New Show Is Breaking Netflix Records

Move overStranger Things, there’s a new sheriff in town (not you,Jim Hopper).

Tim Burton’s highly anticipated seriesWednesdayNetfl上正式亮相ix a few weeks back and it’s already breaking some massive records, and could even potentially surpass陌生人的东西4in total hours viewed.

The Hawkins crew in Stranger Things.
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Longtime Addams fans get to see the return of the smart andslightlyterrifying Wednesday Addams (played byJenna Ortega), who transfers to the magical institution known as Nevermore Academy.

Per a new report by the streaming service, the mystery series debuted in the number 1 spot with a whopping 341.23 million hours viewed in a week, with over 50 million households who have already seen the series. Now, the series holds the record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language TV series on the platform. (Braaavo,Wednesday.)

In aprevious articleof ours, we reported that陌生人的东西4became the most-watched season of English-language TV in a single week, with an astonishing 335.01M hours viewed. Clearly, that number has now been beaten.

At the time, the series claimed the number 1 spot in 91 countries, becoming a first-time achievement for an English television series.

But wait, there’s more:Stranger Thingsbecame the first television series to jump to the top three of Netflix’s most popular list with 621.80M hours viewed, in less than two weeks of its premiere.

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