Get ready for a thrilling crime drama series with one of the most stacked casts you will ever see and to top it all off it is set on the night of Muhammad Ali‘s return to boxing. We are talking about Peacock’s new series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist created by Shaye Ogbonna. Based on the 2020 podcast titled Fight Night by Jeff Keating and Jim Roberts, the Peacock series is going to be an entertaining package filled with thrill, drama, and brutal consequences.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is set in the year 1970 and it revolves around a heist that occurred on the night of Muhammad Ali’s return to boxing, which sets in motion a chain of events that results in some of the most ruthless gangsters in the U.S. going on a killing spree and it all happened because of one man aptly named Chicken Man.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist consists of eight episodes in total. The crime drama series premieres on Peacock with its first three episodes on September 5, with the rest of the episodes coming out weekly every Thursday. Check out the full episode guide of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist below:
- Episode 1 “Round One: The Ballad of Chicken Man” – September 5, 2024
- Episode 2 “Round Two: Fight Night” – September 5, 2024
- Episode 3 “Round Three: Black Vegas” – September 5, 2024
- Episode 4 “Round Four: Real Policework” – September 12, 2024
- Episode 5 “Round Five: Ambition Ain’t Free” – September 19, 2024
- Episode 6 “Round Six: Community Men” – September 26, 2024
- Episode 7 “Round Seven: Jekyll Island” – October 3, 2024
- Episode 8 “Round Eight: Testify” – October 10, 2024
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist – Cast & Characters (Who Is In It & Who Are They Playing?)
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist stars Kevin Hart as Gordon ‘Chicken Man’ Williams, Samuel L. Jackson as Frank Moten, Don Cheadle as J.D. Hudson, Taraji P. Henson as Vivian Thomas, Terrence Howard as Richard Wheeler, Chloe Bailey as Lena Mosley, Lori Harvey as Lola Falana, Dexter Darden as Muhammad Ali, Marsha Stephanie Blake as Delores Hudson, Rockmond Dunbar as Uncle Willie, and Jayson Warner Smith as Herbert Turner Jenkins.