Peacock’s streaming library updates with fresh titles monthly, bringing subscribers some of the most recent hits in TV and film, but the NBCUniversal streamer is also a treasure trove of fan favorites from decades past. Streaming alongside titles like The Office, Twisted Metal, and Love Island USA is a hidden gem from the ‘60s that is not only one of the most iconic TV shows of that decade, but also a horror classic. Given that the show remains a fan-favorite six decades after its release, we’d say it’s worth a watch.
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The show in question is none other than The Munsters, the Allan Burns and Chris Hayward-created CBS sitcom. The series only aired for a total of 70 episodes spread across two seasons from 1964 to 1966, but it had a profound cultural impact that has helped to establish The Munsters as a timeless classic still enjoyed today. Both seasons of the series are available to stream on Peacock.
A satirical take on American suburban life, traditional sitcoms, and the classic Universal horror films, The Munsters centered around a family of Transylvanian-American monsters as they attempt to fit into everyday life at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The series starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster (Frankenstein’s monster), Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife Lily, Butch Patrick as Eddie as their werewolf-like son Eddie, Al Lewis as Grandpa and Beverly Owen and later Pat Priest as Marilyn.
Drawing similar success to fellow ‘60s sitcom The Addams Family, The Munsters is now rated fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with an 83% critics score and 93% audience score. With its lasting fanfare, the series has been given new life on several occasions, including through several feature-length films, beginning with Munster, Go Home! in 1966, the animated one-hour special, The Mini-Munsters, in 1973, and the three-season sequel series, The Munsters Today, that aired between 1988 and 1991. It was reported last year that Universal Studio Group is developing a The Munsters reboot titled 1313.
New on Peacock
The Munsters is just one title in Peacock’s expansive content library. Every month, the streamer adds new TV series and movies, with a fresh lineup now available to stream. See the full list of Peacock’s August 1st arrivals below.
27 Dresses
47 Ronin
Argo
Battleship
The Boss
Breakin’ All the Rules
Bridesmaids
Bring It On
Bring It On Again
Bring It On: All or Nothing
Bill Durham
Clueless
Cowboys & Aliens
Dead Presidents
Dragonheart
Duplicity
Edge of Tomorrow
Elysium
The Faculty
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Field of Dreams
Footloose
For the Love of the Game
Good Will Hunting
Grease
The Guardian
Happy Death Day
The Impossible
Joy Ride
Kindergarten Cop
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
Ma
Madagascar
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Major Payne
The Man with the Iron Fists
Mean Girls (2004)
Mean Girls 2
Mortal Engines
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Oblivion
Office Space
Old School
Pretty in Pink
R.I.P.D.
RV
Save the Last Dance
Scarface
School of Rock
Seven
The Shawshank Redemption
She’s All That
The Smurfs
Super 8
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Think Like a Man
Trolls
Victor Frankenstein
Weird Science
Wet Hot American Summer
What Happens in Vegas
XXX
XXX: State of the Union
Canton Confidential: The Karen Read Burder Trial – Finale (WBTS)
Carnival Catwalk, Season 1 (AQV Films)
DREAMZZZ, Season 3 (LEGO)
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