Alexandra Breckenridge Gives Major Update on Virgin River Season 6 Release Date

Alexandra Breckenridge has confirmed that the release date for season six of Virgin River has been brought forward to 2024. Netflix had previously announced that the show wouldn’t return until 2025, but Breckenridge shared the exciting update in an Instagram Story on Thursday.

Addressing fans, the 42-year-old actress said, “I’m curious. I know it was announced that season six will be airing this year in 2024, whereas previously we thought it wasn’t going to air until 2025.”

She then asked viewers, “What month do you think it’s going to air?” Breckenridge, who stars as Mel Monroe in the popular romance drama, teased the audience with this question.

Later that day, she shared more exciting details about the upcoming season. “Well thanks for all the guesses on when Virgin River season six will be coming out,” she said. “I totally know what date it is. I can’t tell you though.”

The This Is Us actress promised, “It’s going to be a great season. I think you’re all going to enjoy it a lot. I hope you enjoy it.”

Alexandra also shared her experience filming the new season. “It was intense,” she revealed. “Not necessarily the content so much, I think just the filming.”

She added, “We were on location a lot. What does that mean? We don’t know.”

Her post follows Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’s announcement that season six would air later this year. “Just before the end of this year we’ve got Squid Game’s return, Emily in Paris’s return, a new season of Selling Sunset, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Diplomat, Virgin River, Love is Blind, and Ryan Murphy has an incredible new season of Monsters,” Sarandos said during Netflix’s Q2 earnings interview. “That’s all just coming up before the end of the year.”

So, what can fans expect from season six?

The new episodes take place a few months after the events of season five’s festive episodes, where Mel discovered the identity of her biological father, Everett Reid, who had been living in Virgin River all along.

Fans can expect more of this storyline in the upcoming season, according to showrunner Patrick Sean Smith. “The big new mystery character this season is Mel’s biological father Everett Reid, who is carrying a long-held secret,” he told Tudum.

Meanwhile, Mel and Jack will continue on their journey to parenthood while transforming Lilly’s farm into their dream home.

Brady takes on a volunteering job at the fire station under Fire Chief Kaia, who is “pulled into Preacher’s past sins.”

Additionally, fans can look forward to seeing returning favorites from past seasons.