Peacock Bets Big on The Five Star Weekend with Season 2 Pick-Up

Peacock renewed The Five Star Weekend for a second season, cementing it as Peacock’s most-watched scripted series with 2.1 billion minutes viewed since its July premiere. Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s novel, the show stars Jennifer Garner as Hollis Shaw, who hosts a Nantucket weekend with friends after her husband’s death, revealing cracks in their lives as secrets emerge; the ensemble includes D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, Chloe Sevigny, and Timothy Olyphant, with creator Bekah Brunstetter hinting at expanding beyond the original limited-run premise in future seasons.