After a one-week hiatus, the fifth season of The Traitors: New Blood returns to NBC on Thursday, October 8, with its fifth episode. The reality competition resumes with 17 of the original 22 contestants remaining in the historic Scottish castle. Jacksonville, Florida, marketing manager Katie Fites holds the distinction of being the season’s only remaining Floridian and its newest traitor.
According to the show’s published broadcast schedule, the new episode airs at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and becomes available to stream on Peacock the following day, Friday, October 9. Four episodes aired during the season’s first two weeks before the network skipped its October 1 broadcast to air Major League Baseball postseason coverage.
The Traitors: New Blood Season 5 Remaining Episode Schedule
With the brief schedule pause behind them, fans can look forward to a steady weekly rollout leading up to the two-hour season finale in November. The complete remaining broadcast timeline includes:
- October 8: Episode 5 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- October 15: Episode 6 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- October 22: Episode 7 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- October 29: Episode 8 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- November 5: Episode 9 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- November 12: Episode 10 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET
- November 19: Episodes 11 and 12 (Two-hour season finale) air at 8:00 p.m. ET
Cast Updates and the Newest Traitor
Originally, The Traitors: New Blood cast included two contestants from Florida: Katie Fites, a marketing manager from Jacksonville, and Xavier Scruggs, an MLB analyst from Wesley Chapel. During a special competition in the third episode, two players were chosen to complete secret tasks to become the third traitor. Fites secured her spot in the turret.
Scruggs lost the challenge, and he was subsequently murdered and sent home. With additional early departures-including Logan Smith and Arisa Thomas in week two, alongside Kim Daily and Madeline Kostopulos in week one-exactly 17 players remain as the game intensifies.
Fites, who also works as an actress, intends to use her performance background to navigate the social dynamics of the castle. “I’m going to trust my gut going into this, and I think that I have the potential to make a really fun environment while also reading people, connecting with people, and then if necessary, backstabbing people if it saves me,” she shared in her official NBC bio.
How to Watch and Stream
Hosted by Emmy-winning Scottish actor Alan Cumming, The Traitors: New Blood airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. It occupies a prime slot directly ahead of Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order. For viewers who prefer to stream, new episodes land on Peacock every Friday morning. Peacock also houses past seasons of the U.S. version as well as international editions like The Traitors: UK.
