FOX ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON OF "FARMER WANTS A WIFE," RENEWING HIT DATING COMPETITION SERIES WITH KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY JOINING AS HOST

Third Season to Premiere Thursday, March 20

FOX Entertainment has renewed the dating competition series Farmer Wants a Wife for a third season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President, FOX Television Network. The all-new season of love is set to premiere Thursday, March 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Actor and author Kimberly Williams-Paisley will join the show as host, stepping in as the new resident cupid, guiding these four young farmers and daters as they look for real connections and true love.

"I enjoyed being myself in this show, which was a new experience for me with my first unscripted series. Because I'm a city girl who embraced the country life when I married my husband twenty-one years ago, I related to the allure of a farmer for these ladies. I really appreciate how dedicated this show and its producers are in helping these hopeful farmers and women find love," said Williams-Paisley.

"We are thrilled to have Kimberly Williams-Paisley take the reins as our new host," said Thorn. "Given her wonderful presence as a talent and person, not to mention her unique love story, Kimberly is a perfect fit for this role and our network."

Farmer Wants a Wife is the most successful dating show in the world, airing in 34 countries and resulting in 226 marriages and 565 children (with four on the way). Last season's farmers Mitchell Kolinsky and Nathan Smothers remain happily in love in their relationships with Sydney Errera and Taylor BeDell, respectively.

The search for real love continues in Season Three as a new crop of farmers host a group of single women who leave behind the comfort and convenience of city life for the charms and challenges of country living, as they embark on an adventure that could change the course of their lives forever. The third season will dive deeper into the beauty and trials of homegrown love, and new twists will put relationships to the ultimate test. Along the way, the farmers and their daters hit the road as they travel to Alabama for a speed dating event, Tennessee for a country ball, and Texas for an overnight camping mixer. New this season, the final daters will bring their families back to the farms where their loved ones will experience first-hand what it is like living in the countryside. As the ladies immerse themselves in the realities of farm life, some will blossom while some will head out to pasture, and only time will tell if they have the patience, spirit and adaptability required to be a farmer's wife.

Fans of Farmer Wants a Wife can watch anytime on Hulu, Fox.com, Tubi and On Demand. On Demand episodes are available for customers of Cox Contour TV, DIRECTV, DISH, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Optimum, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS, XFINITY, YouTube TV and many more.

Farmer Wants a Wife is produced by Eureka Productions. Paul Franklin and Chris Culvenor serve as executive producers. Ben DeNoble, Jayne Parker and David Tibballs serve as executive producers, and Tibballs is the showrunner of the series.

ABOUT KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is an actress, New York Times Best Selling author, Alzheimer's advocate and co-founder of the non-profit, The Store, a free, referral-based grocery in Nashville, Tennessee. She has appeared in many film, television and theater productions in her career, including the Father of the Bride movies, Jesus Revolution and the hit Netflix film, Dog Gone. She also appeared in Christopher Columbus's The Christmas Chronicles and its sequel, The Christmas Chronicles 2 for Netflix. Her television credits include the long-running ABC comedy series According to Jim (of which she also directed three episodes) and Netflix's Heartstrings, Jolene, with Dolly Parton. In Christmas 2021, she produced and starred with her sister Ashley Williams in a pair of movies for Hallmark Channel entitled Sister Swap.

Williams-Paisley's memoir Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again, chronicling her mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease (Crown imprint, Penguin Random House), came out in 2016 and hit the New York Times Best-Seller List. She was honored with a Champion Award in 2016 from the Alzheimer's Association for her advocacy work dedicated to sharing her family's story, funding research and supporting caregivers. Her annual "Dance Party to End Alz" has raised over two million dollars in its first six years.

