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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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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•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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television1 year ago•1 min saved

Gemma Chan, D’Arcy Carden, Chloë Sevigny, and Regina Hall Join Peacock’s ‘The Five-Star Weekend’

Gemma Chan has joined the cast of the Peacock series 'Five-Star Weekend,' based on Elin Hilderbrand's novel, where she will play Gigi Ling alongside Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, and Chloë Sevigny. The series follows a food influencer's journey through grief and self-discovery during a weekend at Nantucket with friends. Chan is known for roles in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' 'Captain Marvel,' and 'Eternals.'

via Variety|

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