The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premieres on Thursday, November 12, 2026, on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally. The full first season drops at once, so viewers can watch every episode on premiere day with no weekly wait.
The spinoff moves the franchise out of Utah and into Southern California. It follows a new circle of young mothers in Orange County, in a community where, in Hulu’s words, “beliefs are not just their religion, they are their identity.” One familiar face makes the move with them. The other eight women are new as main cast members.
Hulu announced the series on April 22, 2026, at its Get Real House event in Beverly Hills. The official trailer arrived on October 20, 2026, and it set up the season’s three big threads: a throuple storyline, a split over faith, and Jen Affleck’s move west.
Who Is in the Orange County Cast?
Hulu’s official cast list names nine women. Jen Affleck is the only returning main cast member from the original Utah series. The other eight are new as main cast members.
| Cast member | Known for |
|---|---|
| Jen Affleck | Original series star across all five seasons; the only returning main cast member |
| Bobbi Althoff | Host of The Really Good Podcast; mother of two |
| Aspyn Ovard | YouTube lifestyle creator since 2011; mother of three daughters |
| Avery Woods | Former pediatric ICU nurse; host of the Cheers podcast |
| McCall DaPron | Older sister of original cast member Mayci Neeley; former Division I tennis player |
| Madison Bontempo | Runs The FishFam family YouTube channel with her husband Kyler Fisher; mother of five |
| Salomé Andrea | Raised in the Mormon faith; has said she does not follow its rules today |
| Ashleigh Pease | Newcomer to the franchise; Australian-born creator |
| Jordan McClanahan | Joined the cast in the September 29 teaser, in the lineup spot first held by Chandler Higginson |
Jen Affleck
Jen Affleck anchors the show. She starred in the original series from its first season and appears in all five of its seasons so far. Her move from Utah to Southern California is the thread that ties the spinoff to the original, and the trailer puts her move at the center of the first season. She is the only cast member who appears in both shows, and the season follows her move west with her family. Days before the premiere, she filed for divorce in Provo, Utah, while pregnant with her fourth child.
McCall DaPron
McCall DaPron is the other direct link to the original cast. She is the older sister of Mayci Neeley, one of the original show’s stars, and she briefly appeared alongside Mayci in Season 5. McCall played Division I tennis while studying history at Brigham Young University and UCLA, and she was born and raised Mormon in Orange County. She is married to Alex DaPron and is a mom of four. Her family’s Halloween costumes as the Kennedys drew backlash in October 2026, and the post was later deleted.
Bobbi Althoff
Bobbi Althoff hosts The Really Good Podcast, which grew out of her TikTok parodies of mommy-vlogger life and became a celebrity interview show. She is a mother of two and divorced her husband Cory Althoff in 2024. Her interview style made the show one of the most talked-about celebrity podcasts, with guests including Drake, Kevin Durant and Kevin Gates. The show ran as Not This Again in 2025 before a revival under its original name was announced for September 2026.
Aspyn Ovard
Aspyn Ovard is one of YouTube’s early lifestyle creators, posting since 2011. She shares three daughters with her ex-husband Parker Ferris, who she divorced in April 2024. The trailer puts her romantic life at the center of the season, introducing her throuple with partners Briana and Billy Davis. She launched a DIFF eyewear collection in July 2025, and she has said she is no longer Mormon. Her daughters will not appear on the show, a choice she has explained in her own videos.
Avery Woods
Avery Woods came to content creation from nursing. She worked as a pediatric ICU nurse before leaving healthcare to build an audience online, and she hosts the Cheers podcast on Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network. She has been married to her husband David Woods, a former police officer, since 2016. She moved her family from Mesa, Arizona to Calabasas, California in 2025, and she has said she has never been a religious person. She has about 874,000 Instagram followers and about 2.5 million on TikTok.
Madison Bontempo
Madison Bontempo runs The FishFam, the family YouTube channel she shares with her husband Kyler Fisher and their five children. She is one of the cast members who attends church weekly with her family. The channel has more than 4.7 million subscribers, and she also hosts The MADLife podcast and runs the kids nutrition brand Wittles with Kyler. She acted as a child before YouTube, and she returned to acting as Emily Harvey in Chapel (2024), which she also executive produced.
