According to Variety, Peacock renews The Five Star Weekend for second season. The series is based on Elin Hilderbrand’s (28 Summers, Swan Song) 2023 novel of the same name and stars Jennifer Garner (Elektra, Yes Day) as Hollis Shaw, a famous cook and author who is grieving her late husband.
Variety reports that the official synopsis for the series is as follows: “Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter and her growing pursuit of validation from her fans. 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 —childhood, college, motherhood — and one surprise guest. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, the five ‘stars’ develop in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed.”
As per Variety, The Five Star Weekend was originally set to be a limited-time series, but creator Bekah Brunstetter consistently indicated she was interested in expanding the story beyond the events of the novel. “I’ve got a lot of ideas,” she said in an interview with Variety. “From the beginning, we thought, ‘In a perfect world, well, there’s five Stars. Who is the new fifth Star?’ That’s a fun setup, and then you could focus a little bit on a different Star every season. So you get five trips, five Stars, or four trips and a new fifth Star every season.” She also noted that the writers have “a ski idea. I think we would do another warm location and then a cold, but it would go to different places, like a White Lotus vibe.”
“Audiences have completely embraced this wholly relatable story of friendship, and what it means to reconnect with the people in your life who truly make a difference,” reads a statement from Lisa Katz, president of scripted content at NBC and Peacock via Variety. “A huge thank you to our amazing cast, writers, directors, producers and to our magical crew who all worked tirelessly to bring Elin’s enormously popular book to the screen, and to the audiences who enjoyed watching this summer escape as much as we enjoyed making it.”
The Five Star Weekend is available to stream on Peacock.