A Viral 'Bridgerton' Season 3 Reddit Theory Is Dividing Fans About a Release Change

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No one loves a good rumor more than Bridgerton fans, especially when it's delivered by Lady Whistledown, herself. However, a new stirring ahead of season 3 seems to be unsettling quite a few loyal followers.

Amid queries of the Bridgerton season 3 release date, one viral social media post got fans asking how exactly next season's episode schedule will look like. Some believe Netflix may stray from tradition and turn toward a weekly format, starting with the Shonda Rhimes' and Julia Quinn's brainchild — despite the hit period drama's season 1 and season 2 episodes premiering all at once.

A Reddit user recently re-shared a tweet reading, "Netflix will move away from the binge model for future projects, meaning it will stop releasing entire seasons at once and instead release weekly episodes."

It's since sparked a conversation questioning whether Bridgerton, one of Netflix's most streamed series, would blaze the trail.

Reacting to the rumor, fans had a mix of reactions as some utterly rejected the slow release entirely. “… ummmm how about no???? Imagine waiting a week in between Aubrey hall and the Anthony/Edwina wedding episodes, no thank you," one person replied in the thread. "I preferred the Stranger Things method: 3/4 at one point in time, let the hype build and you can still binge; release the finale a few weeks later."

Others leaned into its potential and noted the possible upside to this decision. "It’s more agonizing for sure, but honestly, I’d love to see the hype for Bridgerton last longer than the first 4 weeks of release," a different fan said. "I prefer the slow release! I miss actually getting to discuss and predict storylines as they came out instead of everyone being at different places, and there only being actual conversations about it for like the first week after release," another wrote.

Meanwhile, some proposed finding a middle ground of releasing two or three episodes at a time. And as it turns out, the rumor's not completely unfounded. According to What’s on Netflix, there's been murmurings that the streamer has considered releasing episodes of popular shows weekly in order to bring viewers back to the service on a regular basis. Regardless, nothing has been said directly by Netflix to confirm any of this.

It's not a major stretch though, as it would join the ranks of competing hit shows like HBO Max's Succession, Apple TV+ with Ted Lasso and Disney+'s slew of Marvel series like Wandavision and Loki. Plus, the platform has already experimented with hits like The Circle and Love is Blind as well as Stranger Things, which split its season 4 into two parts.

As of now, it seems like we can expect the third season of Bridgerton to be get released all at once. But who knows what the future holds!

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