Erik Gruenwedel

October 13, 2026

Peacock Oct. 13 announced the greenlight of new survival reality series “Assassins,” from B17 Entertainment, a part of Sony Pictures Television, and executive produced by Scarlett Johansson, Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner.

This marks the first time the Oscar-nominated actress is executive producing a reality television series.

In the show, a group of players compete in a game of cunning strategy and wit where each player is assigned a target — one person they must eliminate before the season is out. But in this game, every hunter is also the hunted, and no one is ever safe. With shifting alliances and deception, only the most calculating player will survive to win it all.

The storyline relies on deception, changing alliances, instead of physical strength, which is similar to Peacock’s massive Emmy-winning hit “The Traitors.”