Wednesday
Gothic paper-cut animation and a harpsichord, doing in seventy-nine seconds what the Addams Family finger-snap did in eight.
Wednesday rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–2, running between 66 and 79 seconds.
At 79 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 50-second median for horror sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Netflix in 2022, when Top Boy, Big Mouth and Cobra Kai were also on the network.
Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Wednesday did so once.
All 2 opening title sequences
Season 1
79sThe first season's title sequence.
Season 2
66sRebuilt for the second season, from the show's own channel.
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