I've been working my way though The Addams Family (1964) before I knew Wednesday was getting a show and I must say, I'm utterly disappointed in Wednesday.

Luis Guzmán made a completely unbelievable Gomez. There was no relation between the real Gomez and this mess. There is absolutely zero chemistry between Gomez and Morticia, which was their major defining characteristic. How do you remove a major component of something and expect it to work? It's like taking 3 wheels off a car and expecting it to still drive.

I believe Catherine Zeta-Jones could have been a great Morticia but just like Guzman it didn't feel like there was any relation between the real Morticia and this version. When she kissed Gomez it looked like she was thinking "I'm not getting paid enough for this crap."

Pugsley is a sniveling little wus. I can only assume they made him that way to try and boost Wednesday's girl power image. Whatever the reason it's pretty sad.

Wednesday herself seems to track reasonably well with how an angry angsty teenage girl acts, though being played by a 20 year old is stretching it.

About the only original characters not a major disappointment are Lurch and Thing.

The secondary characters are shallow and predictable stereotypes. I'm not sure if they wrote them with the intention of making them as annoying as possible or it just came organically but they could have done much better.

I made it through 2 episodes before I couldn't take anymore. There's no hook to the show. They try to position several mysteries but none are compelling. Just a yawn fest.

Overall, the show is just trading on The Addams Family name with no real connection to the original.