“They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” goes the common saying, and in some ways, anyone can see why. In today’s world of franchise sequels and nostalgia-baiting reboots of older properties, studios rarely spend big bucks on starry original stories like they used to back in the 1990s. Back then, big Hollywood studios could...

Sterling K. Brown continues to elevate television with his latest project "Paradise," where he serves as both executive producer and lead actor. The

The big twist at the end of the first episode of Paradise competely changes the tone of the show and invites plenty of unique tonal potential.

When “Who killed the United States president?” is a TV show’s second biggest mystery, you know you’re in for a ride. From its very first episode, Hulu’s Paradise has proven itself to be a puzzle-box series that invites viewers to pay close attention to every single frame.

Paradise is a different variety of Fogelman twist. It has just as much of a topsy-turvy rug-pulled-out-from-under-you impact, but it has a different kind of relationship to the broader show and puts Paradise into an increasingly crowded collection of television shows all meditating on the same general idea.

The extinction-level event in the backstory of Paradise reshaped the world in a drastic way, setting the stage for the central drama of the Hulu show.

Paradise comes from Dan Fogelman, one of the creators of This Is Us (his frequent collaborator Glenn Ficarra also serves as executive producer). This Is Us excelled at pulling emotional heartstrings while seamlessly weaving together past and present storylines. Paradise does the same, only this time, within a sci-fi mystery.

A consistently easy watch, only feeling hollow in retrospect. It moves quickly enough that you don’t really notice it’s not nutritionally satisfying. Sometimes that doesn’t matter.

"Paradise" brings lots of mystery and plenty of twists. The new series starring Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi will stream on Hulu.

Dan Fogelman's latest TV series starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden is a mystery wrapped in a conspiracy wrapped in a sci-fi premise.

Paradise was released on Hulu on January 28, 2025, and has been garnering praise from both critics and viewers.

As an executive producer and star of the new Hulu series “Paradise,” Sterling K. Brown put the hours of TV he watches to good use and cast actors he admires.