In 2020, Williams-Paisley and her husband Brad Paisley opened The Store (www.thestore.org), in Nashville, Tennessee, bringing together a dedicated community that works to combat food insecurity in Middle Tennessee with dignity and respect. In partnership with Belmont University, this non-profit aims to empower and dignify individuals and families seeking self-sufficiency by providing choices for their food needs. After the Nashville tornadoes in March 2020, and once the pandemic began, they incorporated disaster relief into what they do, surpassing well over a million meals donated in their first year, and serving five times more people than they'd anticipated. The Store has in the last year doubled the number of people they serve a year to one thousand. They also incorporate pop-up events, including The Toy Store, The School Store and The Vet Store, and just announced the opening of a second location with TriStar Centennial Medical Center planned for 2025.

Williams-Paisley is a global ambassador for CARE International, including traveling to Haiti, Guatemala and Honduras, to follow U.S. funding for programs that help alleviate food insecurity abroad, decrease migration, and support women and children. She's shared her story back home, including engaging with lawmakers in Tennessee, and on Capitol Hill, to help preserve global health funding.

ABOUT EUREKA PRODUCTIONS

Award-winning unscripted entertainment company, Eureka Productions, was founded in 2016 by Co-CEOs Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin. Headquartered in Los Angeles and Sydney, the company has built a portfolio of over 50 seasons and 600 hours of content for network, streaming, cable, and digital platforms in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, becoming one of the TV industry's fastest growing international producers.

Eureka's current US slate includes returning series such as breakout game show hits "The Floor", and "The Quiz with Balls" for FOX, the US reboot of "The Mole" (Netflix) and the U.S. version of Fremantle's international format "Farmer Wants a Wife" (FOX). Other U.S. credits include "Stars on Mars" (FOX), "The Parent Test" for ABC (adapted from Eureka's Australian hit "Parental Guidance"), "Holey Moley" (ABC), "Full Bloom" (HBOMax), "TwentySomethings Austin" (Netflix), "Frogger" (Peacock), "Name That Tune" (FOX), "The Real Dirty Dancing" (FOX), "Finding Magic Mike" (HBO Max), "Dating Around" (Netflix) and "Crikey It's the Irwins" (Discovery).

In Australia, Eureka's slate includes "Australian Idol" and "Farmer Wants a Wife" for Seven Network, "Luxe Listings" (Amazon Prime), "Byron Baes" (Netflix), "Amazing Race Australia" (Network Ten), "Million Dollar Island" (Seven Network), "Parental Guidance" (Nine Network), and many more.

Eureka Productions is a Fremantle company. For more information, visit eurekagroup.tv.

ABOUT FOX ENTERTAINMENT

With a legacy spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world's most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party platforms worldwide. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company includes three key business units: FOX Television Network, FOX Entertainment Studios and worldwide content sales and licensing unit FOX Entertainment Global.

While maintaining its leadership in linear television with an exceptional slate of original series - including Rescue: HI-Surf, Doc, 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Masked Singer, The Floor, The Simpsons, Animal Control, Murder in a Small Town, The Cleaning Lady, Hell's Kitchen and LEGO Masters - FOX Entertainment is growing its portfolio of studio engines, business operations and library of owned original content.

To date, the FOX Entertainment Studios division includes the in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment with hits The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice and Name That Tune, and its scripted content studio featuring comedies Animal Control and Going Dutch and signature drama series The Way Home and The Chicken Sisters. The unit also oversees the award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment with animated comedies including Krapopolis, Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel and Universal Basic Guys; entertainment platform TMZ with its tentpole primetime series TMZ Investigates; its new independent film label Tideline Entertainment with inaugural releases including First Time Female Director, Ponyboi and Beacon; and the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global in partnership with iconic chef Gordon Ramsay, featuring new food-themed original series such as Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars and Idiot Sandwich, as well as the new next-gen global food brand and entertainment platform Bite.

As a global content creator and production partner, FOX Entertainment Studios collaborates with studios and platforms worldwide, including Disney/Hulu, Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony Pictures Television, Prime Video, Netflix, Apple+, Hallmark, TelevisaUnivision, UK's Channel 4, France's TF1, German's ProSieben, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia's Foxtel and FOX-owned streamer Tubi.

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