Paradise' is an instant hit on Hulu, as the new show with Sterling K. Brown and James Mardsen debuts atop the streamer's chart.

As an executive producer and star of the new Hulu series “Paradise,” Sterling K. Brown put the hours of TV he watches to good use and cast actors he admires.

The actor and creator tried something much less weepy this time: a sci-fi thriller. Still it was “a homecoming on so many levels,” Brown said.