--- description: Frank Underwood's power keeps growing, as does our binge watching title: 'House of Cards' Announces Its Return Via 'Special Message From White House' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9b1cb8a547810df/698684e1d0b6f2f6293032af/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _House of Cards_ Announces Its Return Via 'Special Message From White House' by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2014 4:38 PM CUT  Kevin Spacey attends a screening of "House Of Cards" at the Directors Guild of America on Feb. 13, 2014 in Los Angeles. Kevin Spacey attends a screening of "House Of Cards" at the Directors Guild of America on Feb. 13, 2014 in Los Angeles.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2014 4:38 PM CUT Frank Underwood may have made a few enemies on his ruthless path to the White House, but he’s also got plenty of fans who will rejoice to hear that the hit Netflix original series, _House of Cards_, is set to return on Feb. 27. The show made its season three debut announcement completely in character, via Twitter: > [](https://twitter.com/HouseofCards/status/539450008634802176) The show is the first online-only series to be [nominated for both](http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/1/7313505/house-of-cards-season-3-premiere-date "undefined") Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes. Even President Obama is [a fan of the show](http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/17/obama-wishes-washington-was-really-like-house-of-cards/ "undefined"). _Read next:_ [_8 Netflix Tricks You Just Can’t Live Without_](http://time.com/3600677/netflix-tips-hacks-tricks/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3611854/house-of-cards-frank-underwood-returns/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3611854/house-of-cards-frank-underwood-returns/"},"headline":"House of Cards Announces Its Return Via 'Special Message From White House'","datePublished":"2014-12-01T16:38:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:28:24.150Z","description":"Frank Underwood's power keeps growing, as does our binge watching","url":"https://time.com/3611854/house-of-cards-frank-underwood-returns/","keywords":["Television","house of cards","Kevin Spacey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9b1cb8a547810df/698684e1d0b6f2f6293032af/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9b1cb8a547810df/698684e1d0b6f2f6293032af/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kevin Spacey attends a screening of \"House Of Cards\" at the Directors Guild of America on Feb. 13, 2014 in Los Angeles.","caption":"Kevin Spacey attends a screening of \"House Of Cards\" at the Directors Guild of America on Feb. 13, 2014 in Los Angeles.","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3611854/house-of-cards-frank-underwood-returns/","name":"House of Cards Announces Its Return Via 'Special Message From White House'"}}]}] ```