Apple TV’s perfectBridgertonreplacement is climbing the global streaming charts ahead of its season 2 finale. Based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels, each season of Netflix’s popular period drama follows a different member of the eponymous noble family as they find love in a historically alternative version of Regency-era London.
Bridgerton’s castincludes names like Jonathan Bailey, Nicola Coughlan, Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, and Simone Ashley, many of whom have been catapulted to greater fame courtesy of the series. Since its debut in 2020,Bridgertonhas consistently been one of Netflix’s most-watched series, with seasons 1 and 3 both ranking among the streamer’s top 10 most popular shows of all time worldwide.
As a result, there have been manyshows similar toBridgertonattempting to capitalize on its success, including Prime Video’sMy Lady Jane, which was controversially canceled after one season in August 2024. Now,anotherBridgertonreplacement is rising up the global streaming charts, just as its second season wraps up.
The Buccaneers Is Climbing The Global Streaming Charts
The Buccaneersis climbing the global streaming charts. Created by Katherine Jakeways, based on the 1938 novel by Edith Wharton,Apple TV’s historical drama is set in the 1870s during the Gilded Ageand follows five affluent and determined American women as they navigate London’s elite social scene and confront various cultural differences, including their approaches to tradition, friendship, and romance.
The Buccaneers' castis led by Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Josie Totah, and Imogen Waterhouse. Also starring is Imogen Waterhouse. Matthew Broome, Josh Dylan, Barney Fishwick, Guy Remmers, Mia Threapleton, and Christina Hendricks.
Now, as season 2 comes to a close, theBridgertonreplacement is climbing the streaming charts. PerFlixPatrol,The Buccaneersranks fourth on Apple TV’s Top 10 showsfor today, August 4. It ranks belowChief of War,Foundation,Smoke, and aboveStick,Severance,Ted Lasso,Acapulco,Silo, andSlow Horses.
What This Means For The Buccaneers
Climbing the streaming charts as season 2 comes to a close,The Buccaneerspositions itself as the perfect replacement for Netflix’s period romance as audiences wait forBridgertonseason 4to be released sometime in 2026. What makes the Apple TV+ series the perfect stand-in is its spirited embrace of lavish costumes, anachronistic pop music, and feminist verve.
LikeBridgerton,The Buccaneerstransforms historical fiction into a dazzling spectacle of romance and rebellion. WhileBridgerton’s fourth season remains a distant promise on the horizon in 2026,The Buccaneersfills that same void right now, with two highly bingeable seasons soon in the bank.
