Peacock’s a friggin’ genius: The new NBCUniversal streaming service has picked up Will Forte’s “MacGruber” to series.
The comedy series is based on Forte’s classic “Saturday Night Live” parody of “MacGyver” — the Richard Dean Anderson one, not the 2016 reboot.
In 2010, Forte, John Solomon and Jorma Taccone adapted the series of “SNL” sketches into a surprisingly good feature film. The movie, which costarred Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer, will exist within the universe of the new sitcom.
The streaming version of “MacGruber,” for which Forte will reprise his title role, gets eight half-hour episodes.
Forte will write and executive produce Peacock’s “MacGruber” with film collaborators Solomon and Taccone.