With “Wednesday” premiering shortly, it’s an opportunity to look at (and rank) the various depictions of the Addams family over the years. ‘Wednesday’ Actor Percy Hynes White Responds to ‘Distressing’ Assault Accusations: This Is ‘Harassment’ Wednesday is also tasked with harnessing her budding psychic ability to solve a serial killer case at Nevermore Academy and cracking a murder mystery that involved her parents 25 years ago. The series centers on a teenage Wednesday ( Jenna Ortega) trying to solve many mysteries, one being how to cement her identity outside the shadow of her ever-glamorous mother, Morticia ( Catherine Zeta-Jones). The latest iteration is Tim Burton’s series “Wednesday,” set to debut on Netflix on November 23. The cartoons and the various films and television shows that rose in their wake perfectly blend the humorous and the macabre while focusing on the tight-knit family of Gomez, Morticia, their children Pugsley and Wednesday, and Uncle Fester. The Addams clan has seen several incarnations since debuting as a series of The New Yorker cartoons penned by Charles Addams in 1938. (Or, if you’re a ’90s kid, you might start singing the “Whoomp! There It Is” version of the theme song that debuted with 1993’s “Addams Family Values”). The minute you see the words “ The Addams Family,” no doubt you snap your fingers twice.
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