The end of Stranger Things will be a big blow for Netflix, which will lose one of its most watched series in the world. But the platform has another popular fiction that could fill the void left by the work of the Duffer brothers.
Long postponed due to the screenwriters’ strike – which recently ended after a new agreement between the WGA (Writers Guild of America, the union of American screenwriters which protects their copyrights) and the AMPTP (the Alliance of film and television producers) – the fifth and final season of Stranger Things is being written by its showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer.
Even if filming is far from having started, Netflix can hope for a return of its most popular series at the end of 2024, or even at the beginning of 2025. But after this final burst of episodes, the American giant will have to say goodbye to one of its most lucrative entertainments.
The end of Stranger Things will undoubtedly leave a huge void in Netflix’s programming. But the streaming service has a secret weapon to take the place of the juggernaut that was the series with its fantastic and 80s atmosphere carried by Millie Bobby Brown, who is eager to put an end to the fiction that made her known.
The series that does better than Stranger Things
And this replacement already exists and has completely proven itself among Netflix subscribers: it is the Wednesday series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and partly directed by Tim Burton.
This new iteration of the story of the mischievous and sassy young teenager from the Addams Family played by Jenna Ortega became in the three weeks following its release one of the biggest hits in Netflix history and the most successful Netflix series. most watched in 83 countries.
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According to recent figures provided by the platformthe first season of Wednesday accumulated 252.1 million views (1.7 billion hours viewed) in the 91 days following its release and shattered the record held until now by none other than Stranger Things!
Season 4 of the Duffer brothers’ series has in fact accumulated 140.7 million views (1.8 billion hours viewed, the episodes lasting more than an hour each). Season 3 has 94.8 million views. From now on, Wednesday is the most viewed English-language series on Netflix.
With its rising star on the bill, its gripping teenage intrigue, its pop and dark aesthetic and its fantastic atmosphere, Wednesday brings together the same ingredients as Stranger Things to continue its momentum and reproduce this global success over several seasons.
We will have to wait for the release of the second batch of Wednesday episodes – normally in 2024 – to see if the trend is confirmed.