| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peacock_logo_2.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Can't Not Watch]]'']] |
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| 4 | [[https://www.peacocktv.com Peacock]] is an ad-supported subscription-based (which had a free membership plan where one can enjoy a partial selection of the library with limited ads) streaming service launched in 2020 that is owned and operated by Creator/NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast. As the conglomerate's official answer to Creator/{{Netflix}} and Creator/{{Hulu}} (which NBCU maintains minority ownership of until 2024, when it will sell its stake to majority owner Creator/{{Disney}}), the service's content encompasses material from all of [=NBCUniversal=]'s brands. |
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| 6 | Peacock is offered in three tiers. The "Free" version has a reduced content output. A "Premium" tier includes the complete programming lineup. The third tier is an ad-free version of the Premium tier. In addition to its video-on-demand offerings, Peacock also offers special linear channels airing exclusive content not available on NBCU's other nets. The linear channels will offer NBC's late-night schedule just hours before airing on the network itself. In 2022, Peacock added livestreams of the NBC network but only on their Premium Plus tier. |
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| 8 | The service is planned to be the home of all content from the Creator/{{Universal}}, Creator/FocusFeatures, Creator/IlluminationEntertainment and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation studios (including its Classic Media subsidiary). While newer content from these studios were not available at launch due to pre-existing contracts, 2022-and-beyond releases[[labelnote:*]]excluding post-October 2016 movies from [[{{Creator/DreamWorksSKG}} DreamWorks Pictures]] and [[Creator/AmblinEntertainment Amblin Partners]], which premiere on Creator/{{Showtime}} through 2024[[/labelnote]] will premiere on the service for the first and return on the last four months of their 18-month pay 1 window, in an unusual arrangement which will see films shared with Creator/PrimeVideo (live-action releases) and Creator/{{Netflix}} (for [=DreamWorks=] Animation and Illumination movies) in between the period. The service also carried the day-and-date streaming releases of ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'' and ''Film/HalloweenKills'' on its paid tiers. |
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| 10 | Subscribers to Xfinity's X1 and Flex cable plans previously had free access to the ad-supported Premium tier at no additional cost. A beta version of the service was launched for participating Xfinity subscribers on April 15, 2020, with the official rollout commencing on July 15. Similar to Creator/{{Max}} (previously HBO Max), the service was not carried by all smart-TV services at launch; the service resolved its disputes with Roku in 2020, but only reached an agreement with Amazon Fire TV and many other platforms in mid-2021. |
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| 12 | The service also expanded through the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy through Creator/{{Sky}} (as a content hub) starting in 2022 but was short-lived. |
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| 14 | In 2023, Peacock eliminated its free tier for new users encouraging those to sign up for their Premium tier. |
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| 16 | [[ReadTheFinePrint Also this is the only streaming service that has a recipe in its terms of use.]] [[https://www.delish.com/food-news/a33349065/nbc-peacock-terms-of-use-cake-recipe/ No, really.]][[labelnote:note]]Initially a chocolate cake recipe, it was changed to one "inspired by Kevin's famous chili from The Office" on January 30, 2023.[[/labelnote]] |
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| 18 | See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZSwr5vncQ the trailer]] here. |
| 19 | ---- |
| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | !!Content Providers |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:[=NBCUniversal=]]] |
| 24 | * Creator/{{NBC}} (post-1973 programming only; pre-1973 content is licensed to Creator/{{CBS}}) |
| 25 | ** NBC News |
| 26 | *** CNBC |
| 27 | *** MSNBC |
| 28 | ** NBC Sports |
| 29 | * [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] (first-window pre-2022 movies are with HBO; excludes [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG DreamWorks Pictures]] and [[Creator/AmblinEntertainment Amblin Partners]] films, which are licensed to Creator/{{Showtime}}.) |
| 30 | ** Creator/IlluminationEntertainment (first-window pre-2022 movies are with Netflix) |
| 31 | ** Creator/DreamWorksAnimation (2022-and-beyond films, plus select and TV series; some new original series shared with Hulu) |
| 32 | *** [=DreamWorks=] Classics |
| 33 | ** Creator/UniversalAnimationStudios (select films and TV series) |
| 34 | ** Creator/FocusFeatures (first-run movies are with HBO until 2022) |
| 35 | ** Working Title Films |
| 36 | * [=NBCUniversal=] Content Studios |
| 37 | ** Universal Television |
| 38 | ** Creator/UniversalContentProductions |
| 39 | ** Universal International Studios |
| 40 | * Creator/USANetwork |
| 41 | * Creator/{{Syfy}} |
| 42 | * Creator/{{E}} |
| 43 | * Bravo |
| 44 | * Oxygen |
| 45 | * Creator/UniversalKids |
| 46 | * Creator/G4TV |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[folder:Third-Party Providers]] |
| 50 | * Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup (select catalog programming) |
| 51 | * Creator/AAndE Networks (select catalog programming) |
| 52 | * Creator/{{Disney}} (select movies from its brands and Creator/{{ABC}} and [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Television]] programming; non-exclusive, ''Series/ModernFamily'' is shared with Hulu) |
| 53 | * Creator/{{Fox}} Entertainment (select reality and unscripted programming, shared with Hulu and Tubi) |
| 54 | * [[Creator/JimHenson The Jim Henson Company]] (select films and shows through Creator/ShoutFactory) |
| 55 | * Creator/{{Lionsgate}} [=/=] Creator/{{Starz}} (select films and shows, excludes original STARZ programs) |
| 56 | * Stephen J. Cannell Productions (through Creator/ShoutFactory) |
| 57 | * Creator/{{Mattel}} (select catalog programming such as several ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' movies and ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'') |
| 58 | * [[{{Creator/ParamountGlobal}} Paramount]] (select [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] movies and Paramount-owned programming; non-exclusive) |
| 59 | * Creator/SesameWorkshop (select ''Series/SesameStreet'' specials that were previously on [[Creator/{{Max}} other platforms]]) |
| 60 | * Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery (select Creator/WarnerBros movies and shows; non-exclusive, ''Harry Potter'' films stream exclusively on that service) |
| 61 | * Wrestling/{{WWE}} (exclusive provider of WWE Network in the US) |
| 62 | * EBU (Series/EurovisionSongContest 2021, with the rights for the 2022 edition also acquired) |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | !!Original programs by Peacock |
| 66 | [[index]] |
| 67 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 68 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Curious George|2006}}'' film series (2020-2021; fifth and sixth films) |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegamindVsTheDoomSyndicate'' (2024) |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 73 | * ''Film/MrMonksLastCaseAMonkMovie'' (2023) |
| 74 | * ''Film/PleaseDontDestroyTheTreasureOfFoggyMountain'' (2023) |
| 75 | * The ''Series/{{Psych}}'' film series (2020-present; second film onward) |
| 76 | * ''[[Film/TheyThem2022 They/Them]]'' (2022) |
| 77 | * ''Film/{{Sick}}'' (2023) |
| 78 | %%* ''Genie'' (2023) |
| 79 | %%* ''Praise This'' (2023) |
| 80 | %%* The long-awaited ''Series/{{Community}}'' movie (TBA) |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 84 | * ''Series/TheAmberRuffinShow'' (2020-2022) |
| 85 | * ''Series/{{Angelyne}}'' (2022) |
| 86 | * ''Series/APBio'' (2020-2021; season 3 onwards) |
| 87 | * ''Series/BasedOnATrueStory'' (2023-present) |
| 88 | * ''Series/BelAir'' (2022-present; reimagined reboot of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'') |
| 89 | * ''[[Film/TheBestMan The Best Man: The Final Chapters]]'' (2022) |
| 90 | * ''Series/BraveNewWorld'' (2020) |
| 91 | * ''Series/TheContinental'' (2023; Miniseries prequel to ''Franchise/JohnWick'') |
| 92 | * ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' (2022-present)[[note]]The soap opera had been available for free to Peacock users as an NBC program since the service’s launch; it became a Peacock original after NBC removed ''Days'' from its daytime schedule in September 2022 to launch the midday news program ''NBC News Daily'' in its former timeslot[[/note]] |
| 93 | * ''Series/DrDeath'' (2021, 2023) |
| 94 | * ''Series/{{Girls5eva}}'' (2021-2022, streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} from Season 3 onwards) |
