EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Lyonne‘s Charlie Cale is back on the case in Season 2 of Peacock‘s Poker Face, which made a promising return to the streamer earlier this month, per preliminary Nielsen data.
Season 2 launched with three new episodes on May 8, boosting the series to become a Top 5 original title across all of streaming, based on minutes viewed for the week of May 5.
Exact data isn’t available just yet, though it will be in a few weeks when Nielsen releases its streaming report for that interval. Deadline also understands that Season 2 of Poker Face is the No. 2 streaming original based on average audience for the week of May 5.
This is a strong start for the sophomore season of Poker Face, which is still debuting new episodes each Thursday. The series is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
As with Season 1, the second installment has a heavy hitting list of guest stars that includes Awkwafina, B.J. Novak, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Cynthia Erivo, Ego Nwodim, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, John Mulaney, Justin Theroux, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Steve Buscemi, and Taylor Schilling.
Poker Face hails from T-Street’s Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman. It marks their first television series and is produced by MRC, along with executive producer and star Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures.
Tony Tost (Damnation, Americana) serves as showrunner and executive producer for Season 2 alongside executive producers Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman.
