Hallmark Media has set Thursday, July 30 as the premiere date for Paris Is Always a Good Idea, the all-new limited series starring Lacey Chabert, with the first two episodes launching exclusively on Hallmark+ followed by a new episode every Thursday through August 27.
We first told you about this series back in March when Chabert was announced to star in the adaptation, and now the wait has an end date. Based on the bestselling novel by Jenn McKinlay, the six-episode globe-trotting romance follows career-driven nonprofit executive Chelsea Martin, played by Chabert, as she travels to Paris to secure a major donor for her organization. She is shocked when her confident rival-turned-ally Jason Knightly, played by Scott Michael Foster, is sent to join her on the trip.
While in Paris, a heartfelt message left behind by Chelsea’s late mother, along with encouragement from her father, played by Henry Czerny, and her sister, played by Rebecca Hanssen, sends Chelsea on an unexpected journey to reconnect with three past loves she left behind across Europe. The story moves from Paris to the rolling hills of Ireland and the sun-kissed vineyards of Spain, filmed entirely on location across all three countries.
The cast also includes Barbara Niven, Stephen Hagan, Julien Marlon Samani, and Alejandro Albarracín. Chabert serves as executive producer alongside Carrie Stein, Daniel March, Mike Benson, Rachel Gesua, Heidi Cole McAdams, and Lauren Muir, with McAdams and Muir also writing the series and Muir serving as showrunner.
“With its rich characters, breathtaking locations and deeply emotional romance, Paris is Always a Good Idea is the beautiful, escapist journey we know Hallmark viewers will fall in love with this summer,” said Michelle Vicary, head of programming for Hallmark Media.
This marks Chabert’s first scripted series for Hallmark after starring in more than 40 movies for the network, making Paris Is Always a Good Idea one of the more significant casting moments in her long history with Hallmark.
Our Take: Lacey Chabert headlining her first Hallmark series after decades of TV movies is a genuinely big deal, and the European shooting locations give this one a visual scale that Hallmark’s usual small-town romance formula rarely reaches. A six-episode arc also gives the love-triangle-meets-self-discovery premise room to breathe in a way a two-hour movie never could.
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