Fall is Peacock’s best time of the year, thanks to NBC. While Peacock may have to wait several months for Yellowstone season 5,part 2 episodes to arrive, new shows on NBC stream on Peacock on the next day. So you can sample any and all of NBC’s new and returning series on your own schedule. One of this season’s latest arrivals, St. Denis Medical, is among our picks for the three underrated shows on Peacock that you need to watch in November.
Our other picks include a crime thriller that’s over two decades old, as well as a documentary series about one of the biggest Hollywood scandals of the last few years.
Need more recommendations? Then check out the best new shows to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, the best shows on Max, and the best shows on Disney+.
Crossing Jordan (2001-2007)
Crossing Jordan was a modest hit for its time, but in retrospect, it had a cast that a lot of modern shows would kill to have. Mahershala Ali was there for the first season, and the rest of the performers included Miguel Ferrer, Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along), Jerry O’Connell, and Leslie Bibb. But this isJill Hennessy’s show after her starmaking stint on Law & Order.
Hennessy plays Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, a brilliant forensic pathologist who takes it upon herself to investigate the cases that might otherwise remain unsolved. Jordan has the instincts of a detective, and the keen ability to put all of the clues together. The series wisely gave Jordan a solid cast to play off of, and none more so than her boss, Dr. Garret Macy (Ferrer). With over 100 episodes to binge through, this series can keep you entertained for several weeks to come.
Watch Crossing Jordan on Peacock.
St. Denis Medical (2024)
Mixing drama and comedy is tricky, especially when the latter can easily overpower and undercut the former. But NBC’s new show, St. Denis Medical, seems to be walking a fine line between parody and comedy with some serious moments mixed in. Fargo‘s Allison Tolman leads an ensemble cast of the show that picks up the mockumentary format used by The Office and Parks and Recreation.
Alex (Tolman) is a supervising nurse working under Joyce (The Goldbergs‘ Wendi McLendon-Covey), the executive director of St. Denis Medical, a woefully underfunded hospital in Oregon. A lot of the hospital’s doctors and administrators have very different ideas about how St. Denis should be run, and some very real health care issues to face. So far, this is one of the most intriguing new shows of the fall season.
Watch St. Denis Medical on Peacock.
Anatomy of Lies (2024)
Elizabeth Finch’s path to success in Hollywood played out like a story of her own creation. Finch presented herself as a cancer survivor whose multiple tragedies propelled her to be one of the primary writers and producers on Grey’s Anatomy. If that seemed too good to be true, that’s because it was. Peacock’s Anatomy of Lies details the layers upon layers of deceit that Finch wove over the years, even to the point of shaving her head and pretending that she was battling cancer while on the show.
Ironically, this documentary series couldn’t exist without Finch’s biggest victim: her wife, Jennifer Beyer, who exposed her spouse’s lies. Beyer and her children cooperated with the team behind this series to provide a firsthand look at how Finch lied to them and betrayed them for years.
Watch Anatomy of Lies on Peacock.