Sterling K. Brown‘s Paradise has won over viewers — nevertheless it isn’t likely the show will run for for much longer.
Executive producer John Hoberg hinted to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, February 25, that the Hulu series would end after a possible third season, saying, “We all know what the top is, and it’s an end that will make it very difficult to make a season 4 come afterward.”
Hoberg noted that creator Dan Fogelman conceived Paradise with a three-season arc.
“We knew we were within the bunker season 1, and we knew we were going out and Xavier was going to search for his wife in season 2,” he explained. “We also knew that we were headed for a collision of two different worlds. So when you’ve gotten that starting and where you’re swimming to, the high points.”
Paradise, which premiered in January 2025, initially seemed to be set in a serene and wealthy community forced to face the realities of a shocking murder. But Fogelman’s political thriller featured a twist when Paradise was revealed to be an underground bunker housing the world’s most outstanding individuals after an apocalyptic event destroyed the remaining of humanity.
The forged previously spoke to Us about how they kept the show a secret before its premiere.
“The most important lengths [we had to go through to keep the twist secret] are happening now after we’re actually talking to people about it,” Julianne Nicholson shared on the time. “Once we were on set, everybody knows what’s up, so we don’t need to be that secretive.”
She continued: “But now the trick is how do you grab people’s attention and assure them that that is something different without giving freely any of the main points? But we’re very excited for people to get on the ride with us.”
Ahead of the show’s return, Sarah Shahi promised that Paradise fans can sit up for more onscreen twists and turns.
“It’s a roller-coaster ride. [Creator Dan Fogelman] is just so good at taking the audience and pulling the rug out from underneath them,” she told Us in January. “Just while you think what’s happening, [something surprising happens], and then you definately’re like, ‘Oh, my God. I didn’t even see that coming.’”
Along with Brown, Nicholson and Shahi, the show also stars Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV, Jon Beavers, Krys Marshall, Gerald McRaney and Enuka Okuma.
Brown, 49, who can also be an executive producer on the show, recently reflected on holding onto so many secrets in regards to the show.
“I like knowing [what will happen on my projects]. But I feel prefer it’s a matter you simply ask in TV. Because in case you’re doing a movie or play, the start, the center and the top,” he noted to Us earlier this month. “The concept you don’t need to know or have it spoiled for you … it’s also like I get a probability to assist craft the arc of where it ultimately goes to. So I don’t mind knowing.”
Recent episodes of Paradise air Mondays on Hulu.