What’s new in Peacocks in June? Watch “Strong” World Cup matches and more

It seems like only yesterday that LAPD officer Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) was sent to infiltrate a local street racing crew headed by Dominic “When You’re Here, You’re Family” Toretto (Vin Diesel). But if you can believe it, that scenario – the plot of The Fast & The Furious – was 25 years ago. In celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary, Peacock will release the original film on June 1, and three more sequels will also be streaming on the platform this month, including 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift, and Fast X.

Love Island USA, hosted by Ariana Madix, has been the show of the summer for the past few years, thanks to its addictive drama and daily episodes. Season 8 of the dating show, which is set in a villa in Fiji where the 12 contestants live and try to fall in love, begins on June 2. Episodes air nightly on Peacock at 9pm ET/6pm PT (except Wednesdays) for six weeks.

There was one person who managed to escape the spotlight when Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, and that person was the show’s creator, Lorne Michaels. Although Michaels has made sporadic appearances in some documentaries about the show (all of which are excellent and also on Peacock), his story has not been accurately told until now. New documentary Lorne takes a look at the creator of Saturday Night Live and explores how the man’s legacy and the series will be forever linked. Lorne features interviews with many famous SNL alumni like Tina Fey, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Bowen Yang and more, and will arrive on Peacock on June 5.

While Fox and FS1 will show all matches of the 2026 World Cup in English this year, Peacock will be home to all Spanish-language broadcasts of the tournament. Matches will be available at every level of the streamer, and can be found on their own strengths World Cup Centre Which features matchups, alternate game views, the ability to create brackets, and more. The matches begin on June 11 and continue until the final on July 19.

Hosted by comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Las Culturistas is a funny podcast that pays homage to every little thing in pop culture and often features some of the world’s biggest stars as guests. The Las Culturistas Cultural Awards honor some of culture’s biggest and most obscure moments with “unapologetic humor and specificity,” as one would expect from these two hosts. The awards show features over 100 unique award categories you never knew you needed in your life, like “Best Vibe, Hands Down” and “Best Celebrity Nature Name,” and will air simulcast on Peacock and Bravo on Wednesday, June 17, from 9pm-11pm ET/PT.

Underrated drama The Capture, which originally aired on BBC One, returns for another season on Peacock. The detective series explores the very real threat of deepfakes used to manipulate police investigations, as police find themselves dealing with a new deepfakes technology called patching. It has made it almost impossible to parse what is real and what is not real. All six-hour episodes of Season 3 will be released on June 18.

Chloe Bailey stars in Strung, a new psychological thriller from Tyler Perry and Jason Blum. Billie plays Laila, a violinist who is hired as a music teacher to the daughter of a wealthy family. While life is luxurious and opulent on the outside, things are not as they seem once she delves deeper into their world, and the more entangled in their lives she becomes, the more she questions her sanity and sanity. The film’s cast also includes Lynn Whitfield, Anna Diop and Coco Jones.