New House of Cards Showrunners

BEVERLY HILLS: Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese, senior writers who have been with House of Cards since 2014, have been made showrunners of the Netflix original series.

Pugliese and Gibson both joined the series in its third season. All 13 episodes of the drama’s upcoming fourth season will debut on Friday, March 4, on Netflix. Tucker Gates (Homeland, Bates Motel), Robin Wright (House of Cards), Tom Shankland (The Missing), Alex Graves (Game of Thrones, Bloodline), Kari Skogland (The Walking Dead, Penny Dreadful) and Jakob Verbruggen (The Fall, London Spy) all directed season-four episodes.

“I welcome Frank and Melissa in their new roles on House of Cards and look forward to collaborating with them and our creative team on season five,“ said executive producer and star Kevin Spacey.

“We and the rest of the House of Cards writers look forward to the next chapter of the reign of Underwood,” said Gibson and Pugliese.