After a hugely popular first season, the steamiest show on streaming returned on Hulu last month to even more acclaim, following the loss of original author Jilly Cooper in October last year. Rivals Season 2 has been packed with filthy debauchery, high drama, and sordid affairs aplenty, and that’s only in the first six episodes. In the June 5 finale of Season 2, Part 1, viewers were left gobsmacked as a fan-favorite character tragically lost their life, and David Tennant‘s dastardly Lord Tony Baddingham seems to have escaped the crumbling of his empire once more.
“Rivals Season 2 surpasses Season 1 on nearly every front,” wrote Therese Lacson in her review for Collider, with this one of many gushing critical responses that helped the NSFW series to a near-perfect 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Just as we’re picking up our jaws from the floor following the shocking end to Season 2, Part 1, the announcement we’ve all been waiting for has arrived: Rivals has been officially renewed for a third season, with twelve episodes confirmed.
After the stakes have risen alongside the show’s softer side for Season 2, expectations will be higher than ever for a third season of the Happy Prince production. But what will it be about? “As the dust settles post the scandalous revelations in Season 2, we see the stakes become higher and the alliances more fragile, with nothing staying buried for long,” the logline for the third season reads. “New romances blossom, old flames rekindle and shocking secrets will be spilled in this third series which takes everyone’s favourite rivalries to the next level. In a world of power, passion and betrayal, everyone has something to lose.” Rivals Season 2 continues this November.
Who Will Star in ‘Rivals’ Season 3?
Many favorite faces are expected to return for the third season of this unmissable, indulgent series, including the aforementioned Tennant, Aidan Turner‘s Declan O’Hara, Nafessa Williams‘ Cameron Cook, Alex Hassell’s Rupert Campbell-Black, Bella Maclean’s Taggie O’Hara, Danny Dyer‘s Freddie, Katherine Parkinson‘s Lizzie, and more. After Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell joined the cast of Season 2, fans hope to see them again in a third installment. Lee Mason, Disney+ EMEA VP for scripted, said of the renewal:
“The phenomenal response to ‘Rivals’ is a credit to the bold, irreverent and endlessly entertaining world created by Dame Jilly Cooper, our cast, creative team and production partners at Happy Prince. We’re delighted to be bringing audiences a third season on Disney+/Hulu. Expect more ambition, more romance, more rivalries and, of course, more scandal as we return to Rutshire for another irresistible chapter.”
Rivals is streaming now on Hulu and Disney+. For more updates on the latest shows, stay tuned to Collider.
- Release Date
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October 18, 2024
- Network
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Disney+
- Directors
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Dee Koppang O’Leary, Alexandra Brodski, Elliot Hegarty
- Writers
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Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare, Kefi Chadwick, Dare Aiyegbayo, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Laura Wade, Marek Horn, Sophie Goodhart
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