‘Brave New World,’ ‘Psych 2’ & More Peacock Originals Available on Launch Date
If you’re looking for new content to stream this summer, NBC’s Peacock has you covered.
The streaming service has announced its original programming that will be available with the national launch on July 15. Peacock Premium customers will be able to stream the first seasons of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence, and Lost Speedways, the sports documentary In Deep With Ryan Lochte, and Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. Peacock Kids will have new episodes of Curious George and the original DreamWorks Animation series Cleopatra in Space and Where’s Waldo?.
“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content — no matter the genre or format,” Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, Peacock, said. “We’re proud to establish our voice and are excited to build on our strategy to attract a wide audience to Peacock.”
More premiere dates for Peacock Originals and exclusive content will be announced at a later date.
Subscribers will be able to watch Peacock at peacocktv.com or with the app on mobile and connected TV platforms.
Scroll down for a look at and to find out more about the original programming coming on launch date.
Peacock, National Launch Date, July 15
Brave New World
Synopsis: Based on Aldous Huxley’s groundbreaking novel, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself. As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Harry Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Jessica Brown Findlay) embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion. Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage (Alden Ehrenreich), who escapes with them back to New London. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions.
Executive producers: David Wiener, Grant Morrison, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, and Owen Harris (director of the first two episodes)
The Capture
Synopsis: The Capture is a conspiracy thriller that looks at a troubling world of fake news and the extraordinary capabilities of the intelligence services. When soldier Shaun Emery’s (Callum Turner) conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun’s life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again. Detective Inspector Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) is drafted to investigate Shaun’s case, but she quickly learns that the truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective.
Additional cast: Ron Perlman, Famke Janssen, Ben Miles, Laura Haddock, Lia Williams, Sophia Brown, and Paul Ritter
Creator/writer/director: Ben Chanan
Executive producers: David Heyman, Rosie Alison, Tom Winchester, Tom Coan, Ben Irving, and Ben Chanan
Producer: Derek Ritchie
Intelligence
Synopsis: Intelligence is a workplace comedy set in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters — a kind of weedier, geekier, more bureaucratic version of MI5 and MI6, where they tackle international and domestic Cyber Crime from a desktop. When a pompous maverick NSA agent Jerry Bernstein (David Schwimmer) comes over from the U.S. to join the team, he enlists an inept and tactless computer analyst Joseph (Nick Mohammed) in a power grab that threatens to disrupt the team’s ability to combat cyber terrorism.
Creator/writer: Nick Mohammed
Executive producers: Nick Mohammed, Nerys Evans, David Schwimmer, and Morwenna Gordon
Co-executive producer: Tom Hodges
Producer: Charlie Leech
Director: Matt Lipsey
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (Full-Length Film)
Synopsis: Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) is ambushed on the job and left for dead. In a vintage Psych-style Hitchcockian nod, he begins to see impossible happenings around his recovery clinic. Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dulé Hill) return to Lassie’s side in Santa Barbara and are forced to navigate the personal, the professional, and possibly the supernatural. Separated from their new lives in San Francisco, our heroes find themselves unwelcome in their old stomping grounds as they secretly untangle a twisted case without the benefit of the police, their loved ones, or the quality sourdough bakeries of the Bay Area. What they uncover will change the course of their relationships forever.
Writers: Steve Franks, Andy Berman, and James Roday
Executive producers: Steve Franks, Dulé Hill, James Roday, and Chris Henze
Director: Steve Franks
In Deep With Ryan Lochte
Synopsis: At the 2016 Rio Olympics Ryan Lochte was at the center of a scandal that has since overshadowed a decorated swimming career that includes 12 Olympic medals. Now a 35-year-old husband and father of two young children, Lochte is hoping for one more chance to make Team USA and prove he’s not the same man he was four years ago.
Lost Speedways
Synopsis: Created and hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr., this series is an exploratory look at great racing cathedrals of the past. Dale Jr. and co-host Matthew Dillner (Dale Jr. Download) tells the stories of speedways that have been forgotten, abandoned, and overtaken by nature. Racing legends join as guests throughout the series.
Curious George
Synopsis: The animated series targets preschool viewers and follows the adventures of everyone’s favorite monkey and his insatiable curiosity to bring delightful antics, gentle humor and heartfelt emotion to each fun-filled episode. With a focus on education, it incorporates early concepts in math, science, technology and engineering and encourages children to use their imagination and expand their own investigations of the world.
Voice cast: Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, and Rino Romano
Dreamworks Cleopatra in Space
Synopsis: Based on the award-winning graphic novel series by Mike Maihack, Cleopatra in Space is a comedic adventure focusing on the untold story of Cleopatra’s teenage years. Viewers can follow Cleo (Lilimar Hernandez) as she is transported 30,000 years into the future, to an Egyptian-themed planet that is ruled by talking cats and where she discovers she is the prophesied savior of the future world. In order to prepare for her role and mission, Cleo is sent to an elite academy where she has to train to take on the bad guys, figure out how to eventually get herself back home to Egypt, as well as tackling the highs and lows of being a teenager in high school.
Executive producers: Doug Langdale and Scott Kreamer
Dreamworks Where's Waldo?
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Waldo (Joshua Rush) and his best friend Wenda (Haley Tju) are members of the Worldwide Wanderer Society — the international order of curious travelers who circle the globe celebrating cultures and solving problems through observation. Their mentor — Wizard Whitebeard (Thomas Lennon), a seasoned wanderer — sends these inquisitive young adventurers on international travel missions so they can earn their stripes and someday become wizard-level wanderers too. But standing in Waldo and Wenda’s way is their rival Odlulu (Eva Carlton), who can’t help but cause trouble wherever she goes.
Executive producers: F.M. De Marco and John Tellegen
