Bridgerton season three breaks impressive Netflix viewing record

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new season of the hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton has set a new record for the streaming service. Four episodes of Bridgerton season three were released on Netflix last Thursday, with a further four episodes arriving on the streamer in June. In the first four days of its release, Bridgerton clocked up 45.05 million views, according to Netflix’s own figures – around double the previous season. It makes you feel very empowered.” In a two-star review of the new episodes, The Independent TV critic Nick Hilton wrote: “Where previously Bridgerton demonstrated a raunchy streak – a combination of bonnets and buttocks – that set it apart from the generic tweeness of a matchmaking period drama, it has begun to descend into many of those banal tropes.