The Full Trailer for Hulu's 'Rivals' Is Peak 1980s Excess

There's a major TV debut coming to the U.K. in October, one of those high-profile shows on streaming, adapted from a series of best-selling sexy novels. It stars major A-list talent and several hot men in period costumes, all of whom are now gracing the covers of The Times Magazine and giving teasing quotes about how much skin will be shown. No, we're not talking about Bridgerton on Netflix; we're talking about Rivals on Disney+. The biggest series Americans have no idea about is coming this fall.

To be fair, Rivals isn't coming to Disney+ in the U.S. A racy British series based on the infamous Jilly Cooper "boinkbuster" novels is decidedly not what Americans expect when opening a streaming service branded with the House of Mouse logo. The show will instead stream on Hulu, which, for those who have both services, is merely a tile on Disney+, but who's counting? (Eventually, Disney will have to stop dumping all the "not family friendly enough" onto Hulu, but apparently, today is not that day.)

Anyway, the series dropped a trailer that instantly went viral for implied nudity all over the likes of The Sun, The Mirror, and The Daily Mail. American entertainment sites may not have noticed it, but for those who got used to Poldark with an Eight-Pack, it's refreshing to see Turner return to his natural shirtless state.