Working alongside the creative genius of Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne and Ram Bergman, along with our partners at MRC and T-Street, has been a spectacular ride, and we can’t wait to hit the road for another season as we continue to build momentum across Peacock’s originals slate.” In a statement with the renewal news, Rovner added: “ Poker Face is one of those rare, undeniable shows that we all fell in love with from the start, but the critical acclaim and viewer response has been beyond our wildest dreams. Though the streamer doesn’t share viewership numbers, Rovner touted Poker Face for “punching above its weight” and said that Peacock having the libraries for Columbo and Murder, She Wrote actually helped the streamer land the series. We are over the moon,” Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content at NBCUniversal TV and streaming, recently told THR.

The first season currently has a 99 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season has been met with critical acclaim - The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg called it a “mystery fan’s delight” in his review - as well as a collective audience thumbs-up. Benjamin Bratt joins Lyonne as a season-long character, as he goes on the hunt for the former Las Vegas casino waitress. The guest stars could come in for one episode and play either murderer or victim. With showrunners Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, the Glass Onion director said he was in the writers room through the entire process and that the howcatchem format of the series (hearkening back to the ’80s and ’90s detective shows he and Lyonne grew up watching) helped attract the show’s top-notch roster of guest stars.Įach episode opens with a near-perfect murder, which provided meaty parts for stars like Adrien Brody, Lil Rel Howery, Judith Light, Chloë Sevigny, Ellen Barkin, Tim Meadows, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nick Nolte, Cherry Jones, Ron Perlman and more. Poker Facemarked Johnson’s first TV series, as the Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi filmmaker has previously only directed episodes of television.

Each episode functions as a stand-alone murder mystery - complete with a new location and cast - with Charlie (Lyonne) anchoring the series as it follows her on the run after the events of the first episode. The series experimented with the release format by dropping four episodes at once, followed by a weekly Thursday release of its 10-episode first season. Peacock's Newfront Pitch: New Ad Formats, and Movies Too

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