Peacock is one of the most underrated platforms of the streaming era. In addition to what is inarguably the best live sports access of any streaming service, its vast library offers easy access to comfort watches and bingeable classics like 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Office. The NBC Universal umbrella provides access to unscripted fare, such as Bravo’s sprawling Real Housewives and Vanderpump Rules franchises. And there are enough assorted Law & Order episodes here to power your personal home marathons for at least the next decade.
But it’s likely that many viewers are less familiar with Peacock’s slate of original programming, which comprises an intriguing array of buzzy dramas, offbeat comedies, true-crime series, and everyone’s favorite castle-set reality competition, The Traitors. It’s time to change that. Here are our picks for the shows you need to stream on Peacock right now.
All Her Fault
Stars: Sarah Snook, Jake Lacy, Dakota Fanning, Jay Ellis, Abby Elliott, Michael Peña, Thomas Cocquerel, Daniel Monks
Number of seasons: One
Sarah Snook kicked off her post-Succession career with this twisty, high-tension thriller based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara. Snook stars as Marissa, a mother who drops her young son off for a playdate, only to return to find that the family living in the house aren’t people she recognizes and her child is missing. As Marissa and her husband (Jake Lacy) race to find Milo, a near-constant stream of shocking secrets are revealed.
Angelyne
Stars: Emmy Rossum, Martin Freeman, Lukas Gage, Hamish Linklater, Alex Karpovsky, Molly Ephraim, Phillip Ettinger, Michael Angarano
Number of seasons: One
You’ve never seen Emmy Rossum like this before. The Shameless star transforms into the singer, actor, and media personality Angelyne, who became known throughout Los Angeles in the ’80s for her billboard advertisements. Angelyne is a five-part series exploring her rise to fame and journalist Jeff Glaser’s 2010 attempt to uncover her real-life story.
The Capture
Stars: Holliday Granger, Ron Perlman, Lia Williams, Ben Miles, Shaun Evans, Paapa Essiedu, Ginny Holder, Cavan Clerkin, Indira Varma, Daisy Waterstone
Number of seasons: Three
This almost uncomfortably timely British techno-thriller kicks off with London detective DCI Rachel Carey (Granger) tasked with investigating a crime the suspect insists he didn’t commit. So far, so seen it in the world of procedurals, except this time, there’s a frightening twist. The accused is innocent, and someone’s made a deepfake so convincing that an innocent man almost went to jail. As the series continues, other technological nightmares crop up, and it becomes increasingly clear that the truth isn’t as important as what you can convince people to believe.
The Day Of The Jackal
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsurra
Number of seasons: One
This modern-day spin on the classic 1971 spy novel of the same name stars Eddie Redmayne as the titular Jackal, the elusive assassin known for his high-profile kills. But when one near-impossible kill shot catches the attention of tenacious MI6 agent Bianca (Lynch), a cat and mouse chase for the ages begins. Redmayne is fantastic as the chameleon-like killer for hire, who loves elaborate disguises, fake accents and high-tech weaponry as much as any iteration of Bond. The series has been renewed for a second season.
Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
Stars: Michael Chernus, Marin Ireland, Gabriel Luna, Michael Angarano, James Badge Dale, Chris Sullivan
Number of seasons: One
Based on Peacock’s own 2021 docuseries John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (no title confusion there!), this scripted true-crime series is a breath of fresh air in a landscape that tends to skew more heavily toward the lurid and sensational. With a focus on the stories of the victims and their families, the series manages to tell the story of Gacy’s horrific crimes—he killed dozens of men and boys in the 1970s—without glamorizing the man who committed them.
