THE HUB

Forget the "seven-year itch." In Peacock’s latest high-concept swing, The Miniature Wife , the literal downsizing of a spouse is the new baseline for domestic dysfunction. Premiering this week, the series, loosely based on Manuel Gonzales’s short story, is a neon-soaked, anxiety-inducing look at what happens when a husband’s scientific breakthrough becomes his wife’s living nightmare. If you thought your partner was suffocating, wait until you see Elizabeth Banks trying to su

If you’ve ever felt like your spouse was talking down to you, Peacock’s latest trailer for The Miniature Wife takes that marital grievance and turns it into a literal, six-inch-tall nightmare. The first look at the upcoming series just dropped, and it’s giving us a delicious blend of sci-fi absurdity and the kind of domestic passive-aggression that only A-list talent can pull off without making us want to file for divorce ourselves. Small Scale, High Stakes The trailer intr

Peacock is about to make you feel significantly better about your domestic life. Enter The Miniature Wife , a high-concept "marital comedy" that takes the term "shrinking violet" and turns it into a literal, sci-fi nightmare. The series, which officially drops all ten episodes on Peacock on April 9, 2026 , is already generating massive buzz for its lead pairing: Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen . On paper, it sounds like a whimsical reboot of a 1980s family flick, but e