[05/20/25 - 10:18 AM] Peacock's "Poker Face" Season 2 Hits Nielsen Top 5 The series' sophomore season also debuted as the #2 streaming original based on average audience in that same week.
[via press release from Peacock]
NEW SEASON 2 RAVE SPOT HERE
POKER FACE S2 PEACOCK MEDIA ALERT:
· Per preliminary Nielsen data, with the launch of its second season, POKER FACE is a top 5 original title across all of streaming based on minutes viewed for the week of May 5.
· The series' sophomore season also debuted as the #2 streaming original based on average audience in that same week.
· Season two premiered on May 8 to rave reviews and quickly became certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% critic score.
· Poker Face is T-Street's two-time Academy Award nominee Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman's first television series and is produced by MRC, along with multiple Emmy nominated executive producer and star Natasha Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures.
· Tony Tost (Damnation, Americana) serves as showrunner and executive producer for Season 2 alongside executive producers Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman.
· Season one premiered on Peacock in January 2023 to critical acclaim. The show's first season received four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne, and garnered Peacock its first Emmy win for Judith Light's Outstanding guest actress performance in a comedy series.
ABOUT POKER FACE S2:
New episodes stream Thursdays on Peacock
Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne's Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but solve.
· Creator / Writer / Director / Executive Producer: Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
· Executive Producer / Writer / Director / Star: Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll)
· Showrunner / Executive Producer: Tony Tost (Damnation, Americana)
· Executive Producer / Director (EP 206, 207): Adam Arkin
· Guest Stars: Adrienne C. Moore, Alia Shawkat, Awkwafina, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak, Callum Vinson, Carol Kane, Cliff "Method Man" Smith, Corey Hawkins, Cynthia Erivo, David Alan Grier, David Krumholtz, Davionte "GaTa" Ganter, Ego Nwodim, Eva Jade Halford, Gaby Hoffmann, Geraldine Viswanathan, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, Jasmine Guy, John Cho, John Mulaney, Justin Theroux, Kathrine Narducci, Katie Holmes, Kevin Corrigan, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Leggero, Patti Harrison, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Sherry Cola, Shiloh Fernandez, Simon Helberg, Simon Rex, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Schilling
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