Missing shows?
My understanding was that shows like The Office and Brooklyn 99 were supposed to be part of the launch. There’s surprisingly little content on the service as far as I can tell. Anyone know why?
Posted Jul 16, 2020, 3:11 AM UTC
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I don’t know why, but that was my impression too. Peacock had no transparency about this when announcing the shows that will be included. When Disney+ announced their titles, it was literally just titles that would be included at launch. I just assumed that Peacock’s content announcement meant the same. Just shady that they had that promotion for buying a year’s worth of streaming upfront.
I was googling all day for Peacock TV airdates for specific shows, couldn’t find anything :(
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The Office comes to Peacock Jan 1 after it's Netflix rights expire. Peacock announced their "Coming Soon" content at the bottom of this press release ahead of launch yesterday, and it includes The Office, B99, the Chicago shows and some other series.
I think B99 and a lot of the other shows revolve around their deal with Hulu. When Disney bought Fox and got a majority stake in Hulu, Comcast agreed to sell their minority Hulu stake, and as part of that agreement, they get to reclaim the rights to their content in phases over a period of time. B99 and the others will come to Peacock in the not too distant future, but I don't think it's been confirmed when.