Happy Face: Release date and where to watch in Australia

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March 9, 2025

The 2018 true crime podcast Happy Face is getting a television adaptation starring Dennis Quaid and Annaleigh Ashford. 

It has been confirmed that the Happy Face TV series, which is based on the podcast of the same name by Melissa Moore, will be released on streaming in March. Inspired by true events, it revolves around the life of Moore, who, at age 15, discovered that her father was the serial killer known as the Happy Face. 

Ahead of its premiere, here’s everything to know about how to watch Happy Face in Australia.


Happy Face will be streaming in Australia on Friday, 21 March 2025. The new eight-episode thriller series will launch on Paramount+ with two episodes, then new episodes weekly until the culminating finale on Friday, 2 May 2025. 

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Season 1Release DatesStreaming Service
Episode 1Fri, 21 Mar 2025Paramount+
Episode 2Fri, 21 Mar 2025Paramount+
Episode 3Fri, 28 Mar 2025Paramount+
Episode 4Fri, 4 Apr 2025Paramount+
Episode 5Fri, 11 Apr 2025Paramount+
Episode 6Fri, 18 Apr 2025Paramount+
Episode 7Fri, 25 Apr 2025Paramount+
Episode 8Fri, 2 May 2025Paramount+

Don’t miss Happy Face in Australia coming to Paramount+ on 21 March! Check out the official trailer here.

Melissa Moore (Ashford) is a mother of two who works as a make-up artist on The Dr. Greg Show. Her laborious attempts to live a normal life is dangerously complicated when her incarcerated father insists on reconnecting. 

There’s a reason why Moore doesn’t want anything to do with him—her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, is a serial murderer. Afraid of how the truth will impact her future, she changed her name as an adult and built a life that didn’t involve him, only her father finds a way to make her see him again. 

In addition to Dennis Quaid (Lawmen: Bass Reeves) and Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales), the cast also includes James Wolk (Tell Me a Story), David Harewood (Supergirl), Tamera Tomakili, Khiyla Aynne, and Benjamin Mackey. It is developed for television by Robert King, Michelle King, and Jennifer Cacicio with Cacicio writing the series and serving as the showrunner. 

Happy Face First Look
Happy Face TV show first look | Credit: Paramount+

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