It is the season of Sharmas in the ton! The second season of Netflix's popular show 'Bridgerton' is creating history.&nbsp; 
According to data released by Nielsen, the show was watched for more than 2.5 billion minutes during the week of its debut in season 2. 
 
The Chris Van Dusen-created period romance became the No 1 program on streaming app for the week of March 21-27 on Nielsen`s charts, even though only its first season was available for the majority of that week, as Season 2 premiered on March 25. 
 
'Bridgerton's' breakout performance is no surprise. Netflix’s internal data had already shown that season two had the best opening weekend of any English-language series on the streaming platform. The show also likely helped Netflix nudge up its share of total TV use in March.

Netflix's 'The Adam Project' came in a distant second with 1.19 billion minutes viewed during that period. In third was the new Netflix competition 'Is It Cake?', followed by 'Turning Red' on Disney+ in fourth and Netflix`s 'The Last Kingdom' in fifth. 
 
Rounding out the Top 10 streaming programs overall were `NCIS` on Netflix, `Encanto` on Disney+ , `Cocomelon` on Netflix, `Criminal Minds` on Netflix and `Inventing Anna` on Netflix. 
 
The second season narrated the story of the eldest Bridgerton sibling Anthony's search for a bride. New to the town, Edwina Sharma gets the Queen's attention this season and is declared the diamond. While Anthony proposes to Edwina, it is her sister Kate Sharma who seems to be the biggest 'bane' in Anthony's life.&nbsp; 
 
The show stars Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley as Anthony and Kate.&nbsp;

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It is the season of Sharmas in the ton! The second season of Netflix's popular show 'Bridgerton' is creating history. According to data released by Nielsen, the show was watched for more than 2.

It is the season of Sharmas in the ton! The second season of Netflix's popular show 'Bridgerton' is creating history. According to data released by Nielsen, the show was watched for more than 2.5 billion minutes during the week of its debut in season 2. The Chris Van Dusen-created period romance became the No 1 program on streaming app for the week of March 21-27 on Nielsen`s charts, even though only its first season was available for the majority of that week, as Season 2 premiered on March 25. 'Bridgerton's' breakout performance is no surprise. Netflix’s internal data had already shown that season two had the best opening weekend of any English-language series on the streaming platform. The show also likely helped Netflix nudge up its share of total TV use in March. Netflix's 'The Adam Project' came in a distant second with 1.19 billion minutes viewed during that period. In third was the new Netflix competition 'Is It Cake?', followed by 'Turning Red' on Disney+ in fourth and Netflix`s 'The Last Kingdom' in fifth. Rounding out the Top 10 streaming programs overall were `NCIS` on Netflix, `Encanto` on Disney+ , `Cocomelon` on Netflix, `Criminal Minds` on Netflix and `Inventing Anna` on Netflix. The second season narrated the story of the eldest Bridgerton sibling Anthony's search for a bride. New to the town, Edwina Sharma gets the Queen's attention this season and is declared the diamond. While Anthony proposes to Edwina, it is her sister Kate Sharma who seems to be the biggest 'bane' in Anthony's life. The show stars Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley as Anthony and Kate. Netflix, end of an era? From major drop to what future holds for streaming giant

Kate and Anthony forever! 'Bridgerton' S2 garners 2.5 billion views, creates history on Netflix

The second season of 'Bridgerton' is finally out and fans have drooled enough over the smouldering chemistry between its lead couple Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma.&nbsp; 
 
*This story has spoilers 
 
While the season does end on a positive note with Anthony and Kate finally getting together after endless arguments and clashes, fans have been wondering why the makers never showed a wedding ceremony for the two.&nbsp;

The hit Netflix period drama premiered its second season last month and chose to skip Anthony and Kate's wedding and instead showed the couple after their honeymoon.&nbsp; 
 
Now, the director of 'Bridgerton' Cheryl Dunye has explained the decision only one (failed) nuptials on-screen which featured Anthony and Edwina.&nbsp; 
 
"There was a big wedding before," Dunye said, referencing the would-be wedding between Anthony and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), Kate's younger sister. She said the Bridgerton writers chose to only include one wedding in season 2. 
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"Two weddings in a show that was that spectacular, one could not do after the other," Dunye told Insider. She also mentioned that she was not directly involved in the decision to exclude Kate and Anthony's wedding.&nbsp; 
 
"I was just like, 'Yeah, you're going to make the other wedding look paltry if this wedding was bigger,' " she added. 
While the first season featuring, Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) had a lot of sex scenes, the second season concentrated more on clashes between its lead pair played by Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey.&nbsp; 
 
Ashley, though recently opened up to PEOPLE &nbsp;about how she felt secure going into her sex scenes with Bailey. 
"I was very confident. I felt very safe. I felt very protected," Ashley said of the environment on set. "I was very excited to be doing these scenes where we can show a dark-skinned woman and her body and not be so taboo about it. 
Especially a dark-skinned Indian woman where maybe they're represented in a conservative way sometimes." 
Both seasons of 'Bridgerton' are streaming on Netflix.&nbsp;

The second season of 'Bridgerton' is finally out and fans have drooled enough over the smouldering chemistry between its lead couple Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma.

The second season of 'Bridgerton' is finally out and fans have drooled enough over the smouldering chemistry between its lead couple Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma. *This story has spoilers While the season does end on a positive note with Anthony and Kate finally getting together after endless arguments and clashes, fans have been wondering why the makers never showed a wedding ceremony for the two. The hit Netflix period drama premiered its second season last month and chose to skip Anthony and Kate's wedding and instead showed the couple after their honeymoon. Now, the director of 'Bridgerton' Cheryl Dunye has explained the decision only one (failed) nuptials on-screen which featured Anthony and Edwina. "There was a big wedding before," Dunye said, referencing the would-be wedding between Anthony and Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), Kate's younger sister. She said the Bridgerton writers chose to only include one wedding in season 2. "Two weddings in a show that was that spectacular, one could not do after the other," Dunye told Insider. She also mentioned that she was not directly involved in the decision to exclude Kate and Anthony's wedding. "I was just like, 'Yeah, you're going to make the other wedding look paltry if this wedding was bigger,' " she added. While the first season featuring, Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) had a lot of sex scenes, the second season concentrated more on clashes between its lead pair played by Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey. Ashley, though recently opened up to PEOPLE about how she felt secure going into her sex scenes with Bailey. "I was very confident. I felt very safe. I felt very protected," Ashley said of the environment on set. "I was very excited to be doing these scenes where we can show a dark-skinned woman and her body and not be so taboo about it. Especially a dark-skinned Indian woman where maybe they're represented in a conservative way sometimes." Both seasons of 'Bridgerton' are streaming on Netflix.

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Kate and Anthony forever! 'Bridgerton' S2 garners 2.5 billion views, creates history on Netflix

'Bridgerton' Season 2 director explains why Anthony and Kate's wedding was not shown