Bridgerton has already beaten the Netflix curse

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Record-breaking numbers mean Bridgerton has done what most Netflix shows couldn’t

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Season two of Bridgerton might have only just premiered onNetflixbut it has already managed to break numerous records for the streaming platform and more importantly, break the Netflix curse.

Bridgerton, however, has done the impossible. Not only has it been renewed for season three ahead of the latest season’s premiere but it has even got a fourth season commissioned too. This is an extremely rare occurrence, considering everything from Altered Carbon and Marco Polo to Friends From College and Gentefield all never made it to season three.

That’s not even taking into account those shows that never made it passed their first season;Archive 81fell foul of this most recently, two months after it hit number one in the US.

So why has Bridgerton been given not one but two new seasons commissioned? Numbers. It’s always to do with numbers. Since premiering on March 25th, Bridgerton has generated 251.7 million viewing hours in its first week (viaDeadline), making it the most popular TV series in Netflix history when it comes to English-language.

193 million people or approximately 76.6% of that audience tuned into the period drama in the opening weekend alone. The closest competitor isInventing Anna,which amassed 196 million hours. Overall though,Squid Gamestill reigns champion with an astronomical 571.8 million hours watched from September 27th to October 3rd, 2021. I think it’s fair to say that it will take something special to surpass that figure.

Bridgerton stars Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Charithra Chandran, Adjoa Andoh, Phoebe Dynevor, Rupert Young, Shelley Conn, Julie Andrews and more. The first two seasons are all available to watch on Netflix now.

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