Peacock’s treacherous award-winning series hits broadcast television for the first time.
NBC announced Thursday morning that a civilian-led season of Peacock’s The Traitors will premiere on the network mid-September with a two-hour supersized premiere event.
In this brand-new iteration of The Traitors for NBC, Emmy-winning host Alan Cumming is opening the doors of his now infamous castle in the Scottish Highlands to everyday Americans. From among them he will choose who will play as Traitors and who must survive as Faithful.
The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological adventure in which treachery and deceit are the name of the game. Set at an ancient castle deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden amongst the Faithful are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.
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Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game. If at the end of the game the remaining Faithful contestants have banished all the Traitors, they share the prize fund, but if a Traitor (or Traitors) is still among them, they win all the money.
The first two episodes of NBC’s new all-civilian version of The Traitors, deemed The Traitors: New Blood for the upcoming season, will debut Thursday, September 17 in a special two-hour extended premiere. New episodes of The Traitors: New Blood will continue to air Thursdays at 8:00 PM ET/PT on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock.
Click here to watch the host Alan Cumming make the announcement.
