Kate Sharma and Anthony Bridgerton on "Bridgerton" season two.Liam Daniel/Netflix
- "Bridgerton" season two was watched for 193 million hours in its debut weekend.
- Its Netflix's second-biggest TV premiere ever, behind "Money Heist" season five.
"Bridgerton" returned after more than a year on Friday, and it was one of Netflix's biggest premieres ever.
The second season was watched for 193 million hours in its first three-day weekend, Netflix said on Tuesday, making it the most-watched TV debut for an English-language series on the service.
Overall, it was behind the Spanish series "Money Heist's" season-five premiere, which was watched for 201.9 million hours in its first weekend.
Every Tuesday, Netflix updates its list of top 10 TV shows and movies of the previous week, based on the number of hours watched globally.
"Bridgerton" season two topped this week's list, easily eclipsing the second most popular series of last week, "Is It Cake," which was watched for 48.9 million hours.
The season-two premiere of "Bridgerton" also lifted the first season's viewership. It was watched for 32 million hours last week.
Below are the top 10 TV shows on Netflix from March 21 through March 27 (Insider combined Netflix's English-language and non-English-language lists):