Alaskan Bush People Next Season Could Finally Happen. Here's What Just Changed
For nearly three years, Alaskan Bush People fans have been left wondering if Discovery would ever revive its long-running reality series.
Now, a major family shake-up has sparked fresh speculation — and it's coming straight from the Browns themselves.
Bear Brown revealed this week that he and his wife Raiven will be moving back to Alaska with their three sons. Even more surprising, he said brother Gabe is also planning to return, bringing his own family along. For a series that built its name on the family's off-grid life in Alaska, that's the biggest sign in years that Alaskan Bush People could return to its roots.
What's changed since the last season:
- The last season aired in 2022, following Noah Brown as he searched for — and bought — a small island in Alaska.
- Noah has been building a home there, but won't move his family until his children finish school.
- Bear and Raiven intend to homeschool their children once back in Alaska, just as the Brown kids were raised in the bush.
A possible on-camera reunion in Alaska
Until now, the most likely storyline for a hypothetical Season 15 was Noah's slow progress on his island home while the rest of the Browns stayed in Washington with matriarch Ami. With Bear and Gabe relocating north, Ami would be left in Washington with daughters Rain and Bird, plus sons Bam and Noah. The split locations could give producers a hook: the Browns divided between Washington and Alaska, with the cameras following both.
Discovery's hesitation
The show remained popular after leaving Alaska, but Billy Brown's death in 2021 seemed to cool Discovery's interest in continuing. Viewers stuck with the family during the Washington years, but a return to the wilderness could be an easy sell for the network.
There's a catch — and it's Bear. His legal issues in the last filmed season, including an arrest for domestic abuse during production, were edited around by Discovery. Rebuilding the series around him would be a gamble.
As one fan bluntly put it on social media, "You can't build the comeback season around the guy who nearly derailed the last one."
Whether Discovery takes that risk remains to be seen. But with two brothers and their families heading back to Alaska, the setup for a return season is suddenly on the table — something fans haven't been able to say since 2022.