Paradise (2025 TV series)

Did You Know?

• The series was originally set to premiere with the first three episodes on January 28, 2025.
• ABC aired the first season starting April 7, 2025.

Production

Hulu ordered the series from 20th Television in April 2023, with Dan Fogelman writing and executive producing through Rhode Island Ave. Productions alongside Jess Rosenthal. Sterling K. Brown and John Hoberg also executive produce, and Brown was set to star. James Marsden was cast as the president in February 2024, with Julianne Nicholson and Sarah Shahi joining. Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV came aboard in November 2024.

Production started in Los Angeles in February 2024 under the working title Paradise City. Hulu picked up a second season in February 2025, and Shailene Woodley signed on for a recurring role the following month. Thomas Doherty, Michael McGrady, and Timothy Omundson were added as recurring guest stars in April 2025, with Ryan Michelle Bathe appearing in a guest role in June 2025 and Patrick Fischler joining in a recurring capacity in October 2025.

Filming for the second season began in March 2025. In March 2026, Hulu renewed the show for a third and final season, which wrapped production on August 14, 2026. Julianna Margulies was cast in a recurring role for the third season in April 2026.

Reception

The ABC broadcast of Paradise on January 29 at 10:09 p.m. pulled in 1.4 million viewers based on Nielsen's Live + 5 Day numbers. Its FX cable premiere on February 1 at 10 p.m. drew 250,000 viewers according to Live + 2 Day data. Hulu noted that the show's TikTok account led all first-season scripted Hulu series in views and shares over the previous twelve months. The Walt Disney Company stated that within nine days of streaming, the premiere episode reached seven million views globally.

Luminate ranked Paradise as the ninth most-streamed show of Q1 2025, with 3.9 billion minutes watched. The series entered Hulu's "Top 15 Today" list on its release day and stayed there for the entire first week. JustWatch placed it as the top streaming series in the U.S. from January 27 to February 2, and also the top show in Canada that same week. It remained the most-streamed series in the U.S. from February 24 to March 2.

Samba TV reported it was the third most-streamed program in the U.S. from February 3 to 9. Reelgood listed it as the second most-streamed series for the week of February 13, then number one for the week ending February 27. On March 7, Paradise again topped Hulu's "Top 15 Today" list. Nielsen Media Research recorded 97.4 million total streaming hours for the show from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025.