Everything I Know About Love
Stars: Emma Appleton, Bel Powley, Marli Siu, Aliyah Odoffin, Connor Finch, Baxter Ryan Bown, Jordan Peters, Juliet Cowan, Alexander Lincoln, Jill Halfpenny, Craig Parkinson
Number of seasons: One
Adapted from her own bestselling memoir, Dolly Alderton’s love letter to female friendship and the chaotic messiness of love and life in your twenties is delightful from start to finish. The series follows four young women who share a London house together as they engage in some lighthearted early 2010s-style debauchery, make poor decisions, struggle with post-college poverty, and show up for one another when they need it. Breezy and warm, Everything I Know About Love features its fair share of relationship disasters, but its best love story is between the friends at its center.
A Friend Of The Family
Stars: Jake Lacy, Anna Paquin, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Hendrix Yancey, McKenna Grace, Austin Stowell, Patrick Fischler, Philip Ettinger
Number of seasons: One
A Friend Of The Family expands on the wild real-life story explored in the 2019 documentary Abducted In Plain Sight. In excruciating but well-plotted detail, the drama unpacks how a teenage Jan Broberg was kidnapped twice in the ’70s by a predatory friend of the family who was obsessed with her.
The Five Star Weekend
Stars: Jennifer Garner, Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Harlow Jane, Timothy Olyphant, Judy Greer, David Denman
Number of seasons: One
Based on a novel by beach read queen Elin Hilderbrand, The Five Star Weekend follows a grieving food influencer (Garner) who hosts a luxurious girls weekend on Nantucket in the wake of her husband’s death with four of her closest friends, each of whom is going through her own personal and emotional upheavals. An ode to female friendship and the glorious vistas of the New England coast, it’s a cozy watch with just enough melodrama to keep things interesting throughout. It’s been renewed for a second season.
Killing It
Stars: Craig Robinson, Claudia O’Doherty, Scott MacArthur, Stephanie Nogueras, Tim Heidecker, Zach Grenier
Number of seasons: Two
This enjoyable, irreverent comedy centers on Craig, a divorced single father who fails to secure a loan for his new business. However, he learns from his Australian Uber driver, Jillian, that there’s a lot of money to be made by hunting snakes. So they both participate in the South Florida Python Challenge for a $20,000 prize, showcasing a funny dynamic along the way. In season two, they finally start their farm—only to be met with a barrage of new challenges.
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth
Stars: Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton, Ardalan Esmaili, Mark Bonnar, Jemma Carlton
Number of seasons: One
This true-crime saga is based on the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing that killed 270 people—Firth plays Dr. Jim Swire, whose daughter was a victim in the incident. Her death puts him on an unfathomable mission to unmask the terrorists, even if it means traveling to the Middle East, the Netherlands, and elsewhere (and standing up to various political leaders) to do so.
Long Bright River
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Britne Olford, Ashleigh Cummings, John Doman, Nicholas Pinnock, Callum Vinson
Number of seasons: One
Amanda Seyfried shines in this Mare Of Easttown-style limited series as a Philadelphia patrol officer who investigates the murders of three women that she hopes tie into the disappearance of her sister. Adapted from Liz Moore’s novel, the story also explores systemic issues of drug addiction and poverty that allow so many of our country’s most vulnerable to fall through the cracks.
Mrs. Davis
Stars: Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Margo Martindale, Elizabeth Marvel, Andy McQueen, Tom Wlaschiha, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulos
Number of seasons: One
Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez’s Mrs. Davis is nothing if not unexpected (read: brace yourself for plenty of exciting twists). In the timely sci-fi dramedy, a novice nun teams up with her ex-boyfriend in a battle against AI that takes them on a globe-spanning journey. Mrs. Davis is an unpredictable ride that ends with a satisfying conclusion.
The Paper
Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Chelsea Frei, Sabrina Impacciatore, Melvin Gregg, Ramona Young, Oscar Nuñez, Alex Edelstein
Number of seasons: One
Greg Daniels teams up with Nathan For You’s Michael Koman for this spin-off of The Office, in which the camera crew that followed Dunder Mifflin’s employees chronicles the kooky volunteers at an Ohio newspaper, the Toledo Truth Teller. Gleeson plays Ned, the Truth Teller’s new editor-in-chief, a former toilet paper salesman with a journalism degree who wants to return the paper to its glory days as a trusted community resource. (The dream!) Hijinks predictably ensue, but The Paper is altogether kinder and warmer than its Scranton-based predecessor. Season two premieres in September.
