{"id":26060,"date":"2026-06-23T18:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ponies-canceled-after-single-season-at-peacock-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:29:42","slug":"ponies-canceled-after-single-season-at-peacock-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ponies-canceled-after-single-season-at-peacock-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ponies\u2019 Canceled After Single Season at Peacock &#8211; The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter<br \/>Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter<br \/>The Cold War-era spy drama stars Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson.<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy  <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/author\/rick-porter-thr\/\" \t\t\t> \tRick Porter<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Television Business Editor<br \/> \t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/peacock\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_peacock_1\"  data-tag=\"peacock\"  >Peacock<\/a> is no longer riding with <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ponies\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_ponies_1\"  data-tag=\"ponies\"  >Ponies<\/a><\/em>.<br \/> \tThe NBCUniversal streamer has canceled its espionage drama <em>Ponies<\/em> after a single season. The news comes about five months after the series premiered as a binge release on Jan. 15.   <br \/> \tSet in Moscow in 1977, the series stars <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/emilia-clarke\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_emilia-clarke_1\"  data-tag=\"emilia-clarke\"  >Emilia Clarke<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/haley-lu-richardson\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_haley-lu-richardson_1\"  data-tag=\"haley-lu-richardson\"  >Haley Lu Richardson<\/a> as Bea and Twila, secretaries who work at the U.S. embassy &mdash;&nbsp;&#8220;ponies,&#8221; or persons of no importance to intelligence operatives. When their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the Soviet Union, however, they become CIA operatives in an effort to solve the mystery, uncovering a conspiracy in the process.  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-article-mid-article-uid0\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-article-mid-article-uid0' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid-article1\",\"mid-articleX\",\"mid\",\"mid-article\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ u-margin-tb-250 u-margin-t-4@desktop-xl u-margin-b-3@desktop-xl\" >\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-margin-b-075\">  \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t \t <\/h3>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-1 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey-dark\" >\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-grow-1 lrv-u-width-100p@mobile-max lrv-u-width-50p\">  \t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/love-island-usa-narrator-iain-stirling-season-8-interview-1236622784\/\" class=\"\" \t\t\t> \t \t \t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  u-width-150\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@desktop-and-tablet-only\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iain-Stirling-Love-Island-USA-getty-publicity-H-2026.png?w=1296\" alt=\"Iain Stirling and &#039;Love Island USA&#039; 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Series From EP Seth MacFarlane a Go at Peacock\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  \t\t<\/a> \t <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tAdrian Lester, Artjom Gilz, Nicholas Podany, Petro Ninovskyi and Vic Michaelis also starred in the series.<br \/> \tPeacock doesn&#8217;t regularly release viewing data for its series. <em>Ponies<\/em> did not break into Nielsen&#8217;s top 10 charts for original streaming series in the few weeks after its premiere, despite largely positive reviews. For the show&#8217;s premiere week and the two weeks after, the 10th-place original on the Nielsen charts had an average of 379 million viewing minutes.<br \/> \tUniversal Television produced <em>Ponies<\/em>. David Iserson (<em>New Girl, Mad Men<\/em>) and Susanna Fogel (<em>Booksmart<\/em>) created the series, with Iserson and Mike Daniels serving as co-showrunners and Fogel directing four of the show&#8217;s eight episodes. Iserson, Fogel and Daniels executive produced along with Clarke and Jessica Rhoades. Katherine Bridle, Alison Mo Massey, Jared Ian Goldman and Rosa Handelman served as co-EPs.<br \/>Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day<br \/>Inside the business of TV with breaking news, expert analysis and showrunner interviews<br \/>Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter<br \/>Send us a tip using our anonymous form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQc0NySk43RThNZGxGVXAzWkhvU3lERW5yaVN1SHVFcFZfa0FkcVJxNExUS3d1Sk56aUdlbWgzRTEwRnE3aXpVb0tqVjZhVmMyeGNram42aTgyUGs0OUtHTHdxZVF2Z1Ntb21lNW1mcy1RYm9pdGllMFpseTVUVEo0SzBiMmJ6Y3lXMm1meTZQcmowMk0?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterThe Cold War-era spy drama stars Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Peacock is no longer riding with Ponies. The NBCUniversal streamer has canceled its espionage drama Ponies after a single season. 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