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.
![]() |
Farmer Wants a Wife |
Network: FOXGenre: RealitySeasons: 3Episodes: 36 | |
OverviewFour farmers from across the country embark on an adventure of a lifetime in the hopes of finding their future spouse. |