Based On a True Story: Kaley Cuoco Is Obsessed With True-Crime Podcasts in Peacock Series Trailer — Watch
What do a realtor, tennis player and plumber have in common? They’re all obsessed with murder, of course.
On Monday, Peacock unveiled a trailer for its upcoming series Based On a True Story starring Kaley Cuoco, which will premiere with all eight episodes on Thursday, June 8.
The dark comedic thriller from executive producers Craig Rosenberg (The Boys) and Jason Bateman (Ozark) follows “a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime,” according to the official logline.
Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) stars as Ava Bartlett, alongside Chris Messina (The Mindy Project) and Tom Bateman (Behind Her Eyes), who play Nathan Bartlett and Matt Pierce, respectively. The cast also includes Liana Liberato (Light as a Feather) as Tory, Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) as Chloe and Priscilla Quintana (Good Trouble) as Ruby.
“Over the last decade, a true crime phenomenon has swept over America,” Rosenberg, who also serves as showrunner, creator and writer, said about his inspiration for the series in April. “Podcasts, documentaries, fictional shows based on true stories – they dominate the culture. Murderers have become celebrities and celebrities have become murderers which inspired me to create this show.”
He added: “I became fascinated with the idea of a relatable married couple whose youthful dreams hadn’t come to fruition and who saw the true crime tidal wave as an opportunity to change their lives and save their marriage. Our Los Angeles setting – the city where everybody wants to be famous – became a vivid backdrop to our story of fame, ambition, aspiration and murder.”
After watching the trailer above, scroll through the photos below and hit the comments to let us know if you’ll be watching Based On a True Story.
Although this looks interesting, I’m getting tired of the world of podcasts. Also, how is this not going to draw parallels with Only Murders in the Buildinb?
So…a only murders in the building knockoff then…🤯
I’m tired of podcasts and I have a big problem with the true crime genre. I loathe it. It really needs to go.
You admit it is YOUR problem, yet you want to air out your problems in a public venue like this? Weird.
Only Murders in the Building with the D Team?
So it’s a west coast set Only Murders in the Building. I love OMITB and Kaley so I’ll give it a shot. Trailer looks good.
Are all eight episodes definitely available on June 8? Because Peacock has been using the one-per-week schedule for several of its recent original series.
“Based on a True Story premieres with all eight episodes on June 8, 2023, only on Peacock.” –Super-official Peacock press release
There’s already been Only Murders in the Building and The Resort, which was on Peacock.
I’d watch it, cause I watched all of the supernatural shows, now I want to see this, just let me know when it comes on so I can.
Definitely would watch this, I try so hard to like only murders in the building for the wonderful Steve Martin and martin short but the main character of Mabel is so unlikable that it’s a struggle to watch so I’m happy for a new show with a similar premise.
I love Chris Messina so if I watch this is because of him and only him.
Cuoco is on another murder mystery again. After done with her flight attendant, she decided to become a housewife solving the mystery through her podcast. I hope this will live up as good as Poker Face, Mrs. Davis and the Resort.
Big fan of true crime and podcasts so definitely will be watching