‘The Thing About Pam’ Offshoot ‘The Thing About Tommy’ In Works At Peacock

EXCLUSIVE: Another true crime limited series franchise, The Things About..., is looking to join the likes of American Crime Story, Monster and Dr. Death. Peacock is developing The Thing About Tommy, from writer Bruce Marshall Romans and the companies behind the 2022 NBC limited series The Thing About Pam, NBC News Studios and Blumhouse, sources tell Deadline. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

The Thing About Tommy is inspired by the true story of Thomas Randolph, nicknamed “Black Widower,” who has been married six times and four of those wives ended up dead.

Like The Thing About Pam, which chronicled Pam Hupp’s involvement in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, The Thing About Tommy stems from Dateline’s coverage of the case. (The venerable NBC newsmagazine profiled Randolph in the multi-part series The Widower.)

After premiering on NBC, The Thing About Pam, starring Renée Zellweger as Hupp, is available on Peacock, which also is home to Dr. Death and the Dateline library.

In addition to writing the pilot script, Romans is executive producing The Thing About Tommy with Jason Blum, Chris Dickie and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse as well as NBC News Studios’ Liz Cole.

Romans’ credits include stints as writer-producer on Falling Skies, Hell On Wheels, The Punisher, Deputy and Shantaram. He is repped by WME and The Nacelle Company.