Poker Face
Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Helberg, Rhea Perlman, John Mulaney, Giancarlo Esposito, Cynthia Erivo, Simon Rex, Patti Harrison
Number of seasons: Two
Natasha Lyonne leads Rian Johnson’s delightful case-of-the-week show as Charlie Cale, who goes on the run when her wealthy casino boss seeks revenge on her. With an uncanny ability to detect lies, she hops from city to city to solve murders (and deals with some fantastic and fun guest stars). And despite its cancellation last year, Johnson hopes to make a third season led by Peter Dinklage.
PONIES
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Hayley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester, Artjom Gilz, Vic Michaelis, Nicholas Podany, Petro Ninovskyi
Number of seasons: One
The unfortunately named PONIES is almost certainly one of the best shows on this streamer that almost no one has heard about. Named after a military acronym for Persons of No Interest—a.k.a. the everyday people who fly under the radar and are of no interest to foreign powers—the 1970s-set series follows a pair of widowed secretaries at the American embassy in Moscow who become spies after their husbands die in mysterious circumstances. Clarke and Richardson have outstanding chemistry together, and the show’s brisk pace makes it an easy binge.
The Resort
Stars: Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Skyler Gisondo, Nina Bloomgarden, Gabriela Cartol, Nick Offerman
Number of seasons: One
A surprisingly inventive offbeat comedy-thriller about a married couple who book a vacation at a lush holiday resort for their 10th anniversary only to find themselves pulled into an unsolved mystery about two missing persons from 15 years earlier. The show’s The White Lotus meets Indiana Jones vibes are unique on this—or likely any other—platform, and Harper and Miloti are a dream together.
Rutherford Falls
Stars: Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding, Michael Greyeyes, Dustin Milligan, Jesse Leigh, Beth Stelling, Bobby Wilson, Devery Jacobs, Dana L. Wilson
Number of seasons: Two
Peacock executives didn’t know how good they had it with Rutherford Falls. Even though the comedy was canceled after two seasons, it remains one of their top-tier originals. Co-created by Sierra Teller Ornelas, Mike Schur, and series star Ed Helms, it centers on childhood best friends Nathan and Reagan, who find themselves at a crossroads when a crisis hits their small town. Moreover, the show is a joyful exploration of the Indigenous community, with scene-stealing performances from Greyeyes and Schmieding.
The Traitors
Stars: Alan Cumming
Number of seasons: Four
Hosted by Alan Cumming, this reality show sees 20 contestants face off in a castle in the Scottish Highlands in the hopes of winning a $250,000 prize. Among the “Faithful” players are some “Traitors”—that is, people selected by the host whose goal is to eliminate the rest and claim the cash for themselves. It’s a great time, and Cumming is as charming as ever. The series has been renewed through seasons 5 and 6, and an all-civilian version, The Traitors: New Blood, premieres in September.
Nida Manzoor’s unique comedy centers on the eponymous all-female Muslim punk band looking to make a name for themselves in the male-dominated U.K. music scene. A joyful, feminist mix of culture clash humor and heartfelt friendship, the briskly paced series, quite literally, rocks. (Plus, the original songs are so damn catchy you won’t be able to get them out of your head.
Vigil
Stars: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell
Number of seasons: Two
An exceptional British procedural thriller that sees Suranne Jones solving crimes in a series of unique and high-stakes locations alongside an assortment of high-profile guest stars, Vigil is a great example of the sort of underrated (and underpromoted) British TV regularly available on Peacock. The series’ first season involves a mysterious death on a British nuclear submarine, while its second centers on a compromised Royal Air Force drone that kills several soldiers. A third season, set in the Arctic, is coming soon.
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