Happy Face
Series Premiere:
TVMA
Docudrama
Biography
Crime
Drama
After decades of no contact, Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer, forces his way back into his daughter Melissa’s life, causing her to face a reckoning of her own identity. Based upon a true story.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, April 7
Was It Worth It?
Season 1 • Episode 3
Melissa navigates the highs and lows of going public with her story.
Monday, April 7
Controlled Burn New
Season 1 • Episode 4
Melissa reconnects with her brother and confronts her father, who offers a clue about the case.
Monday, April 14
Don't Dream New
Season 1 • Episode 5
Melissa forms an unlikely alliance to recover missing key evidence.
Matt Roush says...
Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford, better known for comedy (though she earned an Emmy nomination for Welcome to Chippendales), gets an emotional workout in an eight-part drama based on the true story of Melissa Moore, who has spent her adult life trying to hide the fact that her father Keith (Dennis Quaid) is a notorious murderer known as the “Happy Face” Killer. When he reaches out from prison, disrupting her family life and career as a makeup artist on a daytime TV talk show, Melissa goes public, hoping to keep an innocent man from being executed for one of her dad’s crimes. Launches with two episodes.
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