I still have Peacock because it's where I watch SNL and because I can't quit Law & Order (dun dun), both NBC shows. But unless you're a Real Housewives/Bravo person or need Sunday Night Football, it's a sad state of affairs on the streamer. Their current lineup of originals is more anemic than Tubi or the Roku Channel. They had Twisted Metal over the summer, dropped all ten episodes of The Paper in September, and now have only three Peacock original series left for the rest of the year.
None of the three look particularly interesting, even All Her Fault, despite its stacked cast: Sarah Snook, Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy, Abby Elliott, Michael Peña, and the insanely handsome Jay Ellis. How could a show with that cast look this bad? MAYBE YOU'RE THE REASON MILO WENT MISSING.
That's Peacock's lone original for November. Its October release drops tomorrow, and I've seen zero press about it. It's a John Wayne Gacy series starring Michael Chernus, and I really hope it's better than the trailer suggests. The fact that it has zero reviews the day before release does not bode well.
Finally, their December release is a Simu Liu series, The Copenhagen Test, about a first-generation analyst who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving someone access to his senses. It also stars Melissa Barrera. Despite being a streaming original, it's being promoted like a generic NBC procedural. Yikes.
That's it, which is probably why they're offering a full year of ad-supported Peacock for $30, or $2.50 a month. That's a full year of Peacock for less than two months of Netflix. The question is: Is it worth it? (Probably, yes.)