The Traitors: New Blood Sets September 2026 Premiere
NBC has announced that the first two episodes of the new all-civilian version of The Traitors, deemed The Traitors: New Blood, will debut on Thursday, September 17, in a special two-hour extended premiere. New episodes of The Traitors: New Blood will continue to air Thursdays at 8:00 pm ET/PT on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock.
In lieu of celebrities and socialites, Emmy-winning host Alan Cumming will open the doors of his now-infamous Scottish castle to 22 everyday Americans, hand-selected from a nationwide search that drew over 60,000 hopeful applicants.
From among the Americans, Cumming will choose who will play as Traitors and who must survive as Faithful. The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological adventure in which treachery and deceit are the name of the game.
Set at an ancient castle deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden amongst the Faithful are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.
Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game. If, at the end of the game, the remaining Faithful contestants have banished all the Traitors, they share the prize fund; but if a Traitor (or Traitors) is still among them, they win all the money.
The Traitors is produced by Studio Lambert. Alan Cumming hosts and serves as an executive producer, along with Mike Cotton, Sam Rees-Jones, Rosie Franks, Jack Burgess, Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, and Doran Azouelos.
The Traitors is one of television’s most honored reality competition series with The Traitors on Peacock earning five Primetime Emmy Awards for Season 3, including Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program for Alan Cumming (his second consecutive win), Outstanding Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program.
Season 4 of The Traitors on Peacock also recently led this year’s Critics Choice Real TV Awards, earning five awards: Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Best Show Host for Alan Cumming, Female Star of the Year for Lisa Rinna and Male Star of the Year for Rob Rausch.
You can watch host and executive producer Alan Cumming The Traitors: New Blood premiere date announced here.
