Shailene Woodley won the 2026 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Paradise. The award honors the second season, which wrapped filming in March on Disney+. In the meantime, the third season, ordered in March 2026, was shot over the summer: creator Dan Fogelman said in mid-August that the Los Angeles production team had finished. Disney+ has not yet announced a premiere date for the new installments.
Produced by 20th Television as a Hulu original series, Paradise follows Xavier Collins, portrayed by Sterling K. Brown. In a seemingly tranquil community, a murder triggers an investigation that gradually uncovers the place’s secrets, the power dynamics at play, and the survival stakes that shape this world.
The season 2 follows Xavier into the outside world as he searches for his wife Teri and discovers how others managed to survive the three years after the upheaval. In Paradise, the consequences of the first season strain the bunker’s defenses and bring to light new revelations about the town’s origins.
When the renewal was announced in March 2026, Disney+ said that season 2 had already surpassed 30 million hours of viewing, that the two seasons together were approaching 200 million hours, and that the first season had benefited from roughly 25 million extra hours of viewing. These figures were those released at the time, not an updated tally as of September.
Shailene Woodley's nomination adds to the series' prior nods, including Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, and Julianne Nicholson. It does not confirm Woodley's return for season 3. Fogelman has framed Paradise from the outset as a three-season story; however, this plan does not amount to an announced air date or an official synopsis of the final chapter.
The cast of the seasons that have already aired brings together Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall, Enuka Okuma, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV and Charlie Evans, with James Marsden, Shailene Woodley, Thomas Doherty and Jon Beavers. Dan Fogelman, also known for This Is Us and Only Murders in the Building, blends here investigative work, family drama and a post-apocalyptic narrative.
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