House of Cards season 6

House of Cards
Season 6
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Showrunners	Melissa James Gibson Frank Pugliese
Starring	Robin Wright Michael Kelly Constance Zimmer Boris McGiver Derek Cecil Lars Mikkelsen Campbell Scott Patricia Clarkson Diane Lane Greg Kinnear Cody Fern
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02)
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The sixth and final season of House of Cards, an American political drama television series created by Beau Willimon for Netflix, was released on November 2, 2018. Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson returned as showrunners for the final season. The sixth season continues the story of recently-inaugurated, Democratic president Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), who faces new threats within and outside the White House following the death of her husband and former president Frank Underwood. Powerful elites, led by wealthy siblings Annette and Bill Shepherd (Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear), are attempting to manipulate and destroy her presidency, while Claire struggles to exert influence and escape her husband's shadow.

The sixth season marks the only of the series without Kevin Spacey, who portrayed lead character Frank Underwood. Soon after production began in October 2017, Netflix fired the actor as a result of sexual misconduct allegations made against him. Production was halted for several months while the screenplay was reworked to exclude Spacey's character. As a result, the season was reduced to eight episodes, deviating from the 13-episode format of the previous seasons.