Stephanie Hsu-Led Peacock Comedy ‘Laid’ Sets Premiere Date; Reveals Teaser & First-Look Photos

Rosy Cordero
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Peacock has set the premiere date for the upcoming comedy series Laid as December 19, with all episodes dropping as a binge. The NBCU streamer dropped a teaser (above) and a collection of first-look photos, which can be found below.

Executive producer Stephanie Hsu stars as Ruby, a woman who finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward. Ruby’s best friend AJ (Zosia Mamet) helps keep her sex timeline in order so every last ex is accounted for.

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The main cast also includes Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez; Andre Hyland, Olivia Holt, David Denman, Finneas O’Connell, Chloe Fineman, Ettore “Big E” Ewen and John Early will guest star.

Zosia Mamet as AJ
Zosia Mamet as AJ

“When we started to develop Laid, we were intrigued by the idea of bringing back the old-school, traditional romantic comedy (swelling music! kisses in the rain! Anne Hathaway or someone who is also appealing!), but because we were living in such a dark time (pandemic! industry strikes!), we felt it needed to have some kind of twist,” shared co-showrunners and executive producers Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna in a joint statement.

They continued, “Sure, it could be optimistic and heartwarming and make you believe in love again, but it should probably also have suspense, death, and blood. The premise of Laid—a woman discovers all of her exes are dying in mysterious ways—seemed exactly what we were looking for: a f*cked-up rom-com.”

Laid is from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. It is based on the Australian series of the same name, created by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher and produced by Liz Watts. In addition to Hsu, Khan and McKenna, executive producers include John Davis and John Fox for Davis Entertainment, Jennifer Carreras for Fierce Baby, Marieke Hardy, Kirsty Fisher, and Liz Watts for Porchlight Films and All3Media International.

More first-look photos can be found below.

Zosia Mamet as AJ, Michael Angarano as Richie, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
Zosia Mamet as AJ, Michael Angarano as Richie, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Stephanie Hsu as Ruby, Zosia Mamet as AJ
(l-r) Stephanie Hsu as Ruby, Zosia Mamet as AJ
(l-r) Tommy Martinez as Isaac, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Tommy Martinez as Isaac, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Zosia Mamet as AJ, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Finneas O’Connell as Jason, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby
(l-r) Finneas O’Connell as Jason, Stephanie Hsu as Ruby

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