Netflix’s Wednesday Returns August 6 with Family, Female Focused Season 2

Netflix's hit series "Wednesday," starring Jenna Ortega and partly directed by Tim Burton, returns for its second season on August 6 after nearly three years since the first season became Netflix's most-watched English-language show. Ortega reprises her role as the deadpan detective Wednesday Addams and also serves as an executive producer, expressing a strong commitment to maintaining the character's integrity. The new season deepens the story at Nevermore Academy, introducing a darker mystery while exploring Wednesday's psychic power glitches and complicated family dynamics, including her brother Pugsley attending the same school and her mother Morticia becoming a frequent presence on campus. Co-creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar highlight the expanded focus on family relationships and female dynamics, with Catherine Zeta-Jones promising intense scenes with Ortega. The first four episodes feature pun-laden titles hinting at a twistier, more suspenseful narrative, with the entire season directed in part by Tim Burton, who finds the strong character of Wednesday a compelling challenge. Overall, the season promises a blend of supernatural sleuthing, teen angst, and macabre humor that fans have come to love.