The 'Burbs is an American comedy-drama television series created by Celeste Hughey for Peacock. It is an adaptation of the 1989 film of the same name and stars Jack Whitehall and Keke Palmer. The series premiered on February 8, 2026.
Old secrets resurface when a newly married couple relocate to the suburban neighborhood of the husband's youth.
The series received a straight to order from Peacock in September 2024 with Celeste Hughey adapting the 1989 film The 'Burbs with Jack Whitehall and Keke Palmer leading the cast. Hughey and Palmer serve as executive producers. Seth MacFarlane is also an executive producer, with Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, who produced the original film. Dana Olsen, who wrote the film, serves as a co-executive producer. The series was said to be filming on the Universal Studios Lot, as the film did. Kristen Zolner and Natalie Berkus also executive produce for Imagine Entertainment with Erica Huggins and Aimee Carlson for Fuzzy Door, as well as Rachel Shukert. Nzingha Stewart serves as a director of the first episode and executive producer.
In February 2025, Kapil Talwalkar, Paula Pell, Julia Duffy, and Mark Proksch joined the starring cast. At the end of that month, Haley Joel Osment, RJ Cyler, and Justin Kirk were cast in recurring capacities. In June 2025, Max Carver, Erica Dasher, Georgia Leva, and Kathleen Kenny joined the cast in recurring roles. Wendy Schaal, who had a role in the 1989 film, appears in the series.
The series premiered on February 8, 2026, on Peacock, with all eight episodes released at once.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 82% based on 33 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A television remake that lightens up the original film's hellish concept, The 'Burbs proves to be a good neighbor thanks primarily to Keke Palmer's crack comedic timing." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave it a score of 63 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.