The Traitors: New Blood Release Time and Episode Schedule (2026): Every Thursday Date and When Peacock Gets It
NBC handed The Traitors to people who do not have publicists. The Traitors: New Blood opened with a two-hour block at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, and new episodes air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. The 22 players in Alan Cumming's castle this season are civilians — no reality-show resumes, no hosts of anything.
The streaming half is a day behind. Peacock carries the season, but episodes land there the morning after they air, so each Thursday episode is a Friday watch if you skip the broadcast.
What time does The Traitors: New Blood start tonight?
| Time zone | Thursday, Sept. 17 |
|---|---|
| Eastern | 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
| Central | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
| Mountain | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
| Pacific | 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
That is the ordinary NBC "8/7c" pattern: East and West coasts get their own feeds at 8 p.m. local, and the middle of the country runs an hour earlier. Alaska and Hawaii stations vary, so check your local NBC listing rather than the network clock.
Two episodes run back to back — "A New Dawn Is Rising" and "I'm a Sweaty Boy" — which is why the premiere eats the full 8-to-10 block instead of an hour.
The timing is not an accident. The franchise won outstanding reality competition program at the Emmys on Monday night, two days before NBC put a new version of it on broadcast. Our rundown of the week has the rest of what the ceremony pushed onto schedules.
When does each episode reach Peacock?
The next day. NBC's own how-to-watch page says episodes "stream the next day on Peacock," which puts the premiere there Friday, Sept. 18.
One caveat worth naming: at least one syndicated preview said the show streams on Peacock simultaneously with the broadcast. NBC's page says next day, and next day is what we would plan around. No streaming hour has been announced, so treat Friday morning as the safe assumption, not a promise.
You need a paid Peacock tier for it either way — the free tier does not carry NBC's primetime. Current tier pricing sits in our plans and prices list, and Peacock's other arrivals this month are in the Hulu, Max and Peacock edition.
How many episodes is The Traitors: New Blood, and when is the finale?
NBC ordered 12 episodes and set the finale for Thursday, Nov. 19. The first two Thursdays (Sept. 17 and Sept. 24) are doubles, there was no new episode on Oct. 1, single episodes run Oct. 8 through Nov. 12, and the two-hour finale on Nov. 19 airs Episodes 11 and 12 back to back.
| Episodes | NBC, 8 p.m. ET | Peacock, next day |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 — "A New Dawn Is Rising," "I'm a Sweaty Boy" | Thu., Sept. 17 | Fri., Sept. 18 |
| 3–4 — "The Traitors Are Watching," "The Death Parade" | Thu., Sept. 24 | Fri., Sept. 25 |
| No new episode (MLB Wild Card Series) | Thu., Oct. 1 | — |
| 5 | Thu., Oct. 8 | Fri., Oct. 9 |
| 6 | Thu., Oct. 15 | Fri., Oct. 16 |
| 7 | Thu., Oct. 22 | Fri., Oct. 23 |
| 8 | Thu., Oct. 29 | Fri., Oct. 30 |
| 9 | Thu., Nov. 5 | Fri., Nov. 6 |
| 10 | Thu., Nov. 12 | Fri., Nov. 13 |
| 11–12 — two-hour finale | Thu., Nov. 19 | Fri., Nov. 20 |
Correction: an earlier version of this page worked out the dates from episode 5 on by arithmetic and put Episode 5 on Oct. 1. That was wrong. NBC Insider's season schedule lists every night: no new episode on Oct. 1, Episode 5 on Oct. 8, one episode a week through Nov. 12, and Episodes 11 and 12 together on Nov. 19. TODAY reported that there was no new episode on Oct. 1 because of the MLB Wild Card Series, and the Futon Critic and TVmaze listings carry the same Oct. 8 through Nov. 19 dates, which the table above now follows.
A season doled out one or two episodes a Thursday is the opposite of what Netflix did to this same week, dumping two complete seasons on Thursday morning. The two release habits, and why networks keep choosing between them, are laid out in our weekly-versus-binge guide.
Who is in the cast?
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Players | Twenty-two, none of them famous — NBC calls them everyday Americans from a nationwide search. |
| Applicant pool | NBC's cast page says above 80,000; an earlier NBC Insider piece said more than 60,000. Either figure makes this the franchise's most selective American casting. |
| Host | Alan Cumming, in the tweed and the theatrical grief, with his dog Lala. |
| Prize | Up to $250,000 — smaller than the celebrity pot, split the same brutal way: the Faithfuls take it only if they banish every Traitor first. |
| Wardrobe | Nobody arrives with a stylist; the castle looks are the players' own clothes, a different system from the one that dresses scripted casts, as Screen Style On Air explains. |
Is this the same show as the celebrity version?
Same castle, same host, same game, different door. New Blood is NBC's civilian edition and it airs on broadcast first; the celebrity seasons are Peacock originals that drop on streaming. Think of New Blood as the version where you have no idea who anyone is, which is roughly the point.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Traitors: New Blood on Netflix? No. It airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Netflix's competition slot this month is Physical 100: Mexico.
Can I watch it live without cable? Yes, through a live-TV service that carries your local NBC station, or on Peacock's live NBC feed with a paid tier. The on-demand copy still arrives Friday.
What else premieres this week? Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story hit Netflix at 3 a.m. Thursday, MobLand season 2 starts Friday on Paramount+, and JAŸ-Z in 8 opens Friday night on HBO Max. Every title we have timed sits in the release times hub.
Sources
- NBC Insider — how to watch The Traitors: New Blood
- NBC Insider — premiere date, cast and details
- NBC Insider — the official cast
- DIRECTV Insider — episode 1 watch guide
- The Mac Observer — release date and NBC premiere schedule
- Peacock — The Traitors
- NBC Insider — The Traitors: New Blood season schedule
- TODAY — Episodes 3 and 4 recap and the Oct. 1 gap
- The Futon Critic — The Traitors: New Blood listings
- TVmaze — The Traitors episode list (data provided by TVmaze)
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