The Emmy-winning host details how he's "even more naughty and like an old trickster than ever" selecting the Traitors for season 3 of his Peacock reality competition hit.

"The ending to this [season] is not like anything we've seen in the previous two seasons," Alan Cumming tells Newsweek's Parting Shot podcast.

"The Traitors" host Alan Cumming says there are lots of "extra twists" in Season 3 of "The Traitors." He also says the most stressful part of the process.

Following tonight's three episode premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Peacock on Thursdays. Here's the full schedule for The Traitors season three: Episode 1, “Let Battle Commence”: Thursday, January 9 at 9 p.m. eastern Episode 2: Thursday, January 9 at 9 p.m. eastern

A year after its Emmy-award-winning second season, Peacock’s “The Traitors” US is back for more. Peacock’s game of treachery and deceit returns for a 12-episode third season beginning today, January 9.

"The Traitors" premieres Thursday with the first three episodes of season 3 releasing on Peacock at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes then drop weekly. The first two episodes of season 3 then air Jan. 20 on NBC at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET.