Here Are All the Movies & TV Shows Coming to Peacock This Week, Including ‘Screamboat’

From Monday, September 8, through Sunday, September 14, Peacock’s lineup spans fan-favorite game shows, a critically acclaimed animated adventure, the closing chapter of a long-running period saga, and a fresh horror title set on a riverboat. Below you’ll find concise rundowns with plots, principal cast, and key creative credits so you can plan your watchlist without digging around.

Dates are included inside each entry so you know exactly when to press play this week. Titles appear with their original years in the headings, and whenever another title is mentioned in the text, it’s wrapped in single quotes for clarity.

‘Jeopardy!’ (1984–present)

The clue-and-response quiz format of ‘Jeopardy!’ presents answers first and requires contestants to respond in the form of a question across Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy! rounds. This week’s batch lands on Tuesday, September 9. The game uses a lock-out buzzer system, dollar-valued clues organized by category, and a rolling champion who returns until defeated, with special tournaments appearing throughout the year.

Created by Merv Griffin, ‘Jeopardy!’ is produced by Sony Pictures Television and distributed by CBS Media Ventures. Ken Jennings serves as host, with longtime announcer Johnny Gilbert opening each episode and a writers’ room crafting thousands of original clues across subjects like history, science, literature, and pop culture.

‘Wheel of Fortune’ (1983–present)

‘Wheel of Fortune’ combines a spinning prize wheel with hangman-style word puzzles in themed rounds, including toss-ups and a bonus puzzle. Three contestants call consonants, buy vowels, and solve for phrases as wedges on the wheel introduce cash values and hazards like Bankrupt and Lose a Turn. New episodes arrive on Tuesday, September 9.

Also created by Merv Griffin and produced by Sony Pictures Television, ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, with Vanna White revealing letters on the iconic puzzle board. The show features recurring game elements such as the Prize wedge, Express play, and special event weeks, with puzzles organized by categories like Phrase, Thing, and What Are You Doing?

‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ (2022)

Set after earlier ‘Shrek’-universe adventures, ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ follows the swashbuckling feline as he discovers he is on his final life and embarks on a quest for the mythical Last Wish to restore what he has lost. Along the way, he crosses paths with Kitty Softpaws, Perrito, the Three Bears Crime Family led by Goldilocks, Big Jack Horner, and a relentless wolf. It arrives on Wednesday, September 10.

The film is a DreamWorks Animation production directed by Joel Crawford, with Januel P. Mercado as co-director. The screenplay is by Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow from a story by Tom Wheeler and Tommy Swerdlow. Voice cast includes Antonio Banderas as Puss, Salma Hayek Pinault as Kitty Softpaws, Harvey Guillén as Perrito, Florence Pugh as Goldilocks, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Samson Kayo as the Bear family, John Mulaney as Big Jack Horner, and Wagner Moura as the wolf known as Death.

‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ (2025)

‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ continues the saga of the Crawley family and the household staff at the Yorkshire estate, bringing together ongoing storylines set in the late 1920s era of social change. It’s slated in this week’s lineup on Thursday, September 11. The film returns to key relationships among the family and the servants while charting transitions in tradition, inheritance, and modern life.

Written by Julian Fellowes, the project is produced by Carnival Films with returning cast members including Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Penelope Wilton, Joanne Froggatt, Laura Carmichael, Allen Leech, and Phyllis Logan. Direction continues in the feature-film vein established by the previous entries in the franchise, with production overseen by longtime series producers.

‘Screamboat’ (2025)

‘Screamboat’ is a horror feature set on a riverboat cruise where passengers and crew find themselves stalked by a costumed assailant, using the confined decks and below-deck corridors as a maze for escalating set pieces. It boards the schedule on Friday, September 12. The storyline draws on early riverboat-era cartoon iconography in a slasher framework, with an ensemble of characters trapped aboard overnight.

The film is directed by Steven LaMorte, with the screenplay credited to Steven LaMorte and Matthew Garcia-Dunn. Production emphasizes practical effects and chase-driven sequences in and around the vessel’s machinery, cabins, and observation decks, while the cast is assembled from genre-film regulars and emerging performers in supporting and lead roles.

What are you queuing up first this week—share your picks in the comments!