Joe vs. Carole: Peacock’s Tiger King Drama Gets Premiere Date, Teaser — See Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin
Hey, all you cool cats and kittens: Are you ready to relive the Tiger King madness, this time in scripted form?
Peacock‘s fictionalized take on the Joe Exotic/Carole Baskin feud, famously chronicled in the Netflix documentary series Tiger King, will be (aptly) titled Joe vs. Carole, with all eight episodes premiering Thursday, March 3, TVLine has learned. John Cameron Mitchell (Shrill) stars as exotic animal wrangler Joe Exotic, with SNL‘s Kate McKinnon as his hated rival Carole Baskin.
We also get a sneak peek at the fireworks in a new teaser — which you can watch above — with Baskin plotting to shut down Exotic’s animal park and Exotic planning to hit back hard: “She wants to mess with me, I can mess with her.” Plus, we catch a glimpse of Kyle MacLachlan as Baskin’s husband Howard.
“We knew it would take two extraordinary actors to portray these larger-than-life people as the complex, three-dimensional individuals that they are,” showrunner Etan Frankel (Shameless) said in a statement. “John Cameron Mitchell is one of the most gifted and thoughtful actors I’ve ever worked with. He cares so deeply about the work, and his performance is breathtaking. And Kate McKinnon is simply remarkable. She is able to make us double over with laughter one moment and then break our hearts the next. It was an absolute thrill to watch these two exceptional actors morph into these roles.”
Press PLAY above for a sneak peek at Joe vs. Carole, and then hit the comments to share your first impressions.
After watching the Tiger King docuseries on Netflix, I really don’t see the point of this. It will seem tame compared to that. What made the docuseries great were the constant bombshell revelations. Every episode was full of surprises. The shocks are gone. This is a retread. I’ll be giving this a pass.
Sorry, I love Kate but she needs some acting classes and spelling ones too. Her speaking is always the same like she’s doing a impersonation on SNL. Besides SNL, she’s not excelling in other projects.
Did you see Bombshell?
Yes I did, she was slightly better but overall she is always playing the same
Kate McKinnon is awful in this. It’s like an SNL sketch. John Cameron Mitchell is good, tough.
That’s the first thing a noticed: Kate impersonation on SNL.
JCM has a lifetime pass for Hedwig so I’m glad he’s making some money.
From this teaser it looks like a complete misfire. Kate McKinnon rarely plays anyone but Kate McKinnon. This doesn’t look any different.