We Think We Know the Virgin River Season 7 Release Window

Could we get Virgin River Season 7 in 2025? Or is the season now more of a 2026 certainty? And if so, when?

It feels like just yesterday that Season 6 premiered, and now filming for Season 7 has wrapped, and there’s a real possibility we could get the show sooner rather than later. Virgin River is, after all, not a special effects-heavy show, so post-production typically isn’t long. So does that mean there’s a chance it’s coming in the next few months?

Probably not, considering Netflix is throwing everything behind the last season of Stranger Things, which is set to premiere across basically all the November/December holiday dates. And then there’s also Bridgerton, which is likely to release early in 2026. So what does that mean for Virgin River Season 7?

Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays Mel Sheridan on the show, teased the possibility of Season 7 coming earlier than we thought possible before the season even wrapped. “I feel like I’m on day 857 of filming Season 7,” Breckenridge said on a post on her Instagram stories. “We’re almost done, can you believe it? I can’t even believe it. Almost to the finish line. I keep wondering if they’re going to put the show out this year. What do you guys think? Probably, right? If they have it, they’ll probably drop it … this year, 2025. I don’t know any information. I’m the last to know.”

Does that actually mean the show is really coming in 2025? Breckenridge’s “if they have it, they’ll probably drop it” common-sense idea doesn’t really seem to fit with the streamer’s normal scheduling. We’ve heard nothing about a possible Season 7 for Virgin River coming this year, and considering how beloved this show is, if they had any plans of actually releasing it this year, we probably would have heard. And even though the show is very, very different from Stranger Things and not even the same type of romance as Bridgerton, the streamer also usually doesn’t compete with itself.

Chances are, then, that we’ll actually see the show early next year. It might depend on Bridgerton how early. If we assume that Bridgerton will be January/February split, then it would make sense to drop Virgin River somewhere in the middle. Maybe for Valentine’s? Newlyweds Mel and Jack would be a nice treat for the holiday, after all. Especially with the season reportedly set to focus more on the two of them.

We have also yet to hear about the possible Virgin River prequel, following Mel’s parents. The two appeared in Season 6 to sort of introduce what the prequel would be like. But is anyone as excited about that as the writers seem to be? Can they offer the same kind of entertainment Virgin River offers?

Season 6 of the show ended in quite a cliffhanger, with Charmaine seemingly kidnapped, and the possibility that Mel and Jack will adopt Marley’s baby. So, if the show really is coming sooner rather than later, we won’t complain. We just won’t be holding our breath, either.

When do you think we’ll get Season 7 of Virgin River?

Virgin River seasons 1-6 are available to stream on Netflix.