"Bridgerton" season 4 will star filming in September

[nutella_forever]

Filming for ‘BRIDGERTON’ season 4 has been delayed to September.

Filming will last until April 2025.

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- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 5, 2024
It was previously stated that "Bridgerton " season 4 was already in production in April 2024 and filming was expected to begin early in

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[distant_lines]

I'm so done with streamers and taking ages to put out a handful of episodes. I'm fully back on board now with network TV, 22 episode seasons, that are churned out with regularity. It used to be that streaming shows had better quality writing and production, but that's gone to shit these past few years, so they just really don't have much going for them anymore. Cause somehow, despite only 8 episodes, Bridgerton season 3 felt like it had filler content that would be equivalent to filler content you expect on an NBC show who has nearly 2 dozen episodes to fill with content.

[afeelingunacted]

I'm so sad because Bridgerton especially, with it's massive cast of characters, would be so well suited to a 22 ep season.

Like the reason everyone forgets the Mondriches is they never sufficiently tied them to the main characters OR gave them quite enough breathing space to sustain their own plot (it was a bit better in season 3).

[screamingintune]

I feel like the sweet spot for tv was the time period in the '10s when cable shows were 13-16 episodes.

imo it started with Game of Thrones going 10 episodes, that was unusual for an HBO show at the time which were always 13, but GoT opted for more budget and fewer episodes, and the big sacrifice was characterization. Since then television has been so event-driven, 10 episodes has turned into 8 episodes, and I'm just waiting for it to become 6. I'm over it. I want TELEVISION, not an 8 hour movie that has been spliced up.

[sapphiredragon]

Yeah those were my thoughts too, that way there is more space and time for the series to develop the story throughout the episodes but not in the 20-24 episodes range where the cast and crew are getting overworked.

[screamingintune]

precisely. the network 22-24 episode structure was too brutal for cast and crew, but 8-10 is too short to develop whole characters the way television should. TV's biggest advantage over film is the long-form ability to write characters are complicated, rich people and to make their journeys more impactful for the time and development spent.

I know some people complain about bottle episodes but sometimes the episodes that were made simply because they were low on cash and had to fill an episode order for 20+ eps a season led to the deepest, most fascinating characterization. My favorite episode of TV ever is a Deep Space Nine episode called "In the Pale Moonlight" and it's a very low sfx, low budget episode. The tension is in the writing and the acting. Good writers and good actors and good directors don't need a massive budget, just talent, but television has sought to become movie blockbusters instead of you know.. television.

[burntxtoashes]

I do feel for actors and crew members with the 22-24 episodes format as I know they've spoken out about long work days/months, but at the same time...it doesn't feel like streamers doing 8-10 episodes is much better if it still takes so long to film/edit everything? Plus I think with shows where you have a large ensemble cast, you kind of need more episodes to be able to equally service each story/character.

[blandinavian]

Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton have spoken about filming days on Bridgerton being basically wake up at 4, get picked up for work, then return home late in the evening, and they do that for 8 months apparently. I'm sure it's not as intense for everyone else other than the main two people, but still seems pretty intense and weirdly so for such a short season. Obviously there's a lot going on compared to most 22-24 episode shows, but still.

[vibeology_e]

That suggests to me that they're not shooting enough pages every day. Like, they're on a film shooting pace for a TV show. I get that they're not going to turn around an episode in 8 days like a network show, but a month per episode is a huge problem.

[blandinavian]

Agreed - and so is the fact that it takes more than a year from wrapping shooting until the season is released. They wrapped in March 2023, and it was release May 2024.

[disgruntledyawn]

They finished filming in 2023 and didn't pick up again till more than two years later? That's absurd.

[distant_lines]

The flip side to it is that crew members and writers have also talked about how the fewer episode seasons makes things harder for them financially. 22 episode seasons allowed for a full year's salary and more job stability. Shorter episode seasons still require extremely long hours with less stability.

[mistycreed]

My friend is a tv writer, and exactly this. There are other downsides to shorter seasons - writing and filming are typically finished before the series even begins airing which means there's no way to gauge reaction on storylines or characters and change course before the season is over. There's no way to organically see fan reaction as the season is being produced. The binge model has always changed *how* tv is written which is why so many series now feel like 8 hour movies.

Most writers are surviving on side gigs and development, and most of those don't count towards health insurance.

[screamingintune]

I feel like this is the real reason tv seasons have gotten shorter. fewer residuals to pay