RJ Cyler Moves Up to Series Regular as The 'Burbs Adds Stars for Season 2
RJ Cyler has been promoted to series regular for the second season of Peacock's comedy The 'Burbs, Variety reported. A series regular is a main cast member who appears across the whole season, rather than a guest.
Cyler plays Langston in the show. He is joined in the new season by three recurring guest stars, meaning actors who return for several episodes without being part of the main cast. Daniel Ezra, Retta and Vincent Kartheiser will all take those roles.
Elizabeth Hurley is set to appear as a series regular, according to the same report. Returning cast members include Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch, Kapil Talwalkar and Cyler himself.
The show has its roots in the 1989 horror comedy film of the same name. Celest Hughey adapted the film for television and serves as showrunner and executive producer, the person who runs the day-to-day creative work on the series. Hilary Winston is a writer and executive producer. Dana Olsen, who wrote the original film, is a co-executive producer. Palmer is also an executive producer.
Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins and Aimee Carlson executive produce through Fuzzy Door. Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody executive produce for Imagine Entertainment. UCP is the studio behind the series.
Peacock describes The 'Burbs as a dark comedy in which a couple's quiet suburban life unravels as dark secrets come to light. The streamer renewed the show for a second season in April 2026. Peacock also says the series has racked up 1.7 billion viewing minutes since it premiered in February.
For viewers, the news is mostly about who will be on screen. Cyler's move to series regular means his character is set to be part of the season's main storyline, while the guest stars will come and go across episodes. Peacock has not announced a premiere date for the new season.
For the crew, a renewal means the writers' room, the production team and the cast have work lined up. Scripted comedies of this kind usually need months of writing and filming before an episode reaches a screen, so the casting announcements mark an early stage of that process.
