The Traitors: New Blood Sets Sept. 17 Premiere With 22 Civilians Chasing $250,000
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Updated · TheWrap · Aug 17
The Traitors: New Blood Sets Sept. 17 Premiere With 22 Civilians Chasing $250,000
3 articles · Updated · TheWrap · Aug 17
Summary
NBC’s new trailer shows 22 ordinary Americans entering “The Traitors: New Blood,” an all-civilian edition built around players unknown to one another and viewers.
Sept. 17 marks the launch with a two-hour premiere airing the first two episodes from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT, followed by two more episodes on Sept. 24 and then weekly Thursday installments.
Alan Cumming and contestants frame that anonymity as the season’s edge, with the trailer emphasizing freer deception because no one arrives with a public persona or celebrity baggage.
80,000 hopeful applicants were narrowed to a cast whose jobs range from astrophysicist to funeral director, all competing for a prize fund worth up to $250,000.
The format shifts away from the celebrity casting that helped make Peacock’s “The Traitors” a breakout, while next-day Peacock streaming keeps NBC’s new version tied to the franchise’s broader audience.