Peacock has renewed its hit comedy series, The ‘Burbs, which stars Keke Palmer, for a second season.
The series, also starring Jack Whitehall, per Peacock, “has generated more than 1.7 billion viewing minutes on platform since its Feb. 8 launch” and “ranked as a top 10 streaming original season for four consecutive weeks based on Nielsen minutes viewed data.” It is also the No. 1 Peacock scripted season of all-time.
“We’re so thrilled that audiences loved season one of ‘The ‘Burbs,’ and are going to get to spend more time in Hinkley Hills with Keke and the rest of this incredible cast,” said Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Content, NBC & Peacock, in a statement. “A huge congratulations to all of the writers, producers and crew who updated the beloved original film and made something funny, warm and highly contemporary.”
Who else stars in the series, and what is it about?
Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar also starred in the series, which is a series reboot of the film of the same name and “follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home. Their world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.”
The series was created by Celeste Hugley. Executive producers are Palmer, writer Rachel Shukert, and Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins and Aimee Carlson for Fuzzy Door, as well as Brian Grazer, Kristen Zolner and Natalie Berkus for Imagine Entertainment.