‘Virgin River’ Gets Early Season 7 Renewal To Become Netflix’s Longest-Running Drama Series
deadline.comAs they are preparing for a wedding, Virgin River fans will also get a honeymoon. Ahead of the December 19 release of Season 6, which culminates with the long-awaited Jack & Mel nuptials, Netflix has renewed the popular romantic drama for a seventh season.
Like Season 6 (as well as Seasons 1-3), it will consist of 10 episodes. With the early renewal, Virgin River becomes Netflix’s longest-running current original scripted series as well as the longest-running English-language drama series in the streamer’s history.
Its seven-season run to date matches that of comedy Grace and Frankie and comedy-drama Orange Is The New Black, which was designated as a comedy for its first couple of seasons before switching to drama consideration.
Virgin River has now eclipsed such Netflix staples as House of Cards and The Crown, which ran for six seasons each, with only the Spanish teen drama Elite ahead of it in number of seasons (8) but not episodes (64 vs 74 for Virgin River through 7 seasons) The longevity of Virgin River is not surprising.
Read more on deadline.com
