By Rick Porter Television Business Editor A 19-month wait between seasons of Bridgerton seemingly did little to dissipate the ardor for the Netflix series. Season four of the period drama premiered at No. 1 overall on the Nielsen streaming charts for Jan. 26-Feb. 1, scoring 3.03 billion minutes of viewing for the week. That’s 10 percent higher than the opening week of season three in May 2024; like the current season, that one was split into two parts, premiering four weeks apart. About 2.24 billion minutes — 74 percent of Bridgerton’s total for the week total — were devoted to the four new episodes that premiered Jan. 29, Nielsen says, with the remainder coming from previous seasons. The tally for the new episodes alone would have easily led the week. Stranger Things held onto second place with 1.3 billion minutes of watch time, with the Netflix series showing a good amount of staying power a month after its series finale.…