Outer Banks season 4 scored a very early renewal at Netflix and will hit our screens in Fall 2024. Here’s everything we know about the new season of Outer Banks, including all the new and returning cast, what we can expect from the new season, filming updates (including a new location!), episode titles and much, much more!
First debuting on Netflix back in April 2020, Outer Banks is the ensemble teen drama that follows a group of Pogue teenagers who have been hunting treasure over the course of the past three seasons.
The series was handed a renewal a week or so before the new season arrived and came as part of a live event Netflix put together called “Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience,” which took place on February 18th. The live concert saw the cast announce the fourth season and performances from Khalid, Lil Baby, alt-J, and Elley Duhé.
It was also confirmed that Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke would continue as co-creators, showrunners, and executive producers on season 4.
In a statement released to the press during the event, they said:
“Seeing Poguelandia come to life was nothing short of spectacular. The Pogues are enjoying an adventure of a lifetime, and we now get to map out more twists and turns as the joyride continues into season four of Outer Banks. Thank you to Netflix, our cast, and the amazing fans who helped to make this happen.”
Netflix cited strong performance in its renewal notes, saying, “The hit series held the #1 spot globally in Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list for the four weeks following its Season 2 launch on July 30, 2021, and in the Top 10 for six weeks; it reached the Top 10 in 74 countries.”
Early renewals ahead of time like this are rare and often reserved for Netflix’s biggest shows that they can bank on a successful run when a new season drops onto the service. Contrast that to most shows that need to hit certain metrics (not known to the general public) within a defined period of time to justify a renewal.
We can examine how well Outer Banks season 3 performed on the platform through a few sources (including Netflix itself).
Let’s kick off with the reported hourly figures as provided by Netflix every Tuesday. So far, we can see the show had a solid opening week, increasingly massively on season 2 but showing a steeper decline in weeks 2 and 3. Why is this? Our speculation is that the audience gobbled up the show in record time in the first week, which is why we saw a slight drop in weeks 2 and 3.
The third season dropped out of the top ten list faster than season 2. However, it still performed exceptionally well.
We’re likely going to be waiting until mid-2024 at the earliest before we get our hands on season 4 of Outer Banks.
Outer Banks season 4 was originally scheduled to begin filming on May 30th, 2023, and then run through the majority of 2023, with an estimated wrap date of December 15th, 2023. Further rumors of the filming start were posted by gossip account Deux Moi, who stated, “Production starts at the end of May. They’ll be in South Carolina until the end of the year.” A finalized production listing, again by ProductionWeekly, stated the start date for filming had been pushed back to June 12th, 2023, with it still to end by December 15th, 2023.
CBS17 confirmed the filming would begin on June 12th, with various extras being cast throughout that week. On June 12th, numerous eyewitnesses discovered that filming had begun in Charleston, SC.
Netflix confirmed season 4 would be streaming in 2024 at the Next on Netflix event in February 2024.
Although it didn’t provide an exact date when it revealed 90+ returning and new shows coming to the service this year, we can guess by the late May filming date that it likely won’t be until Fall 2024 at the earliest.
In August 2024, Netflix released a promotional video for season 4 titled “Kildare County Surf Shop Commercial,” where it was confirmed season 4 would be released in the Fall of 2024.
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