NBCUniversal presents full coverage of the Opening Ceremony, beginning with NBCU’s first-ever live morning presentation of a Winter Games Opening Ceremony at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. NBC presents a first-ever Olympic Daytime show on the opening day of the Winter Games at noon ET, previewing the upcoming competition. The day-long coverage will […]
The 24th Winter Olympics from the city of Beijing in the country of China are upon us. Do you care? Of course, the athletes, their families and loved ones care. Sports fans who enjoy watching competition care. And, the world’s broadcasters, like NBCUniversal, greatly care — Olympics are big business. Nonetheless, that exuded cynicism towards […]
NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, China begins tonight with live primetime coverage of ice hockey, curling, and alpine skiing. Hockey coverage features medal contender Canada opening Olympic competition against Switzerland live at 11:10 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock. The 2018 gold medal-winning U.S. women’s ice hockey team begins its […]
Streamer Peacock, which is search of its first big hit series, has given a straight-to-series order for supernatural drama “Dead Day” from Universal Television, Aftershock Media, and producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson (both “The Vampire Diaries”). The series is based on the bestselling “AfterShock” comic-book series created by Ryan Parrott and it follows an […]
In a parody promotion on the January 15, 2022 edition of NBC’s “SNL” (“Saturday Night Live“), on the heels of the upcoming dramatic reboot of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” for Peacock, the streaming service is borrowing another classic 90’s sitcom and updating it as a drama: “Family Matters“. Taking place in Chicago, Steve Urkel […]
Streamer Peacock has announced the straight-to-series order of new crime drama “The Missing” from David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”, “Nine Perfect Strangers”), who will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer. The 8-episode series, a co-production from Keshet Studios and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, will be based on the international bestselling novel “The Missing File”, the first in a series […]
Peacock has opted against a second season of its reboot of 1980s sitcom “Punky Brewster.” The series followed Soleil Moon Frye as a grown-up Punky as a single mother of three who mentors a fellow foster care alum. Cherie Johnson returned as Punky’s best friend, with newcomer Quinn Copeland co-starring as Punky’s protége and Freddie […]
Peacock has given a straight-to-series, 10-episode order for drama “Irreverent”, which follows a criminal from Chicago who bungles a heist and is forced to hide out in a small Australian reef town in Far North Queensland posing as the new church Reverend. Created by Paddy Macrae (“Wanted”), the series will be set and filmed in Australia. […]
Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for “Field of Dreams” from Universal Television based on the iconic 1989 sports fantasy film. The series will reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that was present in the movie and will be executive produced by Michael Schur (Fremulon), Lawrence Gordon (The Gordon Company), David Miner […]
