{"id":19706,"date":"2025-09-13T23:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T23:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/19706\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T23:32:08","slug":"netflixs-over-the-top-soapy-drama-branded-hilarious-and-absurd-climbs-uk-trending-chart-upon-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/19706\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix’s “over-the-top” soapy drama branded “hilarious and absurd” climbs UK trending chart upon return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix<\/a>‘s returning series Beauty in Black is climbing the UK trending chart following the release of season 2. <\/p>\n

The new episodes arrived on the streamer on Thursday (11 September), rising to the second spot in Netflix’s UK TV chart. The show is also ranking third worldwide, only after Wednesday and My Life With the Walter Boys. <\/p>\n

Created by Tyler Perry, the Chicago-set series follows two women, struggling club dancer Kimmie and successful businesswoman Mallory, whose vastly different lives become entangled with dramatic consequences. <\/p>\n

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The new season sees Kimmie ascending to a powerful new position as the wife of wealthy businessman Horace Bellarie, making her the new woman leading the Beauty in Black cosmetic empire.<\/p>\n

Snowfall star Taylor Polidore Williams plays Kimmie, while Crystle Stewart plays Mallory. Ricco Ross, Amber Reign Smith, Xavier Smalls, Julian Horton, Steven G. Norfleet, and Richard Lawson round up the main cast. <\/p>\n

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“If you’re looking for drama that spills the tea in the messiest way possible, Beauty in Black delivers,” wrote one user on IMDb<\/a> following the release of the first season last year, describing the story as “over-the-top, soap-opera-level drama that’s both hilarious and absurd”.<\/p>\n

“It’s the perfect watch for a lazy, boring day when you just want something fun and brainless to pass the time,” the user added. <\/p>\n

Another viewer branded the show as “deliciously messy, sexy and exciting”, calling it “a perfectly easy watch, that still keeps you on the edge of your seat”.<\/p>\n

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Related: Suspense-filled UK crime drama jumps up Netflix’s trending chart days after release<\/a><\/p>\n

Netflix viewers compared the show to other popular dramas like Empire, P-Valley, and Dynasty, deeming it perfect for those looking for a “soapy, rollercoaster ride of melodrama”.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait for fans to discover just how crazy and unpredictable this new season is,” Tyler Perry told Tudum<\/a> ahead of the release of season 2. <\/p>\n

“All their favorite characters return, and the wild twists are more thrilling and jaw-dropping than ever before.”<\/p>\n

Beauty in Black season 2 is now available to stream on Netflix.<\/p>\n

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Mireia (she\/her) has been working as a movie and TV journalist for over eight years. Based in the UK, she is a former deputy movies editor at Digital Spy, and previously worked for the Spanish magazine Fotogramas<\/a>. Mireia’s work has been published in other outlets such as Esquire<\/a> and Elle<\/a> in Spain, and WeLoveCinema<\/a> and GamesRadar+<\/a> in the UK. She is also a published author, having written the essay Biblioteca Studio Ghibli: Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja<\/a> about Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service.
During her years as a freelance journalist and film critic, Mireia has covered festivals around the world and has interviewed high-profile talents such as Kristen Stewart, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal and many more. She’s also taken part in juries such as the FIPRESCI jury at Venice Film Festival and the short film jury at Kingston International Film Festival in London. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix‘s returning series Beauty in Black is climbing the UK trending chart following the release of season 2.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1105,17510,1107,93,61,60,1135,17509,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-19706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-d88fe017-6fe9-4132-a95c-57f3cfb7e9d3","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-shorttitle-netflixs-absurd-soapy-drama-climbs-uk-chart","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}