--- title: 'House of Cards' Season 4 Set for 2016 description: The announcement came Thursday in a tweet from the show's official account. canonical: https://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-03T00:12:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:40:37.669Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'House of Cards' Season 4 Set for 2016 og:description: The announcement came Thursday in a tweet from the show's official account og:url: https://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd3eb29151cd62a5/6987813455a8590c22a8608c/hoc_ps3_019_h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey in Season 3 of Netflix's House of Cards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'House of Cards' Season 4 Set for 2016 twitter:description: The announcement came Thursday in a tweet from the show's official account twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd3eb29151cd62a5/6987813455a8590c22a8608c/hoc_ps3_019_h.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _House of Cards_ Season 4 Set for 2016 by [C. Molly Smith / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## C. Molly Smith / Entertainment Weekly Apr 3, 2015 12:12 AM CUT  Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey in Season 3 of Netflix's House of Cards Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey in Season 3 of Netflix's House of CardsDavid Giesbrecht—Netflix by [C. Molly Smith / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## C. Molly Smith / Entertainment Weekly Apr 3, 2015 12:12 AM CUT Fans who were left wanting more from the season 3 finale of Netflix’s _House of Cards_ can rest assured: The political drama has landed a fourth season. The announcement came Thursday in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/HouseofCards/status/583758669269098496 "undefined") from the official _House of Cards_ account, reading: “I will leave a legacy. #Underwood2016” with an image that reads “SEASON 4 COMING 2016.” Production for the show, which follows Frank (Kevin Spacey) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), a ruthless Washington D.C. power couple with high political aspirations, is scheduled to begin this summer. **\[Warning: Spoilers ahead!\]** Season 3 proved quite divisive (see related content), and its finale wrapped on a cliffhanger. Frank, who took over as president in the season two finale following Walker’s departure, beat Heather Dubar in Iowa, putting him in a good position for his ongoing presidential campaign. But his personal life wasn’t looking so good. In a shocking twist, Claire left him. Then there’s that whole Doug killing Rachel thing…It’s a lot to digest, but hopefully there will be some resolution come 2016. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/02/house-cards-season-4-set-2016 "undefined") _Read next:_ [_Watch Barack Obama Do His Best Frank Underwood Impression_](http://time.com/3769130/barack-obama-frank-underwood-house-of-cards/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/"},"headline":"House of Cards Season 4 Set for 2016","datePublished":"2015-04-03T00:12:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:40:37.669Z","description":"The announcement came Thursday in a tweet from the show's official account","url":"https://time.com/3770171/house-of-cards-season-4-next-year/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd3eb29151cd62a5/6987813455a8590c22a8608c/hoc_ps3_019_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"C. 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