Vikings is a historical fantasy drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel of Canada that made its first debut on March 3, 2013.
According to Nielson, the series premiere drew six million viewers in the US, topping all broadcast networks among viewers aged 18 to 49. In Canada, the premiere had 1.1 million viewers. The first season averaged 942,000 viewers.
What is the show “Vikings” about?
The show is inspired by the sagas of legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. The First season follows Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Norse hero, who is a mere farmer but rises up to become a fearless warrior and commander of the Viking tribes with the support of his equally ferocious family.
The series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793.
Here’s what we know about Season 6!
Season 6 of Vikings premiered on Wednesday, December 30th, 2020. The entirety of the show was released on Prime Video in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria ahead of its broadcast on History in Canada from January 1 to March 3, 2021.
This season focuses on King Bjorn’s reign over Kattegat, Ivar’s adventures in Rus’ and Wessex, and Ubbe’s expeditions to Iceland and North America (Greenland and Canada).
Will there be a Season 7?
While it’s clearly upsetting for true Vikings fans to hear that Vikings season 7 isn’t on the cards, fans can look forward to a return to Kattegat in the upcoming sequel/spinoff series Viking: Vallaha, which will pick up more than 100 years after the events of the original show and is likely to arrive on Netflix at the end of 2021.
Speaking to Variety, in 2019, Hirst explained why there won’t be another season of the venturesome, bold, ambitious, and fearless Vikings:
“I always knew where I wanted the show to go and more or less where it would end if I was given the opportunity. What I was trying to do was write the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons. After six seasons and 89 episodes, that’s what I felt — finally — I’d done. We stopped shooting the final episode in November last year and I felt that I’d said all I needed to say about Ragnar and his sons. I told my saga.”
Where can I stream the “Vikings”?
You can watch the Vikings on Prime video, History, and Netflix depending on the country you reside in.