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television20 days ago•17 min saved

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.

via Variety|

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entertainment20 days ago•3 min saved

Peacock renews Garner-led Five Star Weekend for Season 2 after record viewership

Peacock has renewed The Five Star Weekend for a second season, four weeks after Season 1 dropped on July 9. The Jennifer Garner–led drama is touted as Peacock’s most-watched scripted original ever, with 2.1 billion minutes viewed (preliminary Nielsen data). The series, adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s novel, follows Hollis Shaw as she hosts a Nantucket weekend with friends after a devastating loss, exposing cracks in her life. The cast includes D’Arcy Carden, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan, Harlow Jane, and Timothy Olyphant. No Season 2 release date has been announced.

via TVLine|

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television20 days ago•17 min saved

Peacock Renews The Five Star Weekend for Season 2, With Several Leads Potentially Returning

Peacock has renewed The Five Star Weekend for a second season, marking it as the streamer’s top scripted series by reach (about 2.1 billion minutes since its July premiere). Although initially billed as a limited series, success keeps the door open for Season 2 with options on Jennifer Garner, D’Arcy Carden, Regina Hall, and Chloë Sevigny to return; Gemma Chan is not expected back due to her arc, and there are no deals yet for Harlow Jane or Timothy Olyphant to reprise full-time. Season 2 could continue the Nantucket weekend storyline, with hints the next destination might be Greece, while the show remains adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s novel and produced by Universal Global Television.

via Deadline|

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entertainment1 month ago•140 min saved

Five Star Weekend Ending Skews Forgiveness Toward a Romantic Reset

Vulture argues the Peacock adaptation of The Five Star Weekend rewrites Elin Hilderbrand’s ending to prioritize a neat, male-centered payoff: Hollis’s arc centers on rekindling with Jack, Gigi is sidelined after the affair reveal, and the series shifts away from the novel’s themes of forgiveness and women supporting one another, replacing nuance with easily digestible gratification.

via Vulture|

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entertainment1 month ago•408 min saved

Jennifer Garner: I Won’t Apologize to My Kids for Acting

Jennifer Garner says she won’t apologize to her kids for working as an actress, calling acting a selfish but essential part of life, and explains she balances career with motherhood by prioritizing LA-based projects to avoid uprooting her children while returning to acting in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend, based on Elin Hilderbrand’s novel.

via TODAY.com|

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entertainment1 month ago•29 min saved

Five-Star Weekend Showrunner Teases Deeper Friendships and Future Seasons

Bekah Brunstetter explains how Peacock’s adaptation of Elin Hildebrand’s The Five-Star Weekend expands on the book with deeper female friendships, new arcs for Hollis, and plans for future seasons with a rotating ensemble; Garner’s input shapes the tone and key relationships, including the decision around Gigi’s affair and Hollis’s response. The series adds Brooke’s late-life sexuality exploration, a revised medical arc for Tatum, and Caroline’s grief-driven storyline tied to Hollis. Brunstetter emphasizes not villainizing Gigi, supports nuanced depictions of infidelity, and envisions further seasons in different settings, potentially introducing a new fifth star each year, with Hildebrand involved in future development.

via Variety|

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entertainment1 month ago•134 min saved

Peacock’s Five-Star Weekend: A Snackable, Low-Stakes TV Treat

Peacock’s adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s The Five Star Weekend trims the book’s plots and Nantucket class-conscious detail in favor of a glossy, snackable domestic-drama vibe led by Jennifer Garner, D’Arcy Carden, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, and Chloë Sevigny. It’s entertaining and cozy rather than a mother-thriller or murder mystery, but it sacrifices the novel’s food-writing depth and social nuance for a lighter viewing experience.

via Vulture|

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