Get the popcorn ready and get ready for the drama! Netflix confirmed the official dates for the fourth season of Bridgerton.
Netflix is getting ready for a 2026 full of premieres and, among all the noise, there is a series that is once again attracting attention and generating hundreds of expectations: Bridgerton. The period romance that conquered the world returns with its fourth season and comes with a clear promise; more drama, more high society intrigues and a love story that already has fans counting the days until the premiere.
The new season focuses on Benedict Bridgertonthe second son of the family, played by Luke Thompson. Until now we had seen him move between bohemianism, art and the permanent doubt of settling down. This time it was his turn: Your story will be the central axis and, with it, millions of questions that the audience has kept since the first time they saw it on screen.
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What is Bridgerton about?
The season is based on the novel An Offer from a Gentlemanone of the books most loved by Julia Quinn readers. And yes, there is dancing, masks and a secret identity involved. Benedict will meet a mysterious woman at one of the most talked about parties of the social season: the masquerade ball organized by Lady Violet. He won’t know who it is, but he will be marked.
That enigmatic figure is the “Lady in Silver“, which is actually Sophie Beck (Yerin Ha)a young woman who carries a complex past and who does not entirely belong to the aristocratic world she enters almost on tiptoe. What begins as a fairy tale encounter soon runs into reality: class differences, family secrets and a feeling that, even so, insists on staying.
The style of Bridgerton remains: romance, desire, social pressure and characters struggling between what they want and what they “should” do. Along with the main thread, we will see more of the rest of the Bridgertons and familiar faces from the series’ universe, along with new characters who will move the pieces on the board.
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Who is behind Bridgerton and what can we expect before the premiere?
Production continues in the hands of Shondalandthe creative house of Shonda Rhimes, responsible for the visual and emotional seal that made Bridgerton a phenomenon.
The showrunner Jess Brownell leads this season and has made it clear that the adaptation will be more direct and faithful to the book, but without losing the television freshness that has hooked new audiences.
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The fourth season It will arrive in two parts:
Part 1: January 29, 2026
Part 2: February 26, 2026
There will be eight episodes in total, with locations and sets that recreate an even more detailed and colorful Regency London.
The expectations are not few. The fans wait real chemistry between Benedict and Sophiea masked ball that becomes an iconic scene and a broader look at the characters “from below”, those who hold the brilliance of high society but they are almost never at the center of the story.
Without a doubt, Bridgerton It continues to be a trend, a topic of conversation and an aesthetic replicated in networks, fashion and music. Its return in 2026 not only adds another season: it reaffirms that the romance, well told, continues to have a loyal audience… and that the Bridgertons still have a lot of history to offer.
