Peacock’s The Five Star Weekend television adaptation will splash onto the small screen this summer.
All eight episode of the series, based on Elin Hildebrand’s novel of the same name, will arrive on Peacock July 16, 2026. Starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, who has another book adaptation — The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2 — currently rolling out on Apple TV, The Five Star Weekend centers famed cook and best-selling author Hollis Shaw. Shaw is known for her delicious recipes, refined taste and warm disposition, but when she suffers a devastating loss, her marriage, relationship with her daughter and more start to suffer when she can’t move past it.
“In an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties, and one surprise fifth star,” the logline adds. “Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, the stars will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed.”
he series also stars D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Harlow Jane and Timothy Olyphant. Additional cast includes Rob Huebel, David Denman, Josh Hamilton, West Duchovny, Judy Greer, Tory Devon Smith, Morrison Keddie, and Roberta Colindrez.
Bekah Brunstetter created and wrote the series adaptation alongside writer Beth Schacter. Minkie Spiro directs.
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Alongside Garner, Brunstetter, Schacter, and Spiro, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug, author Hilderbrand and Merri Howard serve as executive producers.
The Five Star Weekend is produced by Universal Content Productions, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Hilderbrand’s The Perfect Couple was adapted for Netflix by Jenna Lamia, who also served as showrunner and executive producer on the six-episode limited series. A second season of the show is in development, to be based on Hilderbrand’s Swan Song in an anthology style series. At first, The Bear executive producer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo was attached as writer and showrunner, but she has since stepped back from that role.
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