Will There Be A Rivals Season 3?

Rivals fans may be a little impatient for season two to resume after its current break (it looks like we’ll have to wait months to see what happens next in the Disney+ show).

But at least we can console ourselves with the bigger picture: today, Disney confirmed the show’s on for a third season.

In a press release, Lee Mason, vice-president of scripted at Disney+ Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), commented: “The phenomenal response to Rivals is a credit to the bold, irreverent and endlessly entertaining world created by Dame Jilly Cooper, our cast, creative team and production partners at Happy Prince.”

The same release explained that the first six episodes of Rivals SE2 marked Disney+’s biggest EMEA original premiere of 2026.

The most recent season has also gotten rave reviews.

“We’re delighted to be bringing audiences a third season on Disney+/Hulu. Expect more ambition, more romance, more rivalries and, of course, more scandal as we return to Rutshire for another irresistible chapter,” Mason added.

Happy Prince is the production company that reportedly has the rights to much of the Rutshire Chronicles, of which Rivals is one novel.

Dominic Treadwell-Collins, the chief creative officer of Happy Prince and Alexander Lamb, added: “We’ve been delighted and overwhelmed by the audience’s response to season two of Rivals – testament to the hard work from everyone working on Rivals both on and off screen.

“Our one sadness is that Jilly didn’t get to witness the love for season two,” they added (author Dame Jilly Cooper, who wrote the Rutshire Chronicles, unexpectedly passed away in 2025).

“But she’s still very much with us in sprit and would be so delighted that season three has been green lit. We’re so thrilled to continue to work with Disney as we dive deeper into the Rutshire Chronicles and expand the Cooperverse even further.”

Season three will be produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who also worked on A Very English Scandal; Alexander Lamb, who’s produced Ackley Bridge and EastEnders; Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade of The Riot Club; and Jilly Cooper’s former agent, Felicity Blunt.