HBO could pick up canceled Peacock series ‘Poker Face’
HBO could pick up canceled Peacock series ‘Poker Face’
HBO has emerged as one potential landing spot for the series, which would see star Natasha Lyonne replaced if it does get a third season.
Peacock is facing its subscribers with a hard truth indeed. As first reported by Deadline, Peacock has canceled its popular crime mystery series “Poker Face,” which will end after two seasons on the streaming service. There is some hope that the show will return, however, as new reporting indicates it’s being shopped to other platforms.
Key Details:
- So long, Charlie: “Poker Face” has been canceled after two seasons on Peacock.
- Not dead yet?: The show is being shopped to HBO and other outlets.
- Star swap: With Natasha Lyonne exiting the series, creator Rian Johnson wants Peter Dinklage to replace her.
Deadline reports that the “Poker Face” production team, including series creator Rian Johnson, has been shopping the series to other broadcasters for a few days. At a 2026 programming presentation for [HBP Max], the streamer’s CEO, Casey Bloys, hinted to The Hollywood Reporter that his platform could rescue the series.
“We heard the original [pitch for the show], and when I heard that Peacock wasn’t moving forward, we were curious,” Bloys said. “So we’ve had conversations, but I don’t know which way it’ll go. But I think Rian is a fantastic filmmaker, and I love the idea of Peter Dinklage, but I have nothing to report on that.”
As alluded to by Bloys, Johnson would make one huge change to the series if it were picked up for a third season. Peter Dinklage is slated to step in as the truth-detecting sleuth Charlie Cale, as the current occupier of that role, Natasha Lyonne, is no longer slated to appear in the show — though she will continue as an executive producer.
If Johnson’s scheme comes to fruition, it could start a trend in which the show recasts its lead role every two seasons. The series follows the Cale character as she travels around the United States, using her innate ability to detect when someone is telling a lie to help the people she comes across along the way.
The show was a hit with fans, but apparently didn’t garner enough viewership to earn a third season at Peacock. Another outlet may pick up the series, however, and if they do, its production team has ambitious ideas about how to keep “Poker Face” fresh in the years to come.
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