Outer Banks – Picture: Netflix
Outer Banks season 3 has now been on Netflix globally for a couple of weeks and has confirmed within the charts why it obtained an early season 4 renewal. Rather a lot is already recognized in regards to the present’s fourth season, so let’s have a look at how season 3 is performing and every part we learn about season 4 of Outer Banks.
First debuting on Netflix again in April 2020, Outer Banks is the ensemble teen drama that follows a bunch of Pogue youngsters who’ve been searching treasure over the course of the previous three seasons.
Season 3 debuted on Netflix globally on February twenty third, 2023
Outer Banks Was Renewed for Season 4 Ahead of Season 3 Release
The sequence was renewed forward of the season 3 launch of Outer Banks on February twenty third.
It got here as a part of a stay occasion referred to as “Poguelander: An Outer Banks Experience” that befell on February 18th and noticed the solid announce the fourth season, plus noticed performances from the likes of Khalid, Lil Baby, alt-J, and Elley Duhé.
Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience – Picture: Getty Images
Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke have been confirmed to proceed of their respective roles as co-creators, showrunners, and government producers.
In an announcement launched to the press throughout the occasion, they mentioned:
“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.”
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— obxnetflix (@obxnetflix) February 19, 2023
Netflix cited robust efficiency in its renewal notes, saying, “The hit series held the #1 spot globally in Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list for the 4 weeks following its Season 2 launch on July 30, 2021 and in the Top 10 for 6 weeks; it reached the Top 10 in 74 countries.”
Early renewals forward of time like this are uncommon and infrequently reserved for Netflix’s largest exhibits that they’ll financial institution on a profitable run when a brand new season drops onto the service. Contrast that to most exhibits that have to hit sure metrics (not recognized to most of the people) inside an outlined time period to justify a renewal.
Other Netflix exhibits which have landed early renewals at Netflix embody Stranger Things, Virgin River, and Bridgerton.
Netflix acknowledged of their renewal that “Season 4 details and additional information will be shared at a later time.”
How nicely is Outer Banks Season 3 acting on Netflix?
Through a couple of sources (together with Netflix itself), we are able to look into how nicely Outer Banks season 3 is performing.
Let’s kick off with the reported hourly figures as supplied by Netflix each Tuesday. So far, we are able to see the present had a stable opening week more and more massively on season 2 however exhibiting a steeper decline in weeks 2 and three. Why is that this? Well, our hypothesis is that viewers devoured up the present in report time within the first week, which is why we noticed a slight drop in weeks 2 and three.
Here’s the week-by-week breakdown of Outer Banks season 2 vs. season 3.
| Week in Top 10 | Outer Banks Season 2 | Outer Banks Season 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100,160,000 | 154,970,000 |
| 2 | 105,330,000 (+5%) | 99,000,000 (-36%) |
| 3 | 51,600,000 (-51%) | 44,580,000 (-55%) |
| 4 | 31,800,000 (-38%) | TBD |
| 5 | 20,790,000 (-35%) | TBD |
| 6 | 12,910,000 (-38%) | TBD |
| 7 | 23,860,000 (+85%) | TBD |
| 8 | 27,750,000 (+16%) | TBD |
| 9 | 16,360,000 (-41%) | TBD |
We may have a look at FlixPatrol data to see how the sequence performs concerning the uncooked day by day prime 10s.
If we do a fast look, we are able to see that the 2 very a lot evaluate, however the place season 3 appears to be doing higher is its week two figures having even a small bump in mid-March 2023.
FlixPatrol factors for Outer Banks over two years – Season 2 vs. Season 3
When may Outer Banks Season 4 launch on Netflix?
We hope you haven’t binged by Outer Banks season 3 too rapidly, as you’ve possible obtained one 12 months of ready for season 4 on the absolute least.
Director Jonas Pate, Chase Stokes as John B in episode 303 of Outer Banks. Cr. Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix © 2023
As reported in early March 2023, Netflix has scheduled the manufacturing dates for Outer Banks to start in late May 2023.
According to a brand new manufacturing checklist by ProductionWeekly, Outer Banks season 4 is scheduled to start filming on May thirtieth, 2023, after which run by the vast majority of 2023 with an estimated wrap date of December fifteenth, 2023.
Further rumors of the filming begin have been posted by gossip account Deux Moi who acknowledged, “Production starts end of May. They’ll be in South Carolina until the end of the year.”
Based on previous tendencies and these new manufacturing dates, we may wait between 15 and 18 months. That’d place Outer Banks‘ fourth season to launch on Netflix someday between May and August 2024.
Of course, that’s simply hypothesis for now, and we’ll evolve our prediction as and when new info involves gentle.
What to count on from Outer Banks season 4 on Netflix
Warning: Spoilers forward.
What can we count on storywise from the fourth season? There’s lots to cowl, given the cliffhanger on the finish of season 3.
As a fast reminder, episode 10 noticed The Pogues seek for El Dorado, coming to an in depth with them closing in on the treasure deep into the jungle with John B and Sarah dealing with their hardest challenges and loss.
The loss, after all, was the 2 main deaths by the tip of season 3 within the type of Big John and Ward dying whereas combating off Carlos Singh and his males.
Picture: Netflix
Fast ahead to the tip few scenes, and we see an 18-month time bounce ending the season in the end on a cheerful notice and establishing the following journey.
In the ultimate scenes, a mysterious older man approaches The Pogues with a job provide. Though initially skeptical, it’s revealed that he possesses a manuscript from 1718 containing info on the infamous pirate captain Edward Teach, also called “Blackbeard.” He seeks companions to help him in investigating the doc, which incorporates exact particulars of Teach’s voyages and the situation of his ship.
Expect the surprising is the beat the creators have mentioned in quite a few interviews following the discharge of Outer Banks. Josh Pate mentioned that season 4 is “not going to be the usual Blackbeard story” as an illustration.
Of course, the solid and crew of the present have teased what we may see within the season forward. One absurd interview even led to the showrunners teasing that the present might take the Fast & Furious franchise route is heading to space.
Could there be a season 5 of Outer Banks at Netflix?
Almost definitely.
In the present’s early days, creators advised numerous retailers that that they had initially deliberate for the present to run for 4 or 5 seasons.
In February 2023, they advised EW that these plans are not in place an as a substitute plan to maintain the present operating for so long as doable.
Josh Pate advised Entertainment Weekly, “I don’t know if I could put a real number on it right now — how long it takes to get to that ending might expand, but we now know the shape of the end of the story. We’re going to take it as long as we can, for sure.”
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