When Will ‘Outlander’ Season 7 Return? Our Theory
Outlander‘s seventh season looms on the horizon as the final eight episodes of the 16-episode season will air sometime in 2024, but when will that be exactly?
Starz has yet to announce the premiere date, but a special milestone could serve as the perfect launch for the long-awaited installments, as Outlander celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Could Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) time-traversing love story continue to unfold on the same date as the first season’s premiere?
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Debuting on Saturday, August 9, 2014, Outlander reignited excitement surrounding the characters and stories from Diana Gabaldon‘s books, turning it into a TV phenomenon as the first season unfolded. Considering Season 7 is the first to include 16 episodes since Season 1, a fitting way to celebrate and honor the show’s history would be to have Part 2 of Season 7 arrive on August 9.
What’s even more interesting is that August 9 happens to fall on a Friday, which was the night for Outlander Season 7’s first eight installments. While this is merely a theory at this time, the spacing would work well with the current slate of series productions as Outlander‘s prequel spinoff Outlander: Blood of My Blood is filming and Season 8 of the flagship show is expected to begin soon in Scotland.
With the arrival of the spinoff unlikely anytime before next year, and Season 8’s premiere potentially arriving after that, it would make sense for Starz to hold back the Season 7 return until later this year; that has also been the language used by Starz in order to tease when we’ll have more Outlander.
Sure, this would mean that it would be over a year since fans last spent time with their favorite characters, but if there’s one thing they’ve gotten good at enduring, it’s a good old-fashioned Droughtlander. In other words, it’s probably best to keep calm and carry on streaming existing episodes until Season 7 returns.
Stay tuned for any potential updates as we continue to await word, and let us know what you think of this premiere date theory in the comments section, below.
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At this point it has been drawn out too long. Don't care anymore. I read the books so I know what happens. Great shows but not worth the wait
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Mar sin leat, Outlander. I enjoyed it thoroughly but this is one droughtlander too far.
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This is getting to be ridiculous! They are ruining a good thing !
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Tired of waiting. Totally ridiculous to drag this out. Most feel the same way. You’re ruining a good thing
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Count me in on this! Time to Quit! I love the show, but we’re being strung along !! Working on season 8, the prequel and giving us potential dates, etc.
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Tired of paying for Starz while I wait for Outlander. Tired of waiting and have cancelled Starz!
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Season 6 had only 8 episodes. Then they made it sound like they were doing us a favor by announcing season 7 would have 16 episodes. Well, excuse me, but splitting the season in half and making us wait over a year in between parts of the season is not the same season to me. I long for the days when my show started in September and ended in May. Over 20 episodes too. I'm not even asking, or expecting over 20 episodes, but some consistency would be nice. Knowing when my show is coming on would be nice. They used to blame it on Covid. Now what is the excuse? They don't care about their fans.
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No one wants to wait till August or September! Release it now while stuck inside with nothing to watch
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So sick of waiting, if Starz thinks they will get more subscribers by dragging they are mistaken . They just lost me . I was a big fan of the show until 2020. Now it’s just foolish to wait so long for the next season. I’ll find something else to watch.
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I believe 7A premiered June 16,, 2023.....
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They called it a 16 episode season and then fed it to us like two 8 episode seasons. Really ridiculous.
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I alradty have season 1 to 6. on cd. If I come across the full season 7 I will buy. Most likly buy a second hand one cheep. Same with Season 8. Will not watch drip feed weeky. Best to watch all at once.
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Starz knows how to kill a wonderful, fantastic, & profitable series!
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It sounds a good enough reason as any, but we are losing Lionsgate in the UK tomorrow so won’t be able to stream the episodes already out there🤷🏼♀️
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I am getting very tired of waiting for the next episodes. There is no reason to wait for so long. No other program makes us wait so long between seasons. And having to watch past episodes doesn't make in better. May just quit this show 😠
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It is ridiculous to let fans wait this long, especially since the episodes are already "in the can" if I'm not mistaken.
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Losing interest; pretty much don’t care any more. Just as there’s no man great enough for a woman to allow him to keep stringing her along, and vice versa, no program is good enough to keep stringing its viewers along but for a certain amount of time. Not a good move, ye producers of what was once an exciting and enticing show.
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I think it would be better fit to air on a date sooner, and the last episode since the show is ending, should fall on the same month and day of the first episode of the first season. That seems more poetic than this.
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This would be ridiculous, they will be losing loyal fans if they keep this up.