Based on a True Story: Season 1

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Peacock | Season Premiere Date: June 8, 2023

Summary: Realtor Ava Bartlett (Kaley Cuoco), her ex-tennis star husband (Chris Messina) and a plumber take advantage of people's obsession with true crime in this dark comedy thriller created by Craig Rosenberg.

Creator: Craig Rosenberg

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. The Universe
Air Date: December 16, 2024
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S1:E7. National Geographic
Air Date: December 9, 2024
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S1:E6. Love You, Buzzfeed
Air Date: December 2, 2024

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Anna Govert

Jun 6, 2023

It’s brutal, it’s hilarious, and it’s so well done. In a June stacked with returning series premieres, Based on a True Story is a new show absolutely worth latching onto. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jun 9, 2023

A grisly good time had by all. [12 Jun - 2 Jul 2023, p.6]

Bob Strauss

Jun 6, 2023

Breezy, sex-obsessed and pleasingly perverse, “Based on a True Story” is the satire the true crime media business deserves. Read full review

Nina Metz

Jun 8, 2023

I like the show overall, but it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. That’s OK — it can exist purely in the realm of upbeat, if sinister, high jinks, so long as we’re not pretending it’s saying something more. Read full review

Saloni Gajjar

Jun 6, 2023

It’s not as brazen as Poker Face, as innovative as Mrs. Davis, or as bizarre as The Resort, but BOATS scratches the itch for an entertaining, if not illogical, TV comedy. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Jun 6, 2023

It’s one thing for a series to throw you for a loop from time to time and blindside you with some major twists. It’s quite another thing when there are so many red herrings and fake-outs that we feel more pranked than entertained. Read full review

John Anderson

Jun 7, 2023

The series has proved itself incapable of reading the (living) room into which it has imposed itself, or of actually staying aboard the ethical tightrope it has strung across a murky basin of bad taste. Read full review

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jbledsoe

Aug 10, 2023

Love the two main actors, but this show is painfully unfunny and morally repugnant.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 21, 2024
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 8, 2023
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  S1:E8. The Universe
  Air Date: December 16, 2024
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  S1:E7. National Geographic
  Air Date: December 9, 2024
- tbd
  S1:E6. Love You, Buzzfeed
  Air Date: December 2, 2024
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  S1:E5. Ted Bundy Bottle Opener
  Air Date: November 11, 2024
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  S1:E4. The Survivor
  Air Date: November 11, 2024
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  S1:E3. Who's Next
  Air Date: November 4, 2024
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  S1:E2. BDE
  Air Date: November 4, 2024
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  S1:E1. The Great American Artform
  Air Date: October 28, 2024