AFTER two weeks as the glorious backdrop for the Olympics, the French capital will swap record-breakers for its resident romcom. Tomorrow, Netflix hit Emily In Paris returns for its fourth series and is set to smash a few records of its own. 9 This week, Netflix hit Emily In Paris returns for its fourth series Credit: © 2024 Netflix, Inc.
In 2023, some 118million hours of season three were watched in seven days and in 2022, it was crowned the streamer’s most watched show. But when Emily In Paris launched in the middle of 2020’s pandemic, following American advertising exec Emily Cooper as she moves to the city for a big career break and struggles to navigate the intricacies of French amour, it was “ambient TV” at best. A mindless watch, leaving viewers with little more than an itch to book a mini break.
In France it was largely ridiculed, with Parisians bemoaning the city being reduced to a string of cliches with endless vino, berets and high heels on polished, cobble streets. READ MORE ON NETFLIX SEEDS OF DOUBT Love Is Blind UK fans convinced Sam ‘is a producer plant Then viewers realised that was entirely the point — Emily In Paris wasn’t meant to reflect real life. Instead she handled nonsensical advertising campaigns for luxury clients, hotfooting across the capital from cocktails to the ballet as she juggled two handsome paramours.
The new series finds Emily, played by Lily Collins , at a crossroads. Having finally settled on hot French chef Gabriel ( Luca.