“John and Carolyn | Love, Beauty and Loss” Coming Soon To ABC, Hulu & Disney+
Just ahead of the release of the first few episodes of the new limited series, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”, Disney has announced a brand new documentary from ABC News will be coming soon to Disney+, Hulu and ABC.
“John and Carolyn | Love, Beauty and Loss” revisits the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the 35th president of the United States, and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. The new, one-hour special examines how love, ambition and legacy collided under an unrelenting public spotlight throughout JFK Jr. and Carolyn’s relationship and tragic deaths in the 1990s.
Drawing on firsthand perspectives as well as rare ABC News archival footage and interviews, “John and Carolyn | Love, Beauty and Loss” traces the couple’s courtship, secret wedding, professional ambitions, and the toll of relentless media scrutiny. The special features newly unearthed photographs of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, rare wedding footage, and new interviews with the couple’s close friends, contemporaries and journalists, including fashion designer Gordon Henderson, author Steve Gillon, former Editor-in-Chief of People magazine Larry Hackett, editor-at-large of People magazine Liz McNeil, staff writer at The New Yorker Rachel Syme and more.
Coinciding with FX’s upcoming scripted series “Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette” from executive producer Ryan Murphy, the special chronicles the real lives of this iconic couple whose love story became a storied chapter of American royalty, and takes viewers behind the scenes of the series’ set and features new interviews with the cast and creatives, including stars Paul Anthony Kelly (JFK Jr.) and Sarah Pidgeon (Carolyn Bessette Kennedy), show creator, executive producer and writer Connor Hines, executive producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, costume designer Rudy Mance and production designer Alex DiGerlando.
“John and Carolyn | Love, Beauty and Loss” is produced by ABC News Studios. David Sloan is senior executive producer, and Muriel Pearson is executive producer.
This documentary will premiere on Tuesday, 17th February 2026 at 10:02 – 11:00 p.m. EST on ABC, and it will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
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