Salomé Andrea
Salomé Andrea is a Utah-raised fashion and lifestyle creator with more than 2 million followers across her channels. She is a mom of twins and is expecting her third child. She announced her third pregnancy in May 2026, and she grew up practicing Mormonism but does not actively practice it today. She is married to Aaron Brimhall, and her twins were born in 2018.
Ashleigh Pease
Ashleigh Pease is the first Australian-born cast member in the franchise. She is a mom of four and the founder of the kids fitness business Get Fit for Kids. She married her husband Nathan at 19 in the Salt Lake City temple, and she founded Get Fit for Kids in 2021. She has said she was raised strictly in the Mormon faith and still practices it.
Jordan McClanahan
Jordan McClanahan joined the cast in the September 29 teaser, taking the lineup spot first held by Chandler Higginson. She is a fitness trainer since 2012, a mom of four, and a Mormon convert who has been sober for ten years. She converted to Mormonism at 26 and was baptized in 2016, and she is married to firefighter Corey McClanahan. Hulu has not explained why Higginson was replaced, and she has made no formal statement about it.
One cast change Hulu never explained
The cast changed between the spring announcement and the premiere. Chandler Higginson was named in the initial April announcement, but she was absent from the September 29 teaser and the official press release that followed. Jordan McClanahan appeared in her place.
Hulu gave no explanation for the change, and Higginson has made no formal statement explaining it. She left brief public comments acknowledging the situation, and her husband said they would share their story soon, but neither explained the change. She is not listed as a cast member, and this article does not treat her as one. The reason for the swap is unconfirmed, and any claim about why it happened would be a guess.
How Many Episodes, and When Do They Drop?
Here is where the sources disagree, and the disagreement is worth stating plainly. Hulu’s original September 29, 2026 announcement said the season would have 10 episodes. Hulu’s current listing and Disney+ press material now say 8 episodes, all dropping on November 12.
No source has explained the change from 10 to 8. What is certain is the current number: 8 episodes, all available on premiere day.
The full-season drop matches how Hulu has handled the original series. Viewers get the whole season at once and can watch at their own pace.
What the Trailer Shows
The official trailer landed on October 20, 2026, about three weeks before the premiere. It runs through the season’s main storylines in quick order, and three of them stand out.
Aspyn Ovard’s throuple is the trailer’s most talked-about moment. She introduces her partners Briana and Billy Davis to the group, and the scene sets up the season’s central question about how the circle reacts to a relationship that sits outside the community’s norms.
The faith divide runs through the rest of the trailer. The women argue over what the faith means to each of them, and the disagreements are not framed as a single debate. Different cast members hold different positions, and the trailer shows those positions colliding in ordinary group settings as well as in sit-down interviews.
Jen Affleck’s move is the third thread. The trailer follows her as she settles into life in Southern California after her run on Dancing with the Stars last year, and it shows the distance the move puts between her and the Utah circle she came from.
The series is produced by Jeff Jenkins Productions, in association with 3BMG and Walt Disney Television Alternative. Jenkins also produces the original series, so the spinoff keeps the same production team behind the camera.
Jen Affleck’s Move, and the Divorce Filing Days Before the Premiere
Jen Affleck’s move to Orange County is the spinoff’s premise, and her personal life changed again nine days before the premiere. She filed for divorce from her husband Zac Affleck on November 3, 2026, in Provo, Utah, while pregnant with their fourth child. Court documents obtained by TMZ show she also submitted a proposed parenting plan. The grounds for the split have not been disclosed in the court-based reports.
Zac has said he learned about the filing from a TMZ reporter, while Jen said in interviews on November 6 that he was not blindsided. Zac posted an apology on November 6. The full story, with both sides, is on Jen Affleck’s profile.
The filing does not change what the spinoff is. Hulu has not said whether the filing or its aftermath will appear in the show. What it does change is the context viewers bring to Jen’s scenes.
How the Spinoff Fits the Original Series
The Orange County series arrives two months after the original show’s fifth season. Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on September 10, 2026, with five episodes, all at launch. The season was cut short after production paused in March 2026, and it was originally billed for 10 episodes.
