Bridgerton season 2 waltzes to record Netflix numbers

Date:
Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:13:21 +0000

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Bridgerton season 2 has secured the best-ever opening weekend of any English-language Netflix series.

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To nobodys surprise, Bridgerton season 2 has posted record-breaking Netflix viewership numbers in its first week of release.

As per the streamers weekly popularity data , the sophomore outing of the period drama amassed 193 million hours of viewing time worldwide between
March 25 and March 27 marking the best-ever opening weekend of any English-language Netflix series .

Whats more, only part one of Money Heists fifth season accrued more viewing hours in its first three days, suggesting Bridgerton season 2 is on track to join its predecessor among the top 10 most successful Netflix shows of all-time.

Following the departure of Bridgerton season 1 star Reg-Jean Page, the series latest instalment places the spotlight on the eldest Bridgerton brother, Lord Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), as he embarks on a quest to find a bride. Sex Education s Simone Ashley joins the shows cast as a potential match, Kate,
who finds herself in one corner of Lord Anthonys messy love triangle.
Standard Bridgerton shenanigans, then.

Judging by the initial performance of the series second season, its almost a formality that Bridgerton season 2 will soon rank among the ten biggest-ever English-language series on Netflix the streamer makes that judgement after the first 28 days of a shows release.

Bridgerton season 1 currently tops that list, having accrued 625.49 million viewing hours in its opening month back in January 2021. It's closely
followed by Stranger Things season 3, The Witchers debut season and another Shonda Rhimes production, Inventing Anna . Jonathan Bailey cosies up to
Simone Ashley in Bridgerton's second season (Image credit: Netflix)

The question of whether Bridgerton season 2 makes the list of Netflixs biggest-ever shows (in all languages) is altogether larger but its early numbers bode very well.

Unsurprisingly, Squid Game reigns supreme on that front, having scored an almighty 1.6 billion viewing hours in its opening month of release. Money Heist season 4 and Korean drama All of Us Are Dead also feature alongside Squid Game and those aforementioned English-speaking shows on the list, so Bridgerton season 2 will have to rake in around 300 million more viewing
hours in the next month to break into Netflixs all-time top ten.

By our estimations, though, itll manage the feat in just a couple of weeks. When it does, Greys Anatomy super-producer Shonda Rhimes will have three titles in the streamers list of most successful series which goes some way
to justifying her $100 million Netflix payday . Analysis: No sex? No problem

Early reactions to Bridgerton season 2s first few episodes suggested the series might struggle to replicate the success of its debut outing mainly
due to a noticeable reduction in steamy sex scenes.

Bridgerton without the sex? I can hardly bear it read one headline on the weekend of Bridgerton season 2s release, while Marie Claire said the shows
new episodes betray its romance roots by barely acknowledging or indulging womens sexual desires that the [period] genre is celebrated for.

The criticism, though, hasnt seemed to affect the series performance and the pro-sex sentiment has since turned to admiration for Bridgerton season 2s
more reserved approach. Digital Spy s Janet A Leigh recently published a
piece claiming Bridgerton season 2's lack of sex is actually a good thing, while Twitter users have likewise voiced their support for the shows
re-tooled focus on sexual tension. Bridgerton season 2 toning down the sex scenes for more pining and sexual tension was so right of them. Daphne and Simon touching hands was 100 times more memorable than any of the sex scenes pic.twitter.com/7X1pb6QNJq March 23, 2022 See more

Perhaps, then, abstinence is the key to a successful Netflix series in 2022. Finished Bridgerton season 2? Check one of the best Netflix movies next



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