“Based on a True Story” is a new comedy thriller series starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the series.
- Based on a True Story is an American comedy thriller television series
- The series is created by Craig Rosenberg
- It stars Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina
- The series premiered on Peacock on June 8, 2023
- In April 2022, it was announced that Peacock had given a straight-to-series order to a comedy thriller series created by Craig Rosenberg and Jason Bateman
- In August, it was announced that Kaley Cuoco had joined the main cast as a realtor, Ava Bartlett
- In October, it was announced that Chris Messina had been cast as Nathan, the husband of Ava
- With additional casting including Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, Priscilla Quintana, Natalia Dyer and Li Jun Li announced the following month
- The series will be executive produced by Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan through Aggregate Films
- Craig Rosenberg is also an executive producer
- Roxie Rodriguez will serves as co-executive producer for Aggregate FilmsPro
- duction companies for the series include Aggregate Films and Universal Content Productions
- All eight episodes were released to stream on Peacock on June 8, 2023
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 75% approval rating
- With an average rating of 6.8/10
- Based on 32 critic reviews
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “True crime enthusiasts have been satirized more sharply, but engaging leads and a lightly humorous touch make Based on a True Story worth investigating”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100
- Based on 22 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
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