Netflix has ordered another season of the multi-cam comedy series, The Ranch. The pickup brings it to season four and it’s said that the new season will consist of 20-episodes.
Original series regular cast members Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliott, and Elisha Cuthbert are said to be back, joined by recent cast addition Dax Shepard, who was added as a recurring guest star in the second half of the third season after co-lead Danny Masterson was fired over allegations of sexual misconduct. Shepard likely will continue to recur as he awaits word on the fate of the FOX comedy pilot Bless This Mess, in which he stars.
The Ranch was the first comedy series produced by Netflix and the first to introduce 20-episode seasons for multi-camera series split into two half-seasons. Netflix has not set a premiere date for the second half of Season 3. Set in present day on a Colorado ranch outside Denver, the show follows Colt’s (Kutcher) return home after a brief and failed semi-pro football career to run the family ranching business with his father Beau (Elliott). Debra Winger plays Colt’s mother, Maggie, and Cuthbert co-stars as Abby (Colt’s soon-to-be wife).
