Rainn Wilson and The Geography of Bliss Set for Peacock

Peacock has ordered Rainn Wilson and The Geography of Bliss, a new original docuseries produced by RadicalMedia.

Based on Eric Weiner’s New York Times bestseller The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, the six-episode travel docuseries will follow Rainn Wilson (The Office) as he traverses the globe searching for the secrets to the world’s happiest and least happy places.

Each episode will feature Wilson, who has had his own struggles with mental health, traveling to a different country to discover how changing your location and perspective can change your life.

Wilson said: “Are you kidding me? This is the job of a lifetime: traveling around the world for Peacock, seeking to uncover the secret to happiness in these perilous times. I’ll let you know what I find out!”

Rod Aissa, executive VP of unscripted content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said: “Rainn Wilson is the perfect guide to take audiences on a unique journey around the world, uncovering the secret ingredients that make for a happy or unhappy population. With an entertaining and irreverent tone, Rainn Wilson and The Geography of Bliss uncovers how the universal pillars of community, spirituality, family and wealth all intersect to serve up varying degrees of happiness across our planet.”