Just as Rian Johnson climbed atop the Netflix most-watched charts with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story,” now the filmmaker has created another wildly popular project for a different streamer. Variety reports that “Poker Face” opened at No. 3 on Nielsen’s Streaming Original Series Top 10 chart. It’s the streamer’s highest-ranking original series, as well as its first original comedy to make the cut. The record for Peacock’s biggest series debut was previously held by “Bel-Air.”
The crime-of-the-week format is a winning TV staple, as seen in series like “Magnum P.I.” and the aforementioned “Columbo,” and Lyonne’s gravelly-voiced human lie detector magnetically carries all 10 episodes. The exceptional ensemble cast that varies from episode to episode — and includes Ron Perlman, Benjamin Bratt, Ellen Barkin, and more — doesn’t hurt, either.
The popularity of “Poker Face” couldn’t come at a better time for Peacock, which, despite gaining over 20 million subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2022, is still losing billions of dollars. Hopefully, the upcoming “Poker Face” Season 2 will turn things around for the scrappy streaming wars underdogs.
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