The award-winning reality competition series The Traitors will return for its fourth season on Peacock early next year. Emmy winner Alan Cumming will return as the host.
Peacock released a special “Meet the Competition” video featuring the 23 celebrities who will try to identify the Traitors hidden among the Faithful. The new season premieres on January 8, 2026, with the first three episodes available immediately. Subsequent episodes will stream on Thursdays at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
The Traitors is a tense psychological competition where betrayal and deception dominate. The show features some of the entertainment industry's most competitive reality stars and well-known personalities playing a high-stakes murder mystery game.
“Emmy Award-winning series The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological adventure in which treachery and deceit are the name of the game. The entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle set 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 the Faithful contestants banish all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if a Traitor (or Traitors) makes it to the end, they will steal all the money.”
The show is set in a historic castle in the Scottish Highlands, adding an atmospheric backdrop to the psychological drama and thrilling gameplay.
Summary: Season 4 of The Traitors returns with 23 celebrities and Alan Cumming hosting, promising intense psychological gameplay and high stakes as contestants hunt traitors in a Scottish castle.
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