Sex or no sex, Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Season 2 is off to a smoking-hot start.
Netflix said it premiered in the number-one slot in 92 countries with more than 193 million hours viewed globally in its first three days, making the steamy Shondaland drama the streaming service’s most-watched English-language TV title for a show’s season-premiere week.That premiere-week categorization is important since many Netflix shows see their strongest performance in Weeks 2 and 3 — and sometimes beyond.
There’s good reasons for that.
Most Netflix series premiere on a Friday.
(There are exceptions; “Emily in Paris” Season 2 premiered on a Wednesday.) Since Netflix counts Monday through Sunday as its week for measurement purposes, that means typically a show’s first “week” includes just three days while subsequent weeks count seven days.There’s also the word-of-mouth factor.
Many viral shows need a little time to take off; their biggest weeks wait for the water-cooler chatter of social media.
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