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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Highlights of Day 15 Events In pursuit of a seventh consecutive gold medal, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women’s basketball team play Japan in the final live in primetime Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC. On the penultimate day of the Tokyo Games, the last day of track & field competition will […]
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Highlights of Day 16 Events NBC Olympics’ commentators Terry Gannon, Tara Lipinski, and Johnny Weir will host NBC’s primetime coverage of the Closing Ceremony for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo Olympic Stadium. Coverage begins in primetime, Sunday, August 8 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. Gannon, Lipinski, and Weir previously […]
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Highlights of Day 14 Events Kevin Durant and the U.S. men’s basketball team aim to win its fourth consecutive gold medal in the final against Rudy Gobert and France live in primetime Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Team USA also looks to avenge its only loss in the Tokyo Olympics. In […]
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Highlights of Day 13 Events The U.S. women’s basketball team, aiming for its seventh consecutive gold medal, face Serbia in the semifinals live at 12:40 a.m. ET/9:40 p.m. PT Thursday on NBC, with the winner advancing to the gold medal game. Primetime track & field finals and semifinals coverage will be presented Thursday at 8 […]
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Highlights of Day 12 Events The U.S. men’s basketball team, aiming for its fourth consecutive gold medal, face Australia in the semifinals live Wednesday evening at 12:15 a.m. ET/9:15 p.m. PT on Peacock, with a berth in the gold medal game on the line. Live track & field action in primetime Wednesday night on NBC […]