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  "id": 12878221,
  "title": "’Bridgerton’ Spinoff About Young Lady Violet Greenlit At Netflix With Shonda Rhimes Writing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bridgerton-spinoff-about-young-lady-violet-greenlit-at-netflix-with",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/bridgerton-lady-violet-prequel-spinoff-in-works-shonda-1237149546/"
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  "summary": "The long-rumored expansion of the Bridgerton universe is a reality: Netflix has greenlighted an untitled spinoff chronicling the early life of a young Lady Violet and her romance with Viscount Edmund Bridgerton. The widowed Bridgerton family matriarch is played on the mothership series by Ruth Gemmell. Like Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the Violet prequel […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "‘Bridgerton’ Lady Violet Prequel Courts Netflix Series Pickup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bridgerton-lady-violet-prequel-courts-netflix-series-pickup",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Bridgerton’ Prequel About Lady Violet From Shonda Rhimes Greenlit at Netflix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bridgerton-prequel-about-lady-violet-from-shonda-rhimes-greenlit-at",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Bridgerton’ Spinoff, Centered on Lady Violet, Ordered by Netflix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bridgerton-spinoff-centered-on-lady-violet-ordered-by-netflix",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TVLine",
        "title": "Bridgerton Prequel Spin-Off, Centered On Young Lady Violet, Ordered At Netflix",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bridgerton-prequel-spin-off-centered-on-young-lady-violet-ordered-at",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:37:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}