NBC announces civilian 'Traitors' fall premiere date

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June 18 (UPI) -- NBC announced the premiere date for The Traitors: New Blood on Thursday. The season will premiere Sept.17 at 8 p.m. EDT with a two-hour episode.

Subsequent episodes air Thursdays at 8 p.m. on NBC. New episodes stream Fridays on Peacock.

New Blood will feature civilian participants. The show is casting 22 Americans from a search of 60,000.

Previous seasons featured reality stars competing in challenges in a Scottish castle. The first four seasons streamed on Peacock.

Alan Cumming returns as host. Season 3 won five Primetime Emmys, including one for Cumming as host, Outstanding Reality Competition, and Outstanding Directing, Cinematography and Editing for a Reality Competition.

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Left to right, Tony Award winners Marie Mullen, Alan Cumming, Natasha Richardson and Anthony LaPaglia pose together at the Tony Awards in New York City on June 7, 1998. Cumming won Best Actor/Musical for "Cabaret." Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo

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