‘The Traitors’ Gets Shocking Renewal News
What To Know
- Peacock has renewed the Emmy-winning reality show The Traitors for three additional seasons, extending it through Season 8 with Alan Cumming returning as host.
- The show, which features celebrities and a murder-mystery competition format, has seen record ratings with a 72% viewership increase and over 8.1 billion minutes streamed.
- A new civilian edition, The Traitors: New Blood, premieres September 17 on NBC, featuring everyday contestants instead of celebrities.
Get ready for more murder, Faithfuls! The Emmy-winning show The Traitors has been renewed for three more seasons.
Peacock announced on September 16 that, in addition to Season 5, The Traitors will murder three more times, taking the celebrity-filled show up to Season 8.
Following his third consecutive Emmy win for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program, Alan Cumming will return as host and executive producer. The show itself has earned seven Emmy wins.
The Traitors follows celebrities living in a castle in the Scottish Highlands. Most of them are the Faithfuls, whose job it is to sneak out the Traitors, who are typically three to four people among the group.
Along the way, they complete challenges to put money in the prize pot, which can reach $250,000. The Traitors murder one Faithful, and the Faithfuls try to banish a Traitor at the end of the episode.
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At the end of the season, if the Faithfuls think they have gotten all of the Traitors out, and they are right, they split the prize money. However, if even one Traitor slips through the cracks, the Traitor(s) take home the entire prize pot.
Peacock concluded its most recent season of The Traitors with its biggest ratings to-date, as viewership surged +72% over the prior season. Since its January debut, the show has been viewed more than 8.1 billion minutes and ranks as the second streaming original reality series of 2026 to-date by minutes viewed. The only series ahead of it is Love Island USA.
The cast has not yet been announced for Season 5, which is set to air in 2027. However, fans have put out some opinions, and we have some picks of our own.
But fans of the show won’t have to wait too long to see Cumming back on their TVs and Traitors murdering again. The all-new civilian season, The Traitors: New Blood, is set to premiere on Thursday, September 17 on NBC. The concept is the same except there are no celebrities among the cast. It is everyday people, among some influencers, vying for money. Season 1 had half civilians and half celebrities, then switched to all celebrities going forward.
What treachery will they get up to? Which celebrities would you like to see on an upcoming season of The Traitors? Let us know in the comments.
The Traitors, Season 5, TBD 2027, Peacock, all seasons available to stream
The Traitors: New Blood, Thursdays, beginning September 17, 8/7c, NBC
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