Review: Jane Austen meets hookup culture in Netflix s exquisitely silly Bridgerton yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It’s taken a little more than three years, but Shonda Rhimes’ first Netflix series since signing an exclusive, reportedly nine-figure deal with the streamer is here. With “Bridgerton,” premiering on Christmas Day, the celebrated creator of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice” and “Scandal” adds to her list of executive producer credits including “How to Get Away With Murder,” which concluded earlier this year by reaching back to 19th century England for inspiration, romance, mystery and, yes, plenty of drama.
The charming and addictive series, based on the romance novels of Julia Quinn, is set in the competitive marriage market of Regency London’s high society, a.k.a. “the ton” a nickname drawn from the French for “good manners.” ‘Tis the season for wizened matriarchs to present their eligible offspring at an exhausting number of balls, luncheons and parties in a sumptuous pageant of exquisite gowns, sparkly tiaras and silken waistcoats.