Ponies is a Peacock espionage thriller created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson that became one of the streamer's standout original series of 2026. Premiering in January with all eight episodes released at once, it is set in 1977 Moscow at the height of the Cold War and pairs sharp period atmosphere with a wry, character-driven approach to spycraft.
Emilia Clarke stars as Bea Grant and Haley Lu Richardson as Twila Hasbeck, two secretaries at the U.S. Embassy whose CIA-officer husbands die under mysterious circumstances. Rather than retreat, the pair volunteer to become operatives themselves, proving unexpectedly effective precisely because the KGB would never suspect two embassy typists of being spies. Adrian Lester co-stars as their handler.
Critics praised the show's 1977 texture and, above all, the chemistry between its two leads, who play cleverly against the types audiences associate with them; it earned a 94 percent critics' score. Filmed in Budapest standing in for Soviet Moscow, it was nonetheless canceled after a single season despite its acclaim. It is streaming on Peacock.
Creator and writer of The Wire TV show, David Simon (Homicide: Life on the Streets) knows about crime dramas after spending twelve years as a reporter at the Baltimore Sun's City Desk. His writing is honest and penetrating as he searches out the dark and seamy side of life that is part of any old and large city lifestyle. The Wire ran for sixty episodes and spanned five seasons with top acting, writing, producing, and high ratings all the while. Episodes covered a wide variety of occurrences and facets of Baltimore including the city's illegal drug trade, corruption in city government, the system within a seaport town, news in print media, and school system issues. The Wire is a crime drama all about a typical large American city and how we each cope with events that make up our lives. Demonstrating how life can be complicated no matter if you are a cop, a lawyer, a judge, a politician, or a low life drug dealer, and how the many institutions involved in our livelihood affect each and every one of us. Cops get the bad guys and the lawyers and judges just turn around and set them free.
Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) is head of the Lightman Group, a team of deception experts who study faces and body movements to determine who is lying and who isn't when a crime occurs. The show is inspired by a real life psychologist who's discoveries include reading faces, voices, and body "language" and forming conclusions from what is given away by the human psyche. This form of investigation is helpful in finding out the truth when criminal activity involves good liars. Dr. Cal Lightman is played by actor Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) who is both star and executive producer. His way of finding out the truth is both blunt and to the point; he loves to get in a suspects face and be antagonistic. Side stories involving his personal side and relationship with his young daughter are interesting and often humorous, especially when he applies his work day knowledge toward family relationships. Lie To Me is a top rated show on the Fox Network each Monday evening.
Leverage TV Show is about a man named Nate Ford who works as an insurance investigator until his employer denies his sons medical claim and dies because of it. That is when Nate realizes he can't work for such a company and ends up unemployed and heading straight toward alcoholism. Then he gets hired by an aeronautics company to get back stolen information from a rival company. Nate is joined by four others; that are highly skilled in various areas such as an internet fraud specialist, an expert thief, a gifted con woman and a very talented "˜retrieval' specialist. Since each on them is use to being a solo act, they don't seem to want to work with one another. However, when their backs are up against the wall they need to pull together and do what they have to. Even once the job is done, they realize they are stronger together than apart and work together to take from the greedy and give to the poor. Leverage TV series shows us the modern day 'Robin Hoods' in action.
All My Children TV Show is a daytime soap opera set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania chronicles the life of Erica Kane and her vast list of many husbands. This show has been the risk takers in topics ranging from drug abuse and abortion to homosexuality and rape, but with a realistic and integral approach. All My Children TV Show continues to be one of the most popular in daytime television not only for the amazing story line but the well written characters as well. Watch All My Children TV Show for the ongoing trials and tribulations of all your favourite characters.
Sons of Anarchy TV Show is a one of a kind drama that is full of adrenaline and dark comedy that follows the dealings of an outlaw motorcycle club, MC. Based out of Charming, California; this group of criminals is doing everything to keep their businesses thriving and outsiders exactly that, outside. While trying to keep major developers, drug dealers and too keen police officers at bay, the heads of MC must stop their family secrets from coming out and their empire from crumbling. They will stop at nothing to keep everything they have worked for safe. Sons of Anarchy TV Show is the story of the quest for more money and power while holding onto what you have.
Law & Order: Los Angeles TV Show is one of the many branches of the Law & Order franchise that give you an in depth look at the work and lives of the LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division. Detectives Rex Winters and TJ Jarusalski lead the search uncovering the answers to LA's biggest crimes with the backup of District Attorney Morales who is force to be reckoned with in the courtroom. Law & Order: Los Angeles TV Show is a crime drama that shows the beginning to end process of locking up the bad guys, from showing up at the scene to the investigation to the courtroom. It is sure to keep you interested!
Rubicon TV Show takes you on a ride where what you see is not how it seems and nothing can be for sure. Based in New York City at a federal intelligence agency just after 9-11, Rubicon TV Show is about an analyst, Will Travers, who is faced with his own tragedy during this already paranoid time. Soon he starts to figure out the people he works with have what could be called a secret alliance. Together this group are doing whatever it takes to change major world events to benefit only them. Can Will stop the conspiracy of the century before it is too late?
