The eighth season of the American legal drama Suits was ordered on January 30, 2018,[1] and began airing on USA Network in the United States July 18, 2018.

[1][3] Previously recurring guest stars Amanda Schull (Katrina Bennett)[4] and Dulé Hill (Alex Williams)[1] were promoted to series regulars, while Katherine Heigl joined the main cast as senior partner Samantha Wheeler.

[5] On May 25, 2018, Entertainment Weekly released an interview with Katherine Heigl in which she described her character Samantha Wheeler as a "fierce and enigmatic lawyer who muscles her way into [the] central law firm, Zane Specter Litt."

[2] Series creator Aaron Korsh confirmed that Patrick J. Adams will not be returning for any guest appearances in the first ten episodes of the season.

At the same time, he confirmed that Gina Torres will not guest star on the eighth season nor will there be crossover episodes in order to establish the world from the Chicago-based spin-off series Pearson as separate from Suits itself.