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 Television in 2022 was run by liars. traitors. Deceivers. moles. But none of it was hosted by the inimitable Alan Cumming. That changes now. Peacock is riding the popularity bandwagon that was BBC's The Traitors, a "murder mystery" reality competition TV series that will instantly make you go "oh, so it's like Mafia shopping mode." The setup is simple: 20 contestants gather in a castle, completing elaborate quests to add to the prize pool that various winners will split at the end of the game. But among the players there are three perfidious "Traitors" whose job it is to deceive their opponents, known as "The Faithful". Each night, the Traitors decide which player to "murder", just like the Mafia or Werewolf shopping mode party games, and are out of the game. The traitors must then trick their fellow players into voting out or "banishing" those they suspect of committing a crime, whether they are guilty or not. Stars:...