'Bridgerton' Season 4 Officially Wraps Filming for 2026 Release

The year 2025 was never going to be an easy one for Bridgerton fans. One of Netflix's most popular series, the show is currently running on an 18-month production cycle between seasonal releases. With Season 3 arriving midway through 2024, there was no way Season 4 was going to premiere before 2026, and with no Queen Charlotte-like spinoff in the works, there's nothing for the streaming service to give fans in between. However, Netflix is doing its best to keep fans engaged, releasing an utterly adorable video to mark the end of principal photography on the forthcoming season.

Much like its "binge release model" has wound up working against the streaming service in terms of marketing shows, compressing its footprint in the entertainment landscape almost to nothing, the production schedule to achieve that release is also showing signs of hurting Netflix's viewership. Studies are starting to show that having viewers wait more than 15 months between seasons is actively detrimental to building audience recognition.

The problem is that since Netflix insists on releasing all episodes at once, the entire season must be completed by release day. It's not like Grey's Anatomy, where the production usually begins filming somewhere in the episodes 6-8 range during the week the new season premieres, and aims to stay about seven or so weeks ahead of what's on the air at all times for the next six months.