
"The show is so funny and so wacky and so strange." How to watch Based on a True Story

"It ended up being such an interesting part of this show," Cuoco told Entertainment Tonight back in February 2023. She asked the creatives if Ava could be pregnant and they decided it would be fine.

A few weeks ahead of production Cuoco discovered that she was pregnant. There was one unexpected adjustment that Rosenberg had to make to the show after Cuoco signed up to star, though. "I became fascinated with the idea of a relatable married couple whose youthful dreams hadn't come to fruition and who saw the true crime tidal wave as an opportunity to change their lives and save their marriage." "Murderers have become celebrities and celebrities have become murderers, which inspired me to create this show," continued Rosenberg. Rosenberg previously told Deadline, he was inspired to write the show after noticing how podcasts, documentaries and fictional shows based on true stories had helped true crime become a "phenomenon" that has "dominate the culture" over the last 10 years. Not just to try and catch the murderer, but to spice up their hum-drum lives, too. After a chance encounter with Dyer’s bartender and Bateman’s plumber, who are mysteriously connected to a number of gory deaths in their neighborhood, Ava and Nathan launch their own podcast. The official plot from Peacock teases a story around a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber living in West Los Angeles who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime.Įven though they love each other, financial woes and an impending baby mean that Ava’s life as a real estate agent and Nathan’s as a tennis coach just aren’t as fulfilling as they once hoped they would be. When it comes to what Based on a True Story is actually about, think Only Murders in the Building meets You. The stacked cast also includes Pandora's Priscilla Quintana as Ruby Gale, while Canadian comedian Aisha Alfa, Succession's Annabelle Dexter-Jones and Babylon's Li Jun Li also star in undisclosed roles.

They’re joined by Da Vinci's Demons' Tom Bateman as Matt Pierce, Stranger Things ' Natalia Dyer as Chloe Lake, and Light As A Feathers' Liana Liberato as Tory Thompson. Thanks to the likes of The Mindy Project, Argo, The Newsroom, and, most recently, Air, Chris Messina is quite familiar to viewers as well. Kaley Cuoco is unarguably the biggest name starring in Based on a True Story, based on her starring roles in The Big Bang Theory, The Flight Attendant and 8 Simple Rules.
