We’re not achieved with Virgin River, nowhere close to achieved, in actual fact. That’s as a result of it’s already been renewed for Season 8, and Season 7 of Virgin River simply completed manufacturing. Nevertheless, this information is larger than a single-season renewal. It’s a historic second for each the sequence and the nice streaming service that homes it, Netflix. So, it is sensible that followers and the present’s star, Alexandra Breckenridge, are celebrating.
Virgin River Has Been Renewed By Netflix For A Historic Eighth Season
I’m no exaggerating after I say it is a historic renewal. By choosing up Virgin River for Season 8, the romantic drama has now change into Netflix’s longest-running scripted sequence, per Deadline. What an accomplishment!
The present, which began in 2019, wrapped manufacturing on Season 7 on the finish of final month and was then shortly picked up for an additional ten episodes. So, meaning we’ll be seeing much more of Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson and co.
That alone is implausible information and solidly locations Virgin River as one of many outstanding long-running exhibits at the moment on the air. Nevertheless, it additionally places it in a class of its personal on Netflix.
With Season 8 on the way in which, Virgin River has formally bypassed two of Netflix’s bingeable authentic exhibits, Grace and Frankie and Orange is the New Black, which each ran for seven seasons and beforehand held this title. It’s going to additionally bypass the Spanish drama Elite, which did run for eight seasons, however had fewer episodes (when all is claimed and achieved, Virgin River may have 84 installments whereas the Spanish sequence has 64).
On high of that, Virgin River may also take the title when it comes to runtime. Whereas Grace and Frankie, which held the title for some time, had longer seasons than the romantic drama, it solely did half-hour episodes. So, per Deadline, Virgin River may have about 70+ hours of runtime whereas the Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin-led comedy sits round 45+ hours.
The report notes that this early renewal isn’t too stunning. The sequence is a well-liked consolation watch primarily based on Robyn Carr’s books, making it simple to make and watch. Plus, it’s financially a simple present to say sure to as a result of there are few stunts and particular results, they usually shoot in Canada on a handful of the identical areas.
The great value plus good rankings – the present has been in Netflix’s International Prime 10 English TV 30 occasions because the checklist was launched through the present’s third season, and it’s spent 38 weeks within the Nielsen Prime 10 since Season 1 – means it’s price renewing. And that’s trigger for celebration.
How Alexandra Breckenridge Responded To The Information
Not lengthy after this information broke, Virgin River’s star, Alexandra Breckenridge, reposted the Deadline article on Instagram and wrote a brief however candy six-word response. Have a look:
#virginriver retains on holding on!
It certain will carry on holding on, and I like that for this sequence. A Season 8 pickup is a giant deal, irrespective of the place a present lives. Nevertheless, on Netflix, it’s large, contemplating there aren’t many tasks which have greater than seven seasons.
I additionally love how quick and candy that is. It will get the message throughout completely and is becoming, contemplating they simply completed manufacturing on Season 7. The work may be very a lot ongoing with one other season on the way in which, so I recognize the transient pause for celebration much more.
In the mean time, we don’t know when Season 7 of Virgin River will premiere; nonetheless, I hope will probably be late on Netflix’s 2025 schedule or early in 2026. Within the meantime, you may stream the primary six seasons of the streamer’s soon-to-be longest-running scripted sequence with a Netflix subscription.