The remaining contestants are "Faithfuls" and are tasked to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out in order to win the grand prize.

The American show is closely related to its British counterpart, with both being produced by Studio Lambert for the BBC and Peacock.

[6] A group of contestants arrive at a castle in the Scottish Highlands with hopes of winning a large cash prize that is built up through missions.

Most nights, the Traitors come together and decide upon one Faithful contestant to "murder" and that person leaves the game immediately.

The remaining Faithful contestants do not know who has been eliminated until the following day when that person does not enter the castle for breakfast.

[14] Sponsored by State Farm, it was announced that during the second season that a new web program named The Traitors Postmortem would be introduced, an after-show program featuring additional footage and interviews with eliminated contestants that would air on Peacock and on Peacock's YouTube channel.

[15] The Traitors became the number one original reality series on the streamer,[2] with the premiere of the season being BBC Three's most-watched show since the relaunch of its linear television.