Since the series premiere in November 2022, merlin became the most successful series in Netflix history. It ranks second in the list of the most popular series (in English) with 1.237 million hours watched in the first 28 days, which equates to approximately 182 million homes.
Thanks to this success, the platform announced it there will be a second seasonwith no confirmed date yet, for the colorful character derived from the Addams familyand which has the direction and executive production of the famous Tim Burtonthe same as Teen Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Y Alice in Wonderland.
The life of Merlina Addams
The first season of merlin (in English Wednesday), hero Jenna Ortega It premiered on November 23, 2022 and, with an intriguing and somewhat supernatural tone, shows Merlina Addams in her student years at the Nunca Más Academy.
Merlina must master her budding psychic ability, thwart a monstrous wave of murder terrorizing the city, and solve the paranormal mystery involving her parents 25 years ago, all while dealing with their complicated relationships in Never Again.
Showrunners/Executive Producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said in an interview: “It has been incredible to create a series that connects with people from all over the world. We’re very excited to continue Merlina’s tortuous journey into Season 2; to explore the strange and scary world of Nunca Más.”
But merlinan MGM Television production, caused a phenomenon beyond the series, both on the Internet, and in music, fashion and beauty, with a great cultural impact for the character.
Registers of all kinds
merlin broke the record for billion hours watched just three weeks after its premiere, joining stranger things 4 Already the squid game being the third stock to reach this milestone in its first 28 days.
The series broke the record for most hours watched in a week for an English-language television series on Netflix (or once, if not twice) to open in first place with a new record of 341.23 million hours watched , and once again in its second week with a staggering total of 411.29 million hours watched.
Until date, merlin had six consecutive weeks with over 100 million hours watched in the UK series charts, which marks another record. Also, on TikTok, the hashtag #WednesdayAddams has amassed over 22 billion views.
Music
On the other hand, the soundtrack reached #1 on the iTunes soundtrack chart, list in which it remained in the Top 10 for three weeks. And Merlina Addams, the artist, already has over a million followers on Spotify.
Also on Spotify the reproductions of the song Goo Goo Muck of The Cramps is up more than 9,500%, compared to the month before the series premiere.
Merlina’s iconic dance scene has gone massively viral on global social media. The fan generated content featuring the song Bloody Marysby Lady Gaga led to an 1,800% increase in its views on Spotify, compared to the month before the series premiere.
With over 80 million views so far, fans continue to be mesmerized by the cast’s reaction to the iconic dance video.
But that’s not all: Merlina’s makeup look also went viral with over 100 million searches and views from fans on the TikTok network.
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Source: Clarin
