Video taking off 20x its usual first day

Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie dig up trouble in DIG

Peacock's archaeology comedy trailer turns a rare discovery into a secret, while viewers pick out familiar faces from very different comedy worlds.

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Peacock Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 210,257 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (10,568).

DIG | Official Trailer | Peacock Original

Hugh Laurie's professor announces his retirement to Amy Poehler's character, then tells the cheering excavation team he'll stay another year. For anyone hoping to step out of his shadow, that's a problem. Finding an ancient bust makes it a considerably bigger one.

Peacock's "DIG | Official Trailer | Peacock Original" introduces a summer archaeological expedition in Greece where the researchers have more to worry about than careful brushwork. Team members want to excavate their discovery themselves and keep the credit away from their superior. Soon there are police questions, suspicions of surveillance and printed photographs showing that someone has been watching.

Poehler's attempts to impose order begin with a stern warning not to feed the stray dogs. By the end, she's proposing a much less reassuring survival strategy: "If we tell the right story for the rest of our lives, we're going to get through this." Geraldine Viswanathan and Fina Strazza also feature in the trailer, which announces a November 23 premiere.

The clip reached roughly 138,000 views in 11 hours, an unusually fast start for Peacock's short uploads. Its comment section has already drawn about twenty times the channel's usual full-day response for that format.

Much of that conversation is about the cast. Viewers compare the Poehler-Laurie pairing to an unlikely superhero crossover, while several ask whether they spotted Brennan Lee Mulligan. Another jokes that the excavation could uncover something beneath Pawnee, the fictional hometown of Poehler's Leslie Knope. That connection isn't entirely fanciful: DIG's trailer highlights Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place and co-creator of Parks and Recreation.

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What viewers say

Hugh Laurie and Amy Poehler together reminds of those rare Superman and Spider Man crossovers DC and Marvel did.
@lanternsown3525See it on YouTube
this trailer is doing numbers in the archaeologist group chat. it's mostly arguing about accuracy but we're having fun
@Theo-MadsenSee it on YouTube
You had me at Amy Poehler working with Brennan FREAKING Lee Mulligan!!!!
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4 more comments

Did I spy Brennan Lee Mulligan?
@SamSchillingSee it on YouTube
Plot twist--the dig site ends up being Lot 48 in Pawnee, Indiana. The recently-completed Pawnee Commons must be razed due to the historical nature of the artifact(s) in question.
@ACBC84See it on YouTube
The ending took a sharp turn. 😂😂😂
@JumbarideSee it on YouTube
Amy, Hugh, and Archaeology? I'm there!👍🏾
@alexanderthemetalworkerSee it on YouTube