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‘Apples Never Fall’ Showrunner Details How She Put ‘Big Little Lies’ To The Back Of Her Mind When Adapting Peacock Thriller & Why Annette Bening’s Performance Gives Her “Goosebumps” – Series Mania – Deadline

  1. ‘Apples Never Fall’ Showrunner Details How She Put ‘Big Little Lies’ To The Back Of Her Mind When Adapting Peacock Thriller & Why Annette Bening’s Performance Gives Her “Goosebumps” – Series Mania Deadline
  2. ‘Apples Never Fall’ Is the Latest Example of a Bigger Problem: A-List Emmy-Bait Rolling Stone
  3. Binge-worthy ‘Apples Never Fall’ unmasks a family rotting at the core The Boston Globe
  4. Annette Bening on Following Up ‘Nyad’ with ‘Apples Never Fall’: “I Wanted a Land Kind of Acting Job” Hollywood Reporter
  5. ‘Apples Never Fall’ Review: Annette Bening’s Mystery Taps Juicy Twists IndieWire

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Travis Kelce’s Dad Calls Out Bethenny Frankel for Saying His Son Is Too Much of a ‘Peacock’ for Taylor Swift – Billboard

  1. Travis Kelce’s Dad Calls Out Bethenny Frankel for Saying His Son Is Too Much of a ‘Peacock’ for Taylor Swift Billboard
  2. Ed Kelce Calls Out ‘Troll’ Bethenny Frankel Over ‘Peacock’ Comments About Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift PEOPLE
  3. Travis Kelce’s dad blasts ‘troll’ Bethenny Frankel over latest Taylor Swift remarks Fox News
  4. Bethenny Frankel claps back at Travis Kelce’s dad following ‘troll’ diss: ‘Amazing clickbait’ Page Six
  5. Ed Kelce Defends Son Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift Against ‘Troll’ Bethenny Frankel, Reality Star Hits Back Just Jared

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PENN STATE HOSTS WEST VIRGINIA ON DEBUT OF BIG TEN SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 2 ON NBC & PEACOCK, KICKING OFF NBC SPORTS’ LANDMARK BIG TEN PACKAGE – NBC Sports Pressbox

  1. PENN STATE HOSTS WEST VIRGINIA ON DEBUT OF BIG TEN SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 2 ON NBC & PEACOCK, KICKING OFF NBC SPORTS’ LANDMARK BIG TEN PACKAGE NBC Sports Pressbox
  2. 2023 Big Ten on CBS schedule, TV times: Ohio State kicks off season, Michigan and Penn State featured CBS Sports
  3. Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX and NBC Announce Early-Season Schedules Big Ten Conference
  4. Michigan football opens 2023 season exclusively on Peacock Network Detroit Free Press
  5. NBC mocked for Charlotte vs Maryland Big Ten football primetime matchup Awful Announcing
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Blumhouse’s ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Going Day & Date Theatrical & Peacock – Deadline

  1. Blumhouse’s ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Going Day & Date Theatrical & Peacock Deadline
  2. ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Debut Simultaneously in Theaters and on Peacock in October Variety
  3. Blumhouse’s ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Gets Simultaneous October Release in Theaters and on Peacock Yahoo Entertainment
  4. ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Movie Sets Halloween Release! Bloody Disgusting
  5. Blumhouse’s Five Nights At Freddy’s Getting Same Day Theater And Peacock Release This Fall /Film
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Debut Simultaneously in Theaters and on Peacock in October – Variety

  1. ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ to Debut Simultaneously in Theaters and on Peacock in October Variety
  2. Blumhouse’s ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Going Day & Date Theatrical & Peacock Deadline
  3. Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie Reveals Release Date, and It’s Sooner Than You Think ComicBook.com
  4. Blumhouse’s ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Gets Simultaneous October Release in Theaters and on Peacock Yahoo Entertainment
  5. The Five Nights At Freddy’s film finally debuts this Halloween – Film Stories Film Stories
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Andy Cohen Previews ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion Calling It “A Real Reckoning” & Teases Peacock Will Be Releasing Extended Versions Of Interviews – Deadline

  1. Andy Cohen Previews ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion Calling It “A Real Reckoning” & Teases Peacock Will Be Releasing Extended Versions Of Interviews Deadline
  2. Andy Cohen Shares Juicy Details About Tom Sandoval & Raquel Leviss’ VPR Reunion “Reckoning” Yahoo Entertainment
  3. ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion Got AGGRESSIVE, Andy Cohen Says Access Hollywood
  4. ‘Vanderpump Rules’: Lala Kent Reveals the Season 10 Reunion Became ‘Explosive in Seconds’ While Filming Showbiz Cheat Sheet
  5. Ariana Madix Wears the Ultimate Skin-Baring Revenge Dress for ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion Yahoo Entertainment
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Peacock has removed its free membership tier for new customers

NBCUniversal will no longer be offering a free membership tier for new customers subscribing to its Peacock streaming service. As of January 30th, new Peacock customers will now need to subscribe to the Premium plan ($4.99 / month) with ads or Premium Plus ($9.99 / month) without ads to access content on the platform, as first reported by The Streamable.

A great deal of marketing for Peacock’s streaming debut in 2020 focused on the free membership tier, even introducing the service alongside the tagline “free as a bird.” The free membership was supported by ads and gave users access to a limited selection of Peacock content. Existing users will continue to have access to the free tier of Peacock, as will Premium Peacock subscribers who want to step down from their current paid membership.

Peacock is still operating at a loss despite recently surpassing 20 million paid subscribers

The Streamable reports an NBCUniversal source (delivering a message similar to an NBCUniversal spokesperson reached by Variety) said that the membership change would allow Peacock to better focus on its Premium membership offerings, which the company feels is the best way for customers to experience the service.

Peacock has managed to increase its total paid subscribers to 20 million, up from 9 million subscribers the previous year, likely due to broadcasting Premier League soccer matches alongside the success of original shows like Dr. Death, Bel-Air, and the first four seasons of Yellowstone — all of which require a Premium membership to watch in full. The sudden popularity of Peacock’s latest original series Poker Face is also likely to drive additional paid subscribers to the platform.

Disclosure: Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, is also an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.

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Body Language Experts Break Down Casey Anthony’s Behavior in New Peacock Docu-Series ‘Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies’

Eleven years after the monumental Florida vs. Casey Anthony trial captivated the world, Casey Anthony, the woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony, speaks out for the first time after her acquittal. Casey teams up with producers Tamra Simmons and Ebony Porter-Ike, to speak out for the first time in Peacock‘s new true-crime documentary series Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies.

Casey isn’t known for being truthful, as she admitted to lying to investigators while they were trying to track down Caylee. So naturally, audiences are skeptical of her stories. Here’s what the body language experts had to say about Casey’s testimony.

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Casey Anthony’s bombshell allegations

In the new Peacock docuseries, Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies, Casey finally reveals her version of the last time she saw her daughter, Caylee. She claims that after going to lie down with Caylee one morning, she woke to her father, George Anthony, shaking her and asking her where she went. After searching the house, Casey alleges that her father found her 2-year-old daughter “soaking wet” and lifeless in his arms.

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Casey then alleges that her father held Caylee hostage for the 31 days she was supposedly missing and told her that her daughter was alive. She claims that her father told her what to do, how to act, and what to say, and he would keep Caylee safe.

Casey’s story doesn’t match her defense team’s winning story about Caylee falling in the pool and drowning. How truthful is Casey in this documentary? Three body language experts reveal why so many viewers don’t believe Casey’s story.

Casey Anthony’s facial expressions show she’s being ‘deceptive’

Jury consultant on the trial and human behavior expert Susan Constantine breaks down Casey’s facial expressions during her testimony.

“There is an enormous amount of anger, scorn, contempt. Disgust was the big one,” Constantine says to CourtTV. “When you see the nose crunching up like that. That triad of emotion is often linked to deception.” Check out the full video below:

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Casey Anthony’s word choice is suspicious

Statement analysis expert Lutenent Robert Schaffer analyses the words Casey chose for her statement on the Peacock series. He explains that how a person puts together a story tells a lot about whether they’re being truthful or deceptive.

Schaffer noticed that in the story Casey gives, she’s focusing on her emotions rather than providing a factual account of the events.

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Casey Anthony’s voice stress analysis also indicates lying

Voice stress analysis expert Jerry Karate ran Casey’s testimony through the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer program (also used in the U.S. military) picks up on voice stress caused by “conflict in the brain,” which happens when people are lying.

According to the Voice Stress Analysis (VSA) of Casey’s story, there was conflict “through most of her testimony she gave during her documentary.”

In conclusion, based on the expert’s analysis of Casey’s facial expressions, word choice, and voice stress, she was being deceptive in her documentary. They believed around 70% to 80% of what she said was a lie.

It seems the Peacock true crime documentary only brought more questions than answers.

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RELATED: 3 Bombshell Allegations From Casey Anthony During New Peacock Docu-Series ‘Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies’

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Casey Anthony makes bombshell claims about daughter’s death in new Peacock docuseries

It’s been more than a decade since Casey Anthony’s name dominated headlines around the country. Now, she is finally speaking out in her first on-camera interview since she was famously acquitted in 2011 of charges of murder, manslaughter and child abuse following the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

“Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies,” a three-part limited docuseries, premiered Nov. 29 on Peacock. Peacock is owned by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.

In the series, Anthony maintains some of the same claims her legal team made in her defense all those years ago — including that she was sexually abused by her father, George Anthony, and that he lied to cover up Caylee’s death. George Anthony previously denied both of those claims in court.

Caylee was last seen on June 16, 2008, investigators have said. Cindy Anthony, Caylee’s grandmother, reported the child missing on July 15, 2008 — 31 days later. The next day, police arrested Casey Anthony on child neglect charges. At the time, she told investigators the toddler had been taken by a babysitter.

Six months later, Caylee’s skeletal remains were found less than a mile away from her grandparents’ Orlando home.

In her bombshell interview with Alexandra Dean, showrunner and director, Casey Anthony makes several other revelations.

She lied to investigators

Anthony was eventually convicted of four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators who were looking into her child’s 2008 disappearance.

She incorrectly told investigators her daughter had disappeared with a babysitter, whom she later said did not exist, and said that she worked at Universal Studios in Orlando when she did not.

“It was the right guilty verdict. I did lie to law enforcement, I admitted that I lied to law enforcement, so I am a convicted liar. It’s the truth,” she said in the new series.

In an attempt to explain why she had lied, Anthony said it stemmed from being abused as a child and still following her father’s instructions — even after seeing her daughter’s limp body.

“I lied to everyone because that was my whole life up until that point,” she said in the series. “Acting like everything’s OK but knowing nothing was OK. I’ve had years of therapy and I’m trying to analyze my own behavior and explain my own behavior, all of this is a reaction of trauma.”

Casey Anthony in a black t-shirt looks slightly off camera in front of an ipad. she’s gesturing with her left hand, palm upwards. (Peacock / NBC Universal)

“I made myself look crazy. And gave law enforcement absolutely no reason to believe or trust anything that I said,” she continued.

“I get why from an outside perspective all of this seems so …” she trailed off. “Because even for me, it still feels that way. As far as I am concerned, there’s no justifying my actions or behavior, except to say that I was doing what I was conditioned to do.”

She alleges she was abused by her father

In the documentary, Anthony reiterated her previous allegations that her father abused her between the ages of 8 and 12, which her father denied.

“When I was 8 years old, my father started to come into my room at night,” she said. “I was physically hurt, scared because I was physically hurt and I ‘can’t tell mommy what happened (or) she’ll get mad at me.’ That’s what I was told.”

George Anthony declined to be interviewed for the Peacock series. He did not respond to multiple requests for comment by TODAY.com.

She alleges Caylee was a product of rape when she was 18

In the documentary, Anthony said her family also asked her to hide that she was pregnant at the age of 18.

She said she was raped at a house party after being drugged.

“(I) had a couple beers, completely lost my memory because I was drugged,” she said. “I woke up with my top on, my jeans on the floor with my underwear, and my bra still inside of my shirt but up over my breasts.”

She added she was “lethargic” and “extremely disoriented” from the drugs and “could feel like (she’d) had forcible sex.”

She said she initially claimed the baby was her ex-boyfriend’s but he eventually got a paternity test and discovered he wasn’t the father.

“I lied to everyone,” she said. “That’s what i’m saying, it’s so f—-d up, it’s just years of feeling like I needed to live a certain life or show people I lived a certain life, because I didn’t want people to pity me and I didn’t want my kid to grow up thinking she was the product of something so bad and that I didn’t want her.”

What she remembers about that fateful morning: ‘It’s not much’

Anthony recounted the morning her daughter likely died for the cameras. She said that morning she woke up to make her daughter breakfast but “wasn’t feeling that great.” She went back to bed, turned on the TV and Caylee laid in bed with her.

“I’ve been a light sleeper my entire life,” she said in the documentary. “Because I’m used to someone opening the door while I’m asleep. I am used to being on alert, especially with my child next to me. It’s part of the reason she slept in bed with me so much.”

She said she knew her dad was home but she fell asleep and “was asleep for a while.”

The next thing she remembers, she said, is her father shaking her, asking where Caylee was. She said it “didn’t make sense” to her because she thought her toddler had been next to her in the bed.

Anthony added that her daughter “would never even leave my room without telling me, even if she had to go to the bathroom.”

“She knew she wasn’t allowed to just be in the house by herself,” she said.

Anthony said she started searching around the house and then in the yard for her daughter. By the time she came back from searching outside around the house, she said, her dad was “standing there with her.”

“She’s soaking wet,” she said, tearfully. “I can see him standing there with her in his arms and handing her to me and telling me that it’s my fault. That I did that. That I caused that.”

She said she “collapsed” with Caylee’s body in her arms, which felt “heavy” and “cold.”

Instead of calling 911 or trying to revive Caylee, Anthony said her father took Caylee and told her it was “going to be OK.”

“I don’t know how long I sat outside, I don’t know where he went, he took her from me and he went away,” she said. “I don’t know where he went and I don’t know what he did.”

A close shot of Anthony’s face, she looks emotional but not crying, her lips pursed. her long brown hair is straight and falls past her shoulders, framing her face. (Peacock / Peacock)

Why she didn’t call 911

Anthony said she understands people will question why she didn’t call 911 or waited to tell her mom.

“I know people are going to question why didn’t I make a phone call, why didn’t I call 911, why did even I wait to tell my mom anything, but I didn’t tell her anything, why lie?” she said. “Knowing that I failed to protect my child and I kept failing her even after that. I failed her again and again and again. Because I still protected the person who hurt me.

“It was like I was brainwashed. And it wasn’t until much later that I started to really realize why,” she said. “It’s like I had Stockholm syndrome.”

Casey Anthony (Josh Repogle / AP)

Anthony believed her daughter was OK until her body was found

“During the 31 days, I genuinely believed that Caylee was still alive. My father kept telling me that Caylee was still OK,” she recounted in the new docuseries. “There were no threats, I just knew that I had to do what he wanted me to, the same reason I knew that since the time I was 8 years old. Just do what he wants, it worked before, do it now. I did what I needed to do to survive.”

She added that her father would tell her Caylee was “fine” and to just “keep doing what I’m telling you to do … You guys will be reunited soon. That’s what sticks with me — he told me at one point we would be reunited soon.”

Anthony said that she was “conditioned” by her father and wanted to believe her daughter was alive.

“I really wanted to believe him, and maybe that’s the disassociation. Maybe that’s trying to protect myself from the pain of having known deep down, all along, that something happened and I didn’t want to confront it,” she said. “I wish it were a simple answer and a simple explanation but nothing about trauma or abuse is ever simple because you’re just trying to survive.

“That whole time he told me she was going to be OK. It’s what I chose to accept, because there was that little girl inside of me that wanted to believe he wouldn’t hurt her the way he hurt me.”

Anthony says she still doesn’t know ‘what the truth is’

Anthony never outright said in the new Peacock series what she thinks happened that morning and directly says that she doesn’t “know what the truth is.”

“It’s why all of this is so hard. I live with that guilt of feeling like I failed her and didn’t keep her safe and protect her. I’ve always wanted the truth because I’ve lived so long without it,” she said. “But I don’t know if I can handle all of it. I don’t know if it would be better to know or just keep not knowing. Because I don’t know what the truth is. All I know is that something happened.”

What’s next?

In the years since her trial, Anthony has been working for her defense lawyer, Pat McKenna. She also said in the docuseries that she lived at his home with his family following her trial as she got back on her feet.

Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies – Season:1 (Peacock / NBC Universal)

She said she will always wonder what could have been if she handled her daughter’s death differently.

“It’s a hard thing to live with everyday, because nothing’s going to bring her back,” she said, emotional. “Even if I someday get the answers that I need, it’s never going to be enough. It’s never going to be enough.”

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Friday the 13th Prequel Series Crystal Lake in the Works at Peacock – The Hollywood Reporter

Happy campers? More like dying campers.

Just in time for Halloween, Peacock has announced that it has gone straight to series on Crystal Lake, a prequel drama based on the hit horror movie franchise Friday the 13th.

Bryan Fuller, the prolific television creator behind such shows as American Gods and Star Trek: Discovery, will write, showrun and executive produce the series, which will be produced by A24, the studio known for buzzy movies such as Everything Everywhere All at Once and this year’s horror one-two punch, X and Pearl.

Friday the 13th is the horror franchise that launched in 1980 and gave the world Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked slasher who mostly kills in and around the verdant and idyllic grounds of Camp Crystal Lake (except for the rare jaunt to New York or outer space).

The movies birthed a TV series once before, as well as novels, video games and a host of merchandise as the franchise became part of pop culture.

The IP also got tangled in complex rights deals as it moved from Paramount to New Line and became caught in a years-long copyright dispute between the original movie’s director-producer Sean S. Cunningham and original screenwriter Victor Miller.

In May, Miller emerged victorious, giving him control over the script and original characters but not over the Friday the 13th title nor the concept of an adult Jason or even the hockey mask, which was only introduced in the third movie.

Miller; Marc Toberoff, the copyright attorney who repped Miller in the case; and Rob Barsamian serve as executive producers on the Peacock show, which is being described as a drama and may be likened to Bates Motel, the A&E series that ran from 2013 to 2017 and served as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic, Psycho.

Barsamian is the current holder of the rights not in Miller’s briefcase, including the title and the mask. That points to the two parties now working together on this project and that those elements could potentially show up at one point.

“I discovered Friday the 13th in the pages of Famous Monsters magazine when I was 10 years old and I have been thinking about this story ever since,” Fuller said in a statement. “When it comes to horror, A24 raises the bar and pushes the envelope and I’m thrilled to be exploring the campgrounds of Crystal Lake under their banner. And [NBCUniversal’s] Susan Rovner is simply the best at what she does. It’s a pleasure and an honor to be working with her again.”  

For his part, Fuller has had a colorful track record. He is perhaps best known for such critically praised yet ratings-challenged favorites as Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies (on which he worked with Rovner during her tenure at Warner Bros. TV), Dead Like Me and Hannibal. He developed Star Trek: Discovery, American Gods and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and was either let go from or departed all three for a variety of factors. Most recently, he exec produced the docuseries Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror. In keeping with the Halloween spirit, Fuller previously developed The Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane for NBC, which ultimately aired as a special on the network.

Friday the 13th is one of the most iconic horror franchises in movie history and we were dying to revisit this story with our upcoming drama series Crystal Lake,” said Rovner, chairman of entertainment content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “We can’t wait to get to work with Bryan Fuller, a gifted, visionary creator who I’ve had the pleasure of being a longtime friend and collaborator, along with our incredible partners at A24, in this updated version for Peacock that will thrill long-standing fans of the franchise.”

Fuller is repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Lesley Goldberg contributed to this story.

Updated Oct. 31, 4:23 PM clarifying Barsamian’s involvement and rights status.



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