Netflix renews 'Virgin River' for season 7, even before the premiere of season 6!

Virgin River has been renewed for a seventh season, ahead of next month’s season six premiere!

The sixth season premieres on December 19, 2024, but since the series is such a huge hit on Netflix, it's already been renewed! The seventh season will contain 10 one-hour episodes.

Season 6 is expected to feature Mel and Jack’s big spring wedding and much more.

However, there are rumors that a character from season 5 may be recast!

Returning Fan-Favourite Characters: Most of the main cast are confirmed to return.24 This includes Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel, Martin Henderson as Jack, Tim Matheson as Doc, Annette O'Toole as Hope, Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie, Zibby Allen as Brie, Marco Grazzini as Mike, Kai Bradbury as Denny, Mark Ghanimé as Cameron, Kandyse McClure as Kaia Bryant, Colin Lawrence as Preacher, and Benjamin Hollingsworth as Brady.

Pony the Puppy: A Potential Recasting?

In the vacation episodes of Virgin River, Jack gave Mel a puppy named Pony. Originally, showrunner Patrick Sean Smith thought they could use the same puppy to represent an older version of Pony, since there will be a time jump in season six.

However, due to the Hollywood strikes, filming was significantly delayed… which means that Pony the puppy may not fit into the season six time jump after all.

Patrick told TVLine, “I had always anticipated that there would be a time jump after the holidays when we moved on to Season 6, so we wanted to let the dog age naturally when we went back into production. But we didn’t factor in the five-month strike. So I don’t know where Pony is now in his maturation process. I hope we don’t have to recast the role, but we might have to.”