Summary

Check out the trailer and a sneak-peak clip of Prime Video’s
The Baxters.

Starring Roma Downey and Ted McGinley, this moving family drama follows Elizabeth, John, and their five adult children through the challenges of life.
Based on Karen Kingsbury’s best-selling books,
The Baxters
drops on March 28.

“Find your way home.” From the New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury, Season 1 of Prime Video’sThe Baxters will be released March 28, 2024. The faith-inspired show is based on Kingsbury’s wonderfully crafted stories about the Baxter family, which began nearly 22 years ago with 2002’s Redemption — Book 1. And fans of the source material can check out the new trailer for the series above.

Fans of Touched by an Angel will immediately recognize Roma Downey in the footage. The actress plays the family’s matriarch, Elizabeth Baxter, in the new Prime Video series. And her husband, John Baxter, is portrayed by Married… with Children’s very own Jefferson D’Arcy, aka actor Ted McGinley. The synopsis for The Baxters reads as follows:

“Based on the worldwide best-selling book series by Karen Kingsbury, The Baxters is a riveting family drama that follows Elizabeth and John Baxter and their five adult children. Season One of The Baxters centers on Elizabeth and John’s daughter, Kari, who learns the shocking truth that her professor husband, Tim, has been secretly having an affair with one of his college students.
“As her relationship is tested, Kari must seek comfort in her faith and family to discover if love is truly a choice and if her marriage can be redeemed. In this deeply moving faith-based journey, The Baxters must come together as a family to work through the challenges of life.”

The Baxters Begins Streaming in March
Prime Video

Ali Corbin (Look, Neighbors, My Birthday Romance) landed the coveted role of Kari Baxter Jacobs, whose life is the focal point of Season 1. Corbin is arguably best-known for portraying the neighbor in the highly entertaining American Reunion who Jim (Jason Biggs) once babysat when she was younger. Corbin is joined by co-stars Masey McLain (Ashley Baxter), Josh Plasse (Luke Baxter), Reilly Anspaugh (Erin Baxter) and Emily Peterson (Brooke Baxter), all of whom portray Kari’s siblings. And Kathie Lee Gifford is among those slated to guest star in Season 1.

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The creative genius behind The Baxters, Karen Kingsbury, didn’t begin her literary career penning the various Baxter-related series. In fact, the author’s first published work was actually a non-fiction, true-crime tale, Missy’s Murder: Passion, Betrayal, and Murder in Southern California, which was published in 1991. Today, in addition to the Prime Video series, Kingsbury’s Baxter-Family book, Someone Like You, is getting the big-screen treatment, and the film adaptation of the same name hits theaters on April 2. But first, The Baxters is dropping for fans to stream and binge-watch. Kingsbury said in a recent interview (per Variety):

“Since the day Roma Downey asked for my blessing in making the Baxter family literary series into a televised show, I have dreamed that it might find a home on Prime Video. Many millions of readers are going to be thrilled over this news. It is a dream come true.”

In addition to starring as the Baxter family’s matriarch, Roma Downey also serves as an executive producer on the project. Downey said:

With over 25 million fans of the Baxter series books, we know audiences are going to love this family drama brought to life. And I am personally so excited to bring more inspirational content to Prime Video.

The Baxters
drops Thursday, March 28 on Prime Video. And fans can check out a sneak peek clip of the series below: