What’s new on Peacock for August 2020
- Best New Peacock Originals: Hitmen, Five Bedrooms
- Best New Movies: E.T., Brokeback Mountain, The Graduate, The Big Lebowski
- Best New Shows: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Grace Under Fire, WWE Untold
- Full list of August 2020 movies
- Full list of August 2020 shows
Best new Peacock Originals: August 2020
Hitmen
Misfits Fran (Sue Perkins) and Jamie (Mel Giedroyc) are not typical assassins for hire; having stumbled into a career in contract killing, the hapless duo tries to carry out their latest hits without being derailed by their own incompetence.
Five Bedrooms
Five singles purchase a house together and soon face the challenges of
forming a makeshift family from all walks of life with only one thing in
common—the house they find themselves moving into.
Best new movies on Peacock: August 2020
E.T.
Certainly, you know this story. A gentle alien is stranded on Earth, and a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) discovers and befriends him. Elliott introduces E.T., as they name him to the rest of his Californian suburban family. This includes his brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and his little sister Gertie (played by a young Drew Barrymore). The children try to keep his existence a secret, but soon,E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both boy and alien.
Brokeback Mountain
In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider (Anne Hathaway). Yet, the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years in this groundbreaking film for its time.
The Graduate
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just finished college and, back at his parents' house, he's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected diversion crops up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun tryst turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from, her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
The Big Lebowski
From the minds of Joel and Ethan Coen, this 1998 crime comedy stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker, and avid bowler. When The Dude is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, he learns that a millionaire (also named Jeffrey Lebowski) was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is later kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release. The plan, however, goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money.
Best new shows on Peacock: August 2020
3rd Rock from the Sun
Four extraterrestrials on an expedition to Earth, the third planet from the Sun (which they consider to be a very insignificant planet) pose as a human family to observe the behavior of human beings. The series stars John Lithgow as expedition leader and so-called "human" Dr. Dick Solomon, Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon, French Stewart as Harry Solomon, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy Solomon.
Grace Under Fire
Comedian Grace Butler stars as Grace Kelly, a single mother and recovering alcoholic. After divorcing her abusive alcoholic husband of eight years, Grace attempts to start life anew, while learning how to cope with raising her three children alone and preventing them from making the same mistakes she did.
WWE Untold
From backstage controversies to mysterious deaths and unsolved homicides, this series explores the darkest stories from the golden age of professional wrestling, and tries to find truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality.
August 2020 new movies on Peacock
Available August 1
- The Big Lebowski
- The Bourne Identity
- Brokeback Mountain
- Deer Hunter
- Dolphin Tale
- E.T.
- The Graduate
- Little Fockers
- Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
- Snakes on a Plane
August 2020 new shows on Peacock
Available August 6
- Hitmen (series premiere)
Available August 13
- Five Bedrooms (series premiere)
Available August 15
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Grace Under Fire
- WWE Untold
Available August 20
- Where’s Waldo (new episodes)
Available August 28
- Jay Leno’s Garage (new episodes)
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