NBC will attempt to the whet the whistle of viewers who have yet to subscribe to sister platform Peacock by airing the first episode of The Day of the Jackal.
The episode will air Monday, Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The drama that streams on Peacock follows assassin/Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.
But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
The series has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and star Redmayne was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series.
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