The Traitors: New Blood Brings 22 New Faces to NBC
The Traitors: New Blood premieres Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Twenty-two strangers will compete. No celebrities are in the mix.
The launch is organised as a double bill, meaning two episodes air back to back on premiere night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The prize is up to $250,000. That is the headline for anyone new to the programme.
The schedule favours broadcast, meaning the show airs first on traditional TV. NBC will air two episodes on 24 September, then move to one episode each Thursday at 8 p.m. ET/PT from 8 October. The pattern gives viewers four episodes in the first eight days.
Streamers wait a day. New episodes land on Peacock on Fridays, on a one-day delay. This is the first season not to air exclusively on Peacock, after earlier seasons lived on the streaming service.
Alan Cumming hosts the civilian season. The setting is Scotland, with filming at Ardross Castle, as reported by DirecTV. Missions take place in the Scottish Highlands. The castle and the landscape are now familiar parts of the format.
The cast is all civilian. NBC and Peacock describe the 22 players as American contestants chosen from more than 80,000 applicants. No reality stars were cast. Everyone starts unknown to the audience.
There is more to come beyond this run. Peacock has ordered three more seasons of The Traitors, according to Peacock. That order covers the wider franchise. It keeps the production crew in work and keeps the story open for new players.
For fans, this means a simple choice. Watch live on NBC on Thursday nights, or catch up on Peacock from Friday. Either way, the game starts with strangers.
