Bridgerton's third season pulls in an incredible 45 MILLION viewers in just four DAYS as fans go wild for the steamy Netflix period drama

Bridgerton made its comeback last week.

And according to What's On Netflix the hit romance series is back and better than ever as it pulled in a shocking 45.1M views within just four days of going global on Netflix.

Within its first four days, Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 reportedly scored 165.20 million viewing hours, equating to 45.10 million views.

Netflix described the views from the opening four days as 'only the beginning' and teased more to come.

In a press release released by them, they said: 'Spring has sprung, which means it’s finally #Polin (not pollen) season. Part 1 of Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton debuted at #1 on the English TV List, racking up 45.1M views.

Bridgerton made its comeback last week and according to What's On Netflix the hit romance series is back and better than ever as it pulled in a shocking 45.1M views within just four days

Within its first four days, Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 reportedly scored 165.20 million viewing hours, equating to 45.10 million views

'The series, which stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, was #1 in 78 countries and reached the Top 10 in 92. And this is only the beginning.

'With Part 2 set to release on June 13, who knows how high this wallflower will climb? PSA for the millions of fans having post-binge withdrawals: find yourself a support group, put on some music, light a candle and get into something comfy – more of the carriage-style scenes you’re craving will be here shortly.'

It comes after Nicola showed off her kooky sense of style in a red satin dress with a dramatic hood as she continued the Bridgerton series three promo trail in Brazil on Monday. 

The actress, 37, joined her onscreen lover Luke, 31, for the screening at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro.

The pair star in the Netflix smash hit Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, with season three following their journey from friends to lovers.

After fans tuned in to watch the first part of the series, which dropped last week, Nicola spoke about the one sex scene she felt most pressured to get right.     

'The fans are horny little devils and they used to send us pictures of carriages constantly and carriages rocking,' she said.

'So, this has to be both beautiful, touching, romantic and sexy, which is a lot of things. In her mind after the kiss, it’s just she’s messed it up completely and she’s like, "He will never fancy me. He doesn’t fancy me. It’s embarrassing. I’m going to move on,"

Netflix described the views from the opening four days as 'only the beginning' and teased more raunchy 'carriage-style' scenes to come

'There's no part of her when he gets in that carriage that thinks anything like this is gonna happen.'

Nicola made a statement in her red satin dress which had long evening gloves embellished with gold leaf print and a huge hood.

Luke, meanwhile, wore a cream dappled coat with black high-waisted trousers and a low-cut shirt which exposed his chest hair.

Season three of the show dropped on Thursday morning, with eager fans settling down to devour the latest antics of the Regency-era romantics.

The romp-fest came under fire for its lack of steamy scenes in the second series, with a meagre three minutes of bedroom action amid eight hours and 29 minutes of screen time.

Viewers can already expect more from the first four episodes of series three, with at least six minutes of kissing, sex, threesomes and lesbian love-making.

But after being promised that this season is the steamiest yet, viewers are made to wait until the closing moments of part one for the central love story to really kick off.

It comes after Season three of Bridgerton dropped on Thursday morning, with eager fans settling down to devour the latest antics of the Regency-era romantics

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Series three focuses on the will-they-won't-they flirtation between Penelope and Colin, but the plotline of best friends realising their true feelings proves to be a slow burner.

It ends on a steamy cliffhanger as after being unable to think of anyone else, Colin eventually declares his love for Penelope in a carriage after she was left heartbroken by Lord Debling.

The pair finally give into their passions, with Colin lifting up Penelope's dress in the back of the carriage for a very steamy finale, ahead of part two dropping on June 13.

Just as the fans are begging for more, even the characters in the new series are left wanting.

Portia (Polly Walker) urges her daughters to get pregnant as questions surround their family fortune, and is seen asking her girls: 'Must we tell a baker to bake?' leading to the Featherington sisters competing in the bedroom to be the first to make an heir.