# Grosse Pointe Garden Society

Grosse Pointe Garden Society is an American drama television series written and created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. It premiered on NBC on February 23, 2025.

## Premise

Four members of a suburban gardening club share a murderous secret in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

## Cast
### Main

* Melissa Fumero as Birdie, the newest member of the garden society
* Aja Naomi King as Catherine, a married real-estate agent
* Ben Rappaport as Brett, a divorced father who gave up his career dreams for his wife's legal career and now works as a Manager of the Gardening club
* AnnaSophia Robb as Alice, a high-school teacher at Grosse Pointe North married to Doug
* Matthew Davis as Joel, a police officer and the adoptive father of Birdie's son
* Alexander Hodge as Doug
* Nancy Travis as Patty
* Felix Wolfe as Ford

### Recurring

* Jocko Sims as Tucker, Catherine's husband
* Nora Zehetner as Melissa, Brett's ex-wife
* Saamer Usmani as Gary, a realtor who is having an affair with Catherine
* Josh Ventura as Connor, Melissa's new husband

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Pilot" | Maggie Kiley | Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs | February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) | 1.79 |
| 2 | "Pests" | Phil Traill | Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs | March 2, 2025 (2025-3-2) | 1.02 |
| 3 | "Companion Planting" | Phil Traill | Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs | March 9, 2025 (2025-3-9) | 1.06 |
| 4 | "Force of Nature" | Michael Weaver | Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs | March 16, 2025 (2025-3-16) | 1.03 |
| 5 | "Pollination" | TBA | Bridget Bedard | March 23, 2025 (2025-3-23) | TBD |
| 6 | "Plant Parenthood" | TBA | Alexandra Cunningham | March 30, 2025 (2025-3-30) | TBD |
| 7 | "Germination" | TBA | Nicki Renna | April 4, 2025 (2025-4-4) | TBD |

## Production

NBC began developing Grosse Pointe Garden Society in 2022, and opened a writers' room for the show in 2023. The project received a series order from the network in July 2024.
The series was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs—who, with Casey Kyber, act as showrunners and executive producers—and is produced by Universal Television. The pilot was directed by executive producer Maggie Kiley.
The main cast includes Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, Ben Rappaport, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Hodge, Nancy Travis, Matthew Davis, and Felix Wolfe.
In January 2025, Jocko Sims, Saamer Usmani, Josh Ventura, and Nora Zehetner were cast in recurring roles.

## Broadcast

The series premiered on NBC on February 23, 2025. In Canada, the series airs on Citytv, and streams the next day on Citytv+.

## Reception
### Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 62% approval rating with an average rating of 5.3/10, based on 13 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Naughty and not so nice with its salacious tour through the suburbs, Grosse Pointe Garden Society's twists aren't the sharpest shears in the shed but a game cast keeps the series watchable." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

### Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Grosse Pointe Garden Society :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Pilot" | February 23, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 1.79 | 0.1 | 1.01 | 0.3 | 2.80 |
| 2 | "Pests" | March 2, 2025 | 0.1/1 | 1.02 | 0.1 | 0.83 | 0.2 | 1.86 |
| 3 | "Companion Planting" | March 9, 2025 | 0.1/1 | 1.06 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | "Force of Nature" | March 16, 2025 | 0.1/2 | 1.03 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |