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It is based on Julia Quinn's novels set in the competitive world of Regency era London's ton during the season, when debutantes are presented at court. It is Rhimes's first scripted Netflix series.
Bridgerton's second season is the most watched English-language television series on Netflix with 627.11 million hours viewed since its March 25, 2022 launch. With generally positive reviews, it debuted number one in 92 countries amassing 193 million hours of viewing time in its premiere weekend, the highest for any English-language Netflix series in its first three days. It also recorded 251.7 million hours of viewing time the following week, breaking the streamers record for the most viewed English-language TV series in its first full week of release. The first season debuted on Netflix on December 25, 2020 to generally positive reviews, with a viewership of 82 million households totaling to 625.49 million hours viewed, it became the most-watched English-language series on Netflix at the time of its premiere before being overtaken by its sophomore season.
In April 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.