Virgin River makes Netflix history with season 9 renewal

Virgin River season 9 is officially happening! With the renewal, Virgin River just made Netflix history.

Virgin River is now officially the longest-running scripted TV series at Netflix. It's hard to believe, but it's actually true! No other non-reality TV series has lasted past season 8 on Netflix. When season 9 eventually premieres, the total episode count will be 94 episodes, which is tied with Netflix's Grace and Frankie for most episodes.

This is obviously incredible news for fans of the hit series based on Robyn Carr's book series about the characters and town of Virgin River. Mel and Jack's story will continue for at least two more seasons on Netflix, but I have to imagine that this is a show that might be running for at least 10 or 11 seasons.

Netflix did not confirm that this is the final season, and the streaming network has been known to do that in the past when that's the plan. The fact that Netflix has not revealed that information when announcing the renewal makes me think that Virgin River is here to stay for a long time.

Virgin River season 8 is coming in 2027

So far, we've only seen seven seasons of Virgin River, of course. Virgin River season 7 premiered on Netflix on March 12, 2026. At that time, we already knew that season 8 was going to happen. Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, and the rest of the cast and crew started filming season 8 about a month after season 7 premiered.

Production on season 8 wrapped in August, so we will very likely see Virgin River season 8 on Netflix sometime early next year. We don't have the release date yet, but there's reason to believe that it will be another Q1 release in 2027. I don't know if we'll have to wait all the way to mid-March, but we'll split the difference and expect the new season sometime in February. Deadline is reporting a late spring release date, but I don't think it will be that long.

We already know a little bit about what to expect in the new season. Mel and Jack are officially parents, and that's going to be fun to watch them settle into their new routine. Unfortunately, season 7's ending wasn't happy for everyone. Brady (Benjamin Hollingsworth) was in a car crash, and we're still waiting to learn his fate.

Netflix hasn't confirmed when production will begin on Virgin River season 9. In the past, the show has filmed pretty much all different times, but I would guess that production will start sometime this spring and run through the summer. That will put the Virgin River season 9 release date sometime in 2028.

We'll share more news about Virgin River season 8 and season 9 as we find out. You can watch all seven seasons of the hit series on Netflix right now.

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