Netflix has renewed Virgin River for a 10-episode ninth season before Season 8 has even premiered, Variety and Deadline report. Mel and Jack are apparently very good at getting a commitment. Source Source
Season 8 is planned for 2027, with no exact premiere date announced yet. Production wrapped in August, according to Deadline. Patrick Sean Smith will return as showrunner and executive producer for Season 9, though neither report gives that season a release date. The renewal is early; the viewing calendar still needs filling in. Source Source
The ninth-season order puts Virgin River on course to become Netflix’s longest-running original scripted series by number of seasons. Variety identifies animated comedy Big Mouth and Spanish drama Elite as the other Netflix originals to have reached eight seasons. Source
The planned ninth season would bring Virgin River to 94 episodes. According to Deadline, that would tie Grace and Frankie, which produced the same total across seven seasons. Small-town living, increasingly large episode count. Source Source
Adapted from Robyn Carr’s novels, the romance follows nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe, played by Alexandra Breckenridge, after she moves to a remote California town seeking a fresh start. Martin Henderson plays local bartender Jack. Source Source
Netflix also says the show has passed half a billion views across its first seven seasons, Variety reports. Netflix calculates views by dividing hours watched by runtime, rather than counting individual viewers. Source
Smith said of the renewal: “In a world that can sometimes feel increasingly disconnected, there’s something meaningful about having a place people want to return to.” Source
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