Peacock Originals Chief Bill McGoldrick on More "Psych" Movies

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Peacock Originals Chief on More "Psych" Movies
by Nellie Andreeva
July 9, 2020


One of the handful of originals that will launch NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform is Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. The second Psych followup movie, reuniting the cast and the creative auspices of the long-running USA Network crime dramedy, had been originally commissioned by USA but was shifted to Peacock.

There, it may be be followed by more standalone films.




“The Psych movie we are very excited about; people are buzzing about being able to see it on the service,” Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, NBCUniversal Entertainment Networks and Direct-to-Consumer, told Deadline during an interview tied to Peacock’s July 15 launch.

“We are going to see how this movie performs but we’ve loved the collaboration, we are going to be in constant conversation with that group, and we are open to talking about more.”




Also making more Psych original movies a strong proposition is the strength of the Psych library, which is on Peacock. The eight seasons of the series, which is owned by NBCU, “is performing nicely in the audience footprint” during Peacock’s beta launch, said President of Content Acquisition and Strategy Frances Manfredi.

What from the platform’s library content is hit with viewers is expected to play a key role in making decisions on original greenlights.

https://deadline.com/2020/07/peacock...al-1202982289/