Netflix announces House of Cards final season premiere date

Netflix has announced when the final season of their first original series, House of Cards, will be released. This will also be the first season without the involvement of Kevin Spacey.

Streaming giant Netflix has officially announced that the sixth and final season of House of Cards will premiere on November 2.

Robin Wright as President Claire Underwood in a still from House of Cards.

With Kevin Spacey out after sexual misconduct allegations, Robin Wright will return as Claire Underwood, the President of the United States, in the series. She is joined by newcomers Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear as well as Cody Fern.

The series also brings back Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Clarkson, Constance Zimmer, Derek Cecil, Campbell Scott and Boris McGiver.

The season will "bring closure of the show for fans" and bring back to work some 2,000 people in the Baltimore area whose livelihoods depend on the show, Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in December.

Production on the show was suspended after the first allegations against Spacey surfaced in late October.

Created by Beau Willimon, House of Cards in 2013 became the first Netflix original online series to receive major nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.The series has received 53 Emmy nominations to date, with seven wins.

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