‘Bridgerton,’ Shondaland’s First Scripted Netflix Show, Is a Confectionary Treat of a Romance: TV Review
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variety.comCaroline Framke Chief TV CriticAt the end of an awful and exhausting year, let us give thanks for it at least having the good grace to end with “Bridgerton.”Based on Julia Quinn’s romance novel series, this confectionary treat of a show knows exactly what you might want from it and delivers those fantasies on a silver platter with a dashing (and even surprisingly sexy) smile.The new Netflix drama travels to 19th century England to tell familiar enough narratives of headstrong women and the gruff men who try their damnedest not to love them.
A straightforward adaptation would’ve undoubtedly worked well enough; swoony Regency era romances have been reliable crowd-pleasers dating back to…well, Regency era.
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