Amy Poehler and Mike Schur Reunite for Peacock Mystery Dig

Amy Poehler and Parks and Recreation creator Mike Schur are working together again. Their new show, Dig, is a 10-episode mystery that starts streaming on Peacock on 23 November.

The story follows a group of archaeologists and college students who spend their summer at a dig site in Greece. They find a rare artifact that could change history. That discovery pulls them into a dangerous international conspiracy.

The series adapts Kate Myers' bestselling novel Excavations. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Poehler spoke at the show's Los Angeles premiere. She said she brought the book's idea to Schur. The two wanted Hugh Laurie as the site leader in the early planning.

Laurie is one of five names in the cast, alongside Poehler, Geraldine Viswanathan, Antonia Thomas and Fina Strazza. J.J. Philbin serves as co-showrunner. A showrunner is the lead writer who runs a series day to day, and a co-showrunner shares that job.

Mystery series usually depend on a steady drip of clues, so the 10-episode run gives the plot room to build. For viewers, the date to put in a calendar is 23 November, when all of the episodes are due to begin appearing on Peacock.

Poehler and Schur have worked together before, and this is their first project since Parks and Recreation. Peacock's start date gives Dig a fixed place in the schedule, and the coming weeks will show how it lands with the people who press play.