Peacock is making a big commitment to The Traitors.
The NBCUniversal-owned streamer has ordered two more seasons of the show, which will take The Traitors through its fifth installment. The pickup comes after season two of the series earned four Emmy nominations — including nods for best reality competition program and outstanding host for a reality show in Alan Cumming — and several months before season three‘s planned premiere in early 2025.
The Traitors earned a good deal of buzz for its format — in which several players are “traitors” who work to eliminate other contestants from the game — and broke out in its second season, becoming the most watched unscripted streaming show in the U.S. for its premiere week in January. It spent five weeks in Nielsen’s ranking of the top 10 original streaming shows.
The season three cast, revealed in June, will feature Vanderpump Rules controversy magnet Tom Sandoval, multi-time Survivor alum Rob Mariano, several Real Housewives, Selling Sunset’s Chrishell Stause and former Bachelorette Gabby Windey, among others.
Cumming will also return as host for seasons four and five. The host told The Hollywood Reporter that he’s playing a character while hosting The Traitors, for which he earned the fifth Emmy nod of his career: “I act my socks off in The Traitors, just like I did on The Good Wife, and it’s this very juicy thing like I do in the theater or would do at the Tonys.”
The Traitors is based on a Dutch format and produced by Studio Lambert, part of All3 Media. Stephen Lambert, Mike Cotton, Sam Rees-Jones, Rosie Franks, Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess and Cumming are the executive producers.
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