Bridgerton Season 2 Breaks Netflix Viewership Record
Bridgertonseason 2 continues to smash Netflix's streaming records, this time for its first week of availability. The Regency era romance series, which in turn is based on author Julia Quinn's best-selling books about the Bridgerton siblings, has returned for another swoon-worthy season. Whereas Bridgerton season 1 focused on the steamy dynamic between eldest daughter Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon, the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), its sophomore run turns the focus on Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and his enemies-to-lovers relationship with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). All the while, mysterious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown continues to pass judgement on all the matters and scandals of the ton.
The first season of Bridgerton debuted back at the very end of 2020, yet somehow became the television sensation of the year. It broke Netflix records to become the streamer's most-watched original series at the time. Though Korean sensation Squid Game bested Bridgerton last year and took that title, the arrival of season 2 has allowed the latter to reiterate its popularity. For the March 25-27 weekend, Bridgerton season 2 scored Netflix's biggest opening weekend for an English-language series after notching 193 million viewing hours.
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It seems that was just the beginning for Anthony and Kate's love story. Netflix just updated its weekly top 10 list, and Bridgerton season 2 sits at #1. For the week of March 28-April 3, the series amassed a stunning 251.7 million hours of viewing time. As noted by IndieWire, that is much higher than fellow Shondaland series Inventing Anna, which previously held the record for the biggest first week for an English-language series with
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