Before Season 7 of “Virgin River” even has a premiere date, the series has been renewed for its eighth season at Netflix.

An early renewal is par for the course for “Virgin River,” which was renewed for Season 7 ahead of the October 2024 release of the sixth season. The series has consistently brought in strong viewership for Netflix since its debut in 2019. Season 6 spent four weeks on the Netflix Top 10, peaking with 9.2 million views in its second week.

“Virgin River” is based on Robyn Carr’s book series of the same name and stars Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe. Hoping to leave her past life behind, Mel moves to Virgin River, a remote town in Northern California. There, having taken a job as a midwife and nurse practitioner, she meets and falls in love with former Marine and local bartender Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson). Season 6 sees Mel and Jack get married, while also diving into secrets from Mel’s father’s past in Virgin River in the 1970s. The season also features Henderson’s directorial debut, “Going Overboard,” the eighth episode.

Along with Breckenridge and Henderson, the cast includes Colin Lawrence, Jenny Cooper, Lauren Hammersley, Annette O’Toole, Tim Matheson, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Grayson Gurnsey, Sarah Dugdale, Zibby Allen and Marco Grazzini.

“Virgin River” was developed for television by Sue Tenney, who also serves as co-showrunner with Patrick Sean Smith. Tenney and Smith are exeutive producers alongside Carr, Amy Palmer Robertson, Roma Roth, Christopher E. Perry, Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith.