‘The Faithful’ on FOX Reimagines Genesis Through the Powerful Stories of Its Overlooked Women
FOX’s 'The Faithful: Women of the Bible' blends Scripture and drama to spotlight women who shaped faith history
With powerful storytelling and a fresh perspective, FOX’s The Faithful: Women of the Bible brings the often-overlooked women of Genesis to life on screen. In the spirit of series like The Chosen and House of David, the new TV show blends faithful biblical storytelling with cinematic drama, while staying grounded in Scripture.
Developed by showrunner Rene Echevarria and executive produced by Julie Weitz, the series focuses on the women in the book of Genesis — women like Sarah, Rebekah and Rachel — whose influence shaped generations but whose stories are often told in the background. By consulting biblical scholars, historians and cultural experts, The Faithful’s directors and creators had a goal of remaining true to the text while filling in narrative gaps in a way that feels authentic and deeply relevant for modern audiences.
A fresh Biblical perspective: Genesis through the women
At the heart of The Faithful is a simple but thoughtful question: What happens when we shift the lens toward the women?
Executive producer Julie Weitz says the idea had been quietly forming for years before it became a series.
“It’s been a passion project for all of us individually, for a very long time, which is something that we all realized when we sat down to talk about what could be a show that feels fresh and different about these stories of the probably the biggest best seller of all time: the Old Testament,” she explains.
“We actually had a great time excavating the stories and what they would be. René Echevarria, the showrunner, is an unbelievable scholar in this area. I’m kind of an armchair scholar myself. I did study in Hebrew school for many years.
“We kind of had this epiphany that there’s a point of view that has not been really looked at, which were the women and how they were essential to the stories that most people know about—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc, and they were all also timeless and relevant, relatable, human.
There were a lot of these stories that had not been told. So sitting down and really just throwing all the stories in the air, we came up with this idea of a genealogy, a family tree that starts at the top with Sarah and Abraham, and then, as the Bible says, begot, begot, begot, begot as the generations unfold.”
By structuring the show around a biblical family tree, the series connects generations of women whose lives shaped the foundation of faith history. Now, The Faithful offers viewers a new way to understand stories they may already know.
Staying true to scripture while bringing stories to life
Balancing biblical accuracy with compelling storytelling was a guiding principle throughout the production.
“A rule we had was that if it is expressly stated in the Bible, that is our roadmap and where it’s not, we obviously have to imagine a bit. This is television. But we did have fantastic guidance. René was our first expert, but we had other experts that also came in to advise us on if we were hitting the target, and we weren’t drawing outside the lines too much,” Weitz says.
She went on to share that the Bible itself served as both anchor and boundary, with careful consideration given to where creative interpretation could responsibly fill in the gaps.
“We want to create beautiful drama,” she explains. “We want these women to come to life and be dimensionalized. But we also had a very specific guide and roadmap, which was the Bible. We took it very, very seriously in creating and fleshing out these women’s lives.”
That intentional balance allows the series to feel both faithful and emotionally engaging—inviting viewers to connect with these women not just as historical or biblical figures, but as fully realized individuals.
Creating an authentic world on screen
Beyond the script, authenticity extended into every visual and sensory detail of the show—from set design to music.
“We also looked at the time period,” Weitz shares, “René would go back and do the history in terms of the information we have about the time period. There are certain roadmaps to that that led us all the way to production, where we wanted the same roadmap. We really wanted it to feel original but legitimate and set in a real context, not heightened. We really wanted this to feel like when you were immersed in the world, whether it was the Biblical world or the world we shot, that it felt true and real.”
Weitz says the team worked diligently to ground the series in historical reality while still creating an immersive viewing experience.
“We also wanted the instrumentation to reflect the time as well. And our composer, Ben Wallfisch, did a great job. He loves ancient instrumentation, and he went back to that when he did the music as well. Every aspect of it — from creating to the development, all the way to the shooting of the livestock and that they would have had. We wanted it to feel like we were legitimate.”
This commitment to detail — from historically informed production design to period-inspired music — helps transport viewers into the world of Genesis in a way that feels tangible and grounded.
When and how to watch ‘The Faithful: Women of the Bible’
The highly anticipated series premieres Sunday, March 22, with a special two-hour debut airing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Episode schedule:
- March 22
- March 29
- April 5
Viewers can watch The Faithful: Women of the Bible on FOX and Hulu (available the next day), as well as on FOX ONE. The three-part event concludes April 5, offering a powerful, reimagined look at some of the Bible’s most foundational—and often under-told—stories.
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