Co oglądać na Peacock teraz, gdy igrzyska olimpijskie się skończyły

The 2024 Paris Olympics were a consistent delight, with breathtaking feats of athleticism, compelling underdog stories, and, of course, plenty of video game and anime references from fans and athletes alike. But 1 of the most amazing parts of this year’s games for long-time watchers of the Olympics was how strong NBC’s coverage was, peculiarly the options available on their streaming service Peacock.

Like erstwhile Olympics, all event was available to stream live, but the experience on Peacock was much smoother than in years past, especially with the addition of the Multiview feed (which allowed viewers to watch many events at erstwhile and choice which of them had the audio feed piped in) and the excellent Gold Zone. Gold Zone, fundamentally a spinoff of the very successful NFL RedZone with much of the same talent, promised to show all the medal events and all crucial minute of the Olympics. It delivered on that promise.

The experience wasn’t all flawless – watching replays was sometimes an arduous process, as Peacock doesn’t show a visual preview as you scroll over the time bar (and all time you clicked on a circumstantial place in the time bar, a long series of ads would play). And erstwhile the ads weren’t for aggravating AI tools, they were for upcoming NBC programming that we can safely call uninspiring.

Even with those fewer quibbles, this was the first year in fresh memory that NBC’s streaming platform felt up to the task of showing us the global competition. But what do you do with Peacock now? possibly you signed up for Peacock for the Tour de France-Olympics-Paralympics (starting Aug. 28!) long of large global sports. possibly you already had it and started to usage it more consistently for the first time this summer. Or possibly you’re a dedicated Peacock user who’s looking to dig in more to the platform. Whatever reason you have for keeping your subscription, we’ve got you — here’s the best of what to watch on the platform.

One of the best fresh shows of 2023, Rian Johnson’s Poker Face brought back Columbo’s beloved inverted detective communicative format (also known as a “howcatchem”) with a fresh face — Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne is terrific as Charlie Cale, a female on the run who has the mysterious power to tell erstwhile people are lying. The first period had a terrific run of guest stars — Adrien Brody, Hong Chau, Lil Rel Howery, and Charles Melton, to name a fewer — and the fun premise allowed the show to decision from situation to situation with aplomb. A second period is on its way, but no estimated release date has been announced yet. —Pete Volk

The heir to 30 Rock’s awesome jokes-per-minute crown, this Tina Fey-produced series follows the members of a one-hit wonder girl group as they reunite more than a decade after they first broke up. Girls5Eva features exceptionally comic performances from Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell, but it’s the ridiculous and hilarious musical numbers in each episode that truly bargain the show. —Austen Goslin

If top-shelf competition is what you miss most from the Olympic Games, then Top Chef might be the answer you’re looking for. The long-running reality show gathers any of the best chefs in the United States to do culinary battle, and over the last fewer seasons has focused on the craft of cooking more than the reality show personalities and feuds that fueled the show’s earlier seasons. All of that – plus excellent fresh host Kristen Kish – makes this a large time to catch up on the series’ latest season, or go back and watch the competitions from the last fewer years. —AG

Action comedies have been in a rough place in Hollywood as of late, consistently failing to deliver on 1 (if not both) of the words in the genre’s name. Luckily, the Baby Assassins movies are here to help.

The franchise follows 2 teen girl assassins who are trying to balance their dangerous occupation with their desires to live like teenagers — you know, eat junk food and watch tv all day. erstwhile their boss demands they get a real occupation to better fit into society, many hijinks ensue. Both leads are terrific in these movies (two have been released and a 3rd is due later this year), but peculiar marks go to Saori Izawa, a stuntwoman who proves she has the chops to be an action lead too. —PV

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

I’m frequently asked for recommendations for intro-to-martial arts movies. I love the genre, and there are many possible large starting places — Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong peak, Donnie Yen’s Ip Man movies, Bruce Lee’s catalog. But more frequently than not, I urge Soi Cheang’s modern masterpiece SPL 2: A Time for Consequences.