Hulu has already ordered 20 additional episodes of the original series, and Seasons 6 and 7 are renewed. The franchise is growing, not winding down, and the spinoff is part of that growth. Readers who want the full Utah story, from the first season through Season 5, can start with the complete guide to the original series.
No original main cast member crosses over beyond Jen. Whitney Leavitt and the rest of the Utah circle are not in the Orange County cast, and the spinoff builds its own group rather than borrowing theirs. That is the point of the move. Orange County gets its own circle, its own arguments, and its own version of the MomTok story.
Are the Orange County Cast Members Actually Mormon?
The show’s title raises the question, and the honest answer is that the cast is mixed. Some members are practicing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some are not. A few have not said publicly, and this article does not guess about them.
On the not-practicing side, Bobbi Althoff has said it plainly herself. Asked on Instagram whether she practices Mormonism, she wrote that she is not Mormon, though she has a Mormon brother and went to Mormon church twice growing up. Avery Woods has said on her own podcast that she is the opposite of Mormon and has never been a religious person. Aspyn Ovard was baptized and raised in a Mormon-adjacent community in Utah, but she has said the religion is not a core piece of her life now, and Salomé Andrea was raised in the faith after her mother converted from Catholicism but has said she does not follow its rules today.
On the practicing side, Madison Bontempo has talked about her Mormon faith on the Pretty Dirty podcast and confirmed that she and her family attend church weekly. McCall DaPron was born and raised Mormon in Orange County and has LDS in her Instagram bio. Ashleigh Pease said in her own October 4, 2026 Instagram post that she was raised strictly LDS and married in the Salt Lake City temple, and Jordan McClanahan was raised Lutheran and was baptized in 2016, at 26, and sealed in the Newport Beach temple, as she has said in her own posts.
Where to Watch The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County
In the United States, the series streams on Hulu. Bundle subscribers can also watch it through Hulu on Disney+. Outside the United States, it streams on Disney+.
All eight episodes arrive on November 12, 2026. A Hulu subscription is the only way to watch in the US, and a Disney+ subscription covers viewers everywhere else.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premiere?
The series premieres on Thursday, November 12, 2026. All eight episodes drop on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally on the same day.
How many episodes are in Season 1?
Hulu’s current listing says eight episodes. The original September 29, 2026 announcement said ten. No explanation for the change has been given, so this article states both numbers and marks the current one as eight.
Where can I watch The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County?
On Hulu in the United States, including through Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers, and on Disney+ internationally. The full season is available from November 12, 2026.
Who is in the cast?
Nine women: Jen Affleck, Bobbi Althoff, Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, McCall DaPron, Madison Bontempo, Salomé Andrea, Ashleigh Pease, and Jordan McClanahan. Jen Affleck is the only returning main cast member from the original Utah series.
Is Jen Affleck in the Orange County spinoff?
Yes. Jen Affleck is the spinoff’s crossover star and its central figure. She starred in all five seasons of the original series before moving to Southern California for the new show.
Are the cast members actually Mormon?
Not all of them. Bobbi Althoff, Avery Woods, and Aspyn Ovard have all said publicly that they are not practicing members, while Madison Bontempo and McCall DaPron are. Salomé Andrea was raised in the faith but says she does not follow its rules today.
Ashleigh Pease said in her own October 4, 2026 Instagram post that she was raised strictly LDS and married in the Salt Lake City temple. Jordan McClanahan has said in her own posts that she was raised Lutheran, was baptized at 26 in 2016, and was sealed in the Newport Beach temple.
Was Chandler Higginson in the cast?
She was named in the initial April 2026 announcement, but she was absent from the September 29 teaser and the official cast list that followed. Jordan McClanahan appeared in her place. Hulu gave no explanation, and Higginson has made no formal statement explaining the change, though she left brief public comments acknowledging it.
Do I need to watch the original series first?
No. The spinoff follows a new group in a new city, and Jen Affleck is the only returning main cast member shared with the original series. Watching the original series helps with Jen’s backstory and the MomTok context, but the Orange County season stands on its own.
Is The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County connected to Season 5 of the original?
Yes, by timing and by Jen Affleck. Season 5 of the original series premiered on September 10, 2026, with five episodes, and the spinoff follows two months later. Hulu has also ordered 20 more episodes of the original and renewed it for Seasons 6 and 7.
