Virgin River breaks a historic record for Netflix with its season 9

This ninth salvo will have ten episodes and will bring the series total to 94.

The small town of Virgin River has not finished welcoming its visitors. Netflix has just renewed its romantic series for a ninth season, which will allow it to become the longest-running original fiction on the platform. A record announced even before the broadcast of season 8, expected in 2027.

This ninth salvo will have ten episodes and will bring the series total to 94. No other Netflix original fiction has yet exceeded eight seasons. Only two productions have reached this milestone: the animated comedy Big Mouth and the Spanish series Elite.

“Mel, Jack and everyone in Virgin River have become a place where viewers around the world feel like they’re coming home,” said Jinny Howe, head of fiction series for the United States and Canada at Netflix. She specifies that the series exceeded the half-billion views mark over its first seven seasons. A figure calculated by the platform by dividing the total number of viewing hours by the total duration of the program.

Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith was also delighted with this news:

“In a world that can sometimes feel more and more disconnected, there is something valuable about having a place that people want to come back to.”

Adapted from the novels of Robyn Carr, whose saga includes more than twenty books with more than 13 million copies sold, the series is carried by Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson. Mel’s interpreter also expressed her joy at being able to continue the adventure: “I am incredibly proud of our series and I couldn’t be happier to have the opportunity to continue with a season 9!”