Peacock has canceled Poker Face after two seasons, but series creator Rian Johnson is looking to take the show to another outlet — and with a new lead actor.
News of the cancellation comes about four months after Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne, concluded its second season. The second season didn’t perform quite as well as the first installment in 2023, based on available ratings data, though it was among Peacock’s most watched original shows and reviews remained heavily positive. It was also a fairly expensive show, however, and not produced in-house at NBCUniversal; Johnson’s T-Street produces the series with independent studio MRC Television.
Johnson and MRC will shop Poker Face to other outlets — but with a twist. Due to schedule conflicts, Lyonne will no longer play the lead role of Charlie Cale, who’s blessed/cursed with the ability to instantly tell if people are lying (she’ll remain an executive producer on the series). As first reported by Deadline, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage has signed on to play Charlie.
Going forward, the idea is to have a new lead actor as Charlie every two seasons — all predicated, obviously, on another outlet picking up the Columbo-inspired crime procedural.
More to come.
