Netflix's ongoing adaptation of the Julia Quinn romance novels.
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This may be Stranger Things weekend over at Netflix, but across the pond in London, cameras are starting to roll on one of the streaming service's biggest British hits, Bridgerton. Actress Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls), who plays Penelope Featherington, put on her Lady Whistledown bonnet and dropped the
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Since the end of Season 2, there have been rumors that Bridgerton would start pulling away in earnest from the book's source material in the next two installments. This was probably inevitable, considering how much the show changed up from the second book in Julia Quinn's
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Bridgerton came in with a grand plan: To adapt a series of eight novels (nine if you include the book of epilogues), produced to the level one might see a drama about dragons and death. So far, the show has been a hit, but it's not without its
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Bridgerton has barely had its second season out for a week, and the streaming service is already prepping to make more. Not Bridgerton Season 3, though that is expected to start filming later this year or early next. This is the spinoff prequel series focused on the primary character addition
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Never let it be said that Netflix doesn't learn from its mistakes. After somehow managing to not sign breakout Season 1 star Rege-Jean Page to a long-term contract and allowing the actor to slip through their fingers in the wake of the series' megapopular first
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Genre TV series as lush prestige adaptations may not have started on Netflix, but they have become the streaming service's bread and butter in the last five years. Still, romance — especially period drama romance — was still considered the purview of the middle-to-highbrow TV world, your local
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The beginning of spring arrived for 2022 as the earth reached the vernal equinox on Sunday, March 20. It was a big day for fans of British television, with PBS' new lineup of Call The Midwife Season 11, Sanditon Season 2, and Before We Die Season 1 arriving on
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Spring arrives on March 20, 2022, and romance to our televisions with it. Fans of period piece love stories are going to have a whole bouquet of offerings along with the new season, from the return of Sanditon and Call The Midwife to the premiere of The Gilded Age'
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Bridgerton's first season was a massive hit, more extensive than just about anyone anticipated. But it also set up an accidental stumbling block for Season 2. As part of the show's push to make Julia Quinn's series of singular romances a larger ensemble, the
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Spring is here, and with it, a bonanza of brand new series debuting in March. British imports are busting out all over with a giant crop arriving on PBS from Masterpiece, Walter's Choice, and more. Meanwhile, big debuts are everywhere, from HBO Max to BritBox to Netflix. So,
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March is going to be a bonanza for fans of period TV series. On March 20, Sanditon Season 2 arrives on PBS, along with Call The Midwife Season 11. On March 21, The Gilded Age will premiere its Season 1 finale on HBO, followed by streaming on HBO Max. And
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On Christmas Day, Netflix brought fans of regency romance a Christmas present as it released the announcement for Bridgerton Season 2's arrival. Though some fans (including me) thought the streaming service would make us wait until December 2022 for more of the Quinniverse, the wait turned out to