Don’t get fooled by the number in the title: While SPL 2 is technically a sequel to SPL: Sha Po Lang (also a good movie!), the 2 truly have nothing to do with each another and returning cast members play fresh characters in the second version. In this one, Wu Jing stars as an undercover cop who befriends a prison defender (Tony Jaa). Together, the 2 uncover a vast organ trafficking conspiracy, and work together to halt it. The movie has terrific fight choreography and large performances from its outstanding cast, and manager Cheang is 1 of the best visual stylists presently working in the action genre. His fresh movie Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is 1 of the very best of 2024. —PV

Speaking of large visual stylists in the action genre, that category could start and end with the large Zhang Yimou. The legendary manager may be best known for wuxia films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers, and this 2018 addition to his wuxia catalog is 1 the best action movies of the century.

Shadow is a period drama about an attempted coup in the Chinese royal court by an army commander. There’s plenty of court drama and twists and turns in the narrative, but the biggest appeal of the movie is in Yimou and cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding’s usage of contrast between black and white. While the movie is technically in color, the visual language of the movie mostly sticks to black and white, down to the costumes, props, and sets. This was intended to invoke Chinese ink paintings, and the effect is remarkable. —PV

George Romero’s first movie in the “of the Dead” franchise, Night of the surviving Dead, is besides on the platform and well worth watching, but Day of the Dead is my favourite of the franchise and frequently gets overlooked in favour of its more celebrated predecessors. The movie takes place in an underground bunker years after the breakout of the zombie apocalypse, and follows tensions between scientists and soldiers as they effort to find their best course of action. Top it off with any gnarly applicable effects gore and you’ve got a large time at the movies. —PV

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s terrific monster movie about a household trying to last erstwhile a unusual creature abruptly appears and starts terrorizing South Korea is 1 of the best movies of the 2000s. It’s equal parts beautiful, haunting, and outright scary. —AG

The most fun show on tv right now, for my money. Chucky is a ludicrously good time no substance your familiarity with the franchise — while it’s willing to go deep into the recesses of its own canon to poke fun (or just have a good time), it’s an approachable teen-focused horror series for all sorts of viewers. And yes, the excellent Brad Dourif (along with his daughter Fiona!) is back as Chucky. —PV

Loosely based on a photo-book by Danny Lyon, the fresh movie by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) follows a fictional motorcycle club as it transforms from a social group to something closer to a gang. I’ll note I haven’t seen this movie yet, but the large cast (Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist) and strong reviews from trusted colleagues means it’s what I’ll be watching on Peacock this weekend. —PV

Dev Patel’s directorial debut sees the actor cast himself as a martial artist in India who suffers from a childhood emotional wound that never rather healed. After years of struggling to get by on money from fixed matches in underground fighting, he finds a way to get revenge, and sets off down a bloody path. —AG

If by any miracle you haven’t seen a trailer for this movie or any hint of promotional material, you should jump consecutive in and enjoy 1 of the better horror comedies of the year. Even if you do know the premise, which the marketing disappointingly gave away, Abigail is inactive a beautiful fun ride, with plenty of gore to keep things exciting. —AG

Cycling’s biggest tours are always reliable for background entertainment. They consist of many individual stages, each of them hours long, and if you’re in the United States they’re usually happening during the work day. I loved putting the Tour de France on in the background while working in July, and I’ve been doing the same with the 3rd edition of the Tour de France Femmes, which concludes Sunday, August 18 but the replays are available on Peacock. Defector has a neat short preview of this year’s event if you want to learn more. —PV

While this is technically England’s top flight of football, it besides might be the closest sporting league in the planet to the Olympics erstwhile it comes to including players from all corners of the globe. That, combined with the constant yearly tug of promotion and relegation, mean that the Premier League always has an underdog to root for, a Goliath champion who looks seemingly unstoppable, and a parade of talent that can wow even the most casual viewer looking to choice up a fresh athletics after the 2024 Paris games. —AG

A more fresh entry in the sports movie Hall of Fame, Moneyball isn’t precisely a athletics itself, but it’s close adequate that we’re giving it credit here. Brad Pitt is excellent as erstwhile Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, and the movie’s explanation of how Beane helped change baseball forever makes for a amazingly breathtaking movie for 1 that’s mostly about statistics. —AG