--- description: Lemony Snicket (Patrick Warburton) cordially invites you to…not watch Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. title: Watch the First Teaser for Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb358e7d9cf09a58f/6988a89c97cdff55046ae062/screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-1-08-36-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Teaser for Netflix's _A Series of Unfortunate Events_ by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2016 5:14 PM CUT by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2016 5:14 PM CUT Lemony Snicket (Patrick Warburton) cordially invites you to…not watch Netflix’s _A Series of Unfortunate Events_. In the first teaser for the series above, the twisted author — a pen name for series author Daniel Handler, who executive-produces the series — strolls through a dimly lit set as the lights turn on to address “you,” the complete stranger who may or may not watch Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of the story of the Baudelaire orphans, a harrowing tale that Snicket claims has made the streaming giant’s crew suffer from “low morale.” “Please don’t make the same mistake that Netflix has,” he warns. “Look away before this dire tale is even filmed, and avoid the cruel whimsy and whimsical cruelty of what’s to come.” But if you’d rather _not_ look away, then mark your calendar for Friday, Jan. 13, when _A Series of Unfortunate Events_ arrives on Netflix. The series also stars Neil Patrick Harris as the evil Count Olaf, Malina Weissman as Violet Baudelaire, and Louis Hynes as Klaus Baudelaire. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/04/series-unfortunate-events-netflix-premiere-date-teaser "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/"},"headline":"Watch the First Teaser for Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events","datePublished":"2016-10-04T17:14:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:04.856Z","description":"Even though Lemony Snicket would prefer if you didn't","url":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb358e7d9cf09a58f/6988a89c97cdff55046ae062/screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-1-08-36-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb358e7d9cf09a58f/6988a89c97cdff55046ae062/screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-1-08-36-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screen-shot-2016-10-04-at-1-08-36-pm","caption":"","creditText":"Screenshot","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/","name":"Watch the First Teaser for Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Even though Lemony Snicket would prefer if you didn't","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4518283/lemony-snicket-series-of-unfortunate-events/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```