Ponies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Moscow, 1977. Two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest" in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea is an over educated, Russian speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.

Series details

• Title: Ponies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller, Espionage
• Premiere date: 2026-01-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Peacock
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 51 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 79185
• IMDb ID: tt33270420
• TVDB ID: 453786

Cast and credited roles

• Emilia Clarke — Bea Grant
• Haley Lu Richardson — Twila Hasbeck
• Nicholas Podany — Ray Symanski
• Adrian Lester — Dane Walter
• Vic Michaelis — Cheryl Symanski
• Artjom Gilz — Andrei Vasiliev
• Petro Ninovskyi — Sasha Shevchenko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-15; final listed air date 2026-01-15; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ponies on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.