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Dungeon Crawler Carl: the TV show is officially in development at Peacock, from Seth MacFarlane and creator Matt Dinniman
The people (and platform) that brought you the TV versions of Ted and The 'Burbs are officially working on a TV version of Matt Dinniman's cult book series
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You can’t say that Matt Dinniman doesn’t deliver; it’s been less than a month since he promised updates “in the next few weeks” about the fate of his Dungeon Crawler Carl TV show, and he’s delivered.
The show is now officially in development at Peacock from Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company, with Chris Yost serving as the show’s executive producer and writer; Yost and Dinniman are executive producers on the show, as is Erica Huggins, who’s served the same role on Peacock’s Ted and The ‘Burbs.
Per Variety, the official logline for the series runs as follows: “An alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show. Sounds bad, right? Now try doing it with bare feet and a stuck-up, self-centered, tiara-wearing talking cat as your partner. Welcome to Dungeon Crawler World: Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised … and Coast Guard vet Carl finds himself stuck with his ex-girlfriend’s award-winning show cat, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk, as they try to survive the end of the world, fighting monsters, aliens, an insane A.I. and even other survivors … all for the sake of good TV. Survival is optional. Entertainment is not.”
As Dinniman has previously revealed, the show will be live-action, although he’s well aware many fans were hoping it would be entirely animated.
If you can’t wait for the show, don’t forget: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, is out on May 12, 2026.
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