'Bridgerton' Season 3 Was Most-Streamed Netflix Show Last Week With 45 Million Views
KEY FACTS
The first four episodes of “Bridgerton” season three debuted on May 16 and were viewed 45.1 million times, totalling about 165.2 million hours of view time, according to Netflix.
The No. 2 show on this week’s Top 10 list was Netflix’s “Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal: Season 1,” which had 9.5 million views and was followed by “Baby Reindeer,” a limited series that had 7.4 million views in its sixth week in the Top 10.
Season one of the raunchy period drama “Bridgerton” held the No. 4 spot on the week’s Top 10 list—which ran from May 13 to 19—with 4.5 million views, and season two took the No. 8 spot with 3.3 million views.
Season two of “Bridgerton,” which debuted in March 2022, had an opening weekend of about 22.7 million views—though Netflix released data differently at the time—according to The Hollywood Reporter, and Netflix didn’t release weekly viewing data for season one.
WHEN DOES PART TWO OF “BRIDGERTON” SEASON THREE PREMIERE?
Part two of the eight-episode season is set to debut on June 13.
BIG NUMBER
78. That’s the number of countries where “Bridgerton” season three, part one was the number one-watched show on Netflix.
KEY BACKGROUND
The third season of “Bridgerton”—a romance series based on the books by the same name that follow the Bridgerton family members on their searches for love—debuted to positive scores on Rotten Tomatoes, receiving an 85% from critics and 88% audience score. This season follows a developing romance between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). “Bridgerton” debuted on Netflix as the first scripted show from Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland on Christmas day in 2020, and was watched by a record-breaking 82 million houses worldwide in its first four weeks, blowing projections out of the water, according to Deadline.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
If season three of the hit show will crack the most popular list for English television shows on Netflix. As of Sunday, both previous seasons were on the list, with season one in the No. 4 spot having been viewed 113.3 million times and season two in the No. 9 spot with 93.8 million views.
Comments
Post a Comment