This list will be updated regularly as titles are added to and removed from Peacock.
Peacock may not be as prolific as Netflix or as packed with quality programming as Max, but in the years since its 2020 launch, NBCUniversal’s streaming service has carved out a niche as the home of the Olympics, Best Picture winner Oppenheimer, and more. When it comes to television, Peacock’s supply of prestige dramas is a bit limited compared to many of its competitors. But its comedy catalog—featuring great original series like Poker Face and Killing It, along with decades’ worth of classic NBC sitcoms—is second to none, while Bravo and E! keep the platform stocked with some of the most popular reality TV franchises in existence. Here are some highlights. (An asterisk denotes that a title is a Peacock original.)
Best Comedy Series on Peacock
Poker Face*
The best Peacock original to date is this homage to 1970s detective shows created by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne as a wry, big-haired Columbo for our khbrknews. Its first season takes Lyonne’s Charlie Cale—who has an uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying to her—on a solo cross-country road trip, as she flees a bloodthirsty employer in Vegas, pausing to solve murders at Texas barbecue joints, Tennessee race tracks, and on tour with a metal band fronted by Chloë Sevigny. The final episodes take a darker turn, setting up Poker Face, which was renewed for a second season in 2023, for what we can only hope will be a lengthy run.
We Are Lady Parts*
Polite Society filmmaker Nida Manzoor’s raucous British comedy follows five young Muslim women—four musicians and their mysterious, niqab-rocking manager (Lucie Shorthouse’s Momtaz)—who form a punk band called Lady Parts. From brash, independent Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey) to timid Amina (Anjana Vasan), a grad student searching for her…
