The series will first head to ITVX
ITV has announced the forthcoming UK premiere of Grosse Pointe Garden Society, a sleek new suburban thriller from Desperate Housewives and Good Girls creators Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. While the series will stream on ITVX in early 2026, its most telling destination may be its linear home: ITV2.
Long associated with reality TV, youth-skewing comedy and pop-cultural comfort viewing, ITV2 has quietly evolved into a space for sharp-edged, female-led drama — and Grosse Pointe Garden Society feels like a deliberate step in that direction.
Its arrival signals a channel leaning further into glossy, psychologically charged storytelling that sits somewhere between soap, satire and slow-burn mystery.
Set in the manicured world of an affluent suburban garden club, the series follows four residents — Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), Birdie (Melissa Fumero), Catherine (Aja Naomi King) and Brett (Ben Rappaport) — whose lives are bound together by a shared secret: a murder no one is prepared to acknowledge.
What begins as surface-level civility soon curdles into paranoia, guilt and quiet menace, as the cracks beneath the neighbourhood’s immaculate lawns begin to show.
The garden club is a neat metaphor: a place devoted to cultivation, control and appearances, where rot is carefully hidden beneath blooms. As scandals deepen and truths emerge, the series explores the emotional toll of perfectionism, the strain of suburban performance and the psychological cost of pretending everything is fine.
This is familiar terrain for Bans and Krebs, whose previous work has consistently used domestic settings to interrogate power, morality and repression. Here, that approach is rendered with a glossy sheen and an ensemble cast that brings both warmth and volatility. Alongside its leads, the series features Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis, Matthew Davis and Felix Wolfe, adding further texture to a community where everyone is watching — and no one is clean.
The 12-episode first series leans into atmosphere: stylish, controlled and quietly unsettling. It’s suburban noir with a pastel palette — the kind of drama that thrives on weekly anticipation as much as binge viewing.
While ITVX will offer early access, the decision to air the series on ITV2 positions it as communal television — something to be discovered, discussed and digested in real time. In an era dominated by streaming-first launches, ITV2’s involvement suggests confidence in the show’s broad appeal and its ability to cut through beyond the algorithm.
The exact broadcast dates for ITV2 are yet to be confirmed by the broadcaster.
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