"Bridgerton" season 3 is soon to come — the first four episodes of the new season will drop on Netflix on May 16, with four more to follow on June 13, so mark your calendars — and a fourth edition of the show is already in the works. But what about the future of the beloved franchise? Will we get eight seasons of the period drama, to coincide with the eight books of Julia Quinn's novel series on which the show is based? If everything goes to plan, yes, says producing juggernaut Shonda Rhimes.
Rhimes — who already cemented her TV greatness as showrunner of the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," its spin-off "Private Practice" and the political thriller "Scandal" — is an executive producer on both "Bridgerton" and its prequel "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story" as part of an overall deal between Netflix and her production company Shondaland. So it's safe to say that the woman has some sway when it comes to whether we'll be seeing more from the Bridgerton family in future installments of the romance series.
