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Older Women Drive 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Craze as Finale Nears

For many, the YA romance serves as a nostalgia-laced escape from adult routines.

Overview

  • Prime Video’s adaptation of Jenny Han’s books is drawing significant millennial and midlife audiences beyond its teen target.
  • Viewers are reorganizing weekly routines and openly debating Team Conrad versus Team Jeremiah in social settings and online.
  • Season 3 is rolling out weekly toward a Sept. 17 finale, following a reported 25 million first-week audience for its premiere episode.
  • The show’s pull for older viewers includes sun-drenched nostalgia, a Taylor Swift–heavy soundtrack, and low-stakes escapism.
  • Reports say Amazon has urged fans to “simmer down” after increasingly tribal disputes over Belly’s eventual choice.