Peacock Orders Adult Animated Series In The Know From Mike Judge & Zach Woods

Peacock is charting a brand new course.

The streaming service introduced at present the straight-to-series order of the streamer’s first grownup animated comedy In The Know.

Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, Silicon Valley, King of the Hill), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office), and Brandon Gardner will co-create and government produce.

Judge and Woods will each star.

Alongside Judge, Greg Daniels (The Office) and Dustin Davis government produce for Bandera Entertainment.

The collection comes from studio Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and government producers Bandera Entertainment. 

“Lauren Caspian is NPR’s third most popular host,” the logline reveals. 

“He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me.”

“He’s also a stop motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of an episode of Lauren’s show In the Know, in which Lauren conducts in-depth interviews with real world human guests.”

“Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods,” the logline continues. 

“In the Know will capture the conversations so many of us have in our daily lives in a heightened, hilarious way” stated Lisa Katz, President Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

“We’re excited to be working with the very best in the business in Mike, Greg, Zach and Brandon, and our partners at Universal Television.”

“We’re thrilled to be engaged on this distinctive and creative collection with such an completed group and might’t look forward to audiences to be In the Know,” stated Erin Underhill, President, Universal Television.

Peacock’s growth slate has featured a wide range of totally different comedy initiatives, however getting into the grownup animation house marks a really totally different course for the service.

The service is dwelling to scripted reveals like Bel Air, One of Us Is Lying, A Friend of the Family, Killing It, and a lot extra.

Unscripted choices embody Below Deck Down Under, The Amber Ruffin Show, and Love Island.

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