| 95 | * ''Series/ILoveYouYouHateMe'' (2022, two-part binge drop documentary chronicling the backlash to [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]]) |
| 96 | * ''Series/{{Intergalactic}}'' (2021) |
| 97 | * ''Series/JoeVsCarole'' (2022) |
| 98 | * ''Series/TheLostSymbol'' (2021) |
| 99 | * ''Series/MrsDavis'' (2023) |
| 100 | * ''Literature/OneOfUsIsLying'' (2021-2022) |
| 101 | * ''Series/PitchPerfectBumperInBerlin'' (2022) |
| 102 | * ''Series/PokerFace'' (2023-present) |
| 103 | * ''Series/{{Punky Brewster|2021}}'' (2021) |
| 104 | * ''Series/TheResort'' (2022) |
| 105 | * ''Series/RutherfordFalls'' (2021-2022) |
| 106 | * ''Series/{{Saved by the Bell|2020}}'' (2020-2021) |
| 107 | * ''Series/{{Ted|2024}}'' (2024) |
| 108 | * ''Series/{{The Traitors|US}}'' (2023-present) |
| 109 | * ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}'' (2023-present) |
| 110 | * ''Series/WolfLikeMe'' (2022-2023) |
| 111 | %%* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (TBA; revival) |
| 112 | %%* ''Big Dummie'' (TBA) |
| 113 | %%** ''Beyond Salem'' (2021-2022) |
| 114 | %%* ''Division One'' (TBA) |
| 115 | %%* ''Expecting'' (TBA) |
| 116 | %%* ''Fan Girl'' (TBA) |
| 117 | %%* ''Frogger'' (2021; game show based on [[VideoGame/{{Frogger}} the video game series]]) |
| 118 | %%* ''Hart to Heart'' (2021-2023) |
| 119 | %%* ''Hatching Twitter'' (TBA) |
| 120 | %%* ''The Kids [[Series/TheTonightShow Tonight Show]]'' (TBA) |
| 121 | %%* ''Killing It'' (2022) |
| 122 | %%* ''Series/LawAndOrder: Hate Crimes'' (2021) |
| 123 | %%* ''Film/MacGruber'' (2021) |
| 124 | %%* ''Olympic Boulevard'' (TBA) |
| 125 | %%* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' (2022) |
| 126 | %%* ''Literature/RedQueen'' (TBA) |
| 127 | %%* ''Straight Talk'' (TBA) |
| 128 | %%* ''Vampire Academy'' (TBA) |
| 129 | %%* ''Washed Up'' (TBA) |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 133 | * ''[[{{WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing}} Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!]]'' (2021; season 3) |
| 134 | * ''WesternAnimation/CleopatraInSpace'' (2020-2021; co-distributed with Creator/{{Hulu}}) |
| 135 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsFamilyTree'' (2021-2023; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 136 | * ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'' (2020-2022; seasons 10-15) |
| 137 | * ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' (2021-2023; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 138 | * ''WesternAnimation/FrightKrewe'' (2023-present; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 139 | * ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'' (2020-2022; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyOnes'' (2020-2022; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 141 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Superbuns}}'' (2023-present) |
| 142 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupernaturalAcademy'' (2022) |
| 143 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'' (2020-2022; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 144 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo2019 Where's Waldo?]]'' (2020-2021; season 2) |
| 145 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegamindRules'' (2024-present) |
| 146 | %%* ''The Adventure Zone'' (TBA) |
| 147 | %%* ''Abominable and the Invisible City'' (2022-23; co-distributed with Hulu) |
| 148 | %%* ''In the Know'' (2024-present) |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!Exclusive US distribution |
| 152 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 153 | * ''Series/TheCapture'' (originally aired on Creator/{{BBC}} One) |
| 154 | * ''Series/{{Departure}}'' (originally aired on the Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork) |
| 155 | * Series/EurovisionSongContest (US streaming rights starting with 2021) |
| 156 | * ''Series/{{Hitmen|2020}}'' (originally aired on Creator/{{Sky}} One) |
| 157 | * ''Series/NoughtsAndCrosses'' (originally aired on BBC One) |
| 158 | * ''Series/MrMercedes'' (originally aired on Audience Network) |
| 159 | * ''Series/WeAreLadyParts'' (originally aired on Creator/Channel4) |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | !!Day-and-date theatrical releases (available on Peacock for a limited time) |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'' (July-September 2021) |
| 164 | * ''Film/HalloweenKills'' (October-December 2021) |
| 165 | * ''Film/{{Marry Me|2022}}'' (February-June 2022) |
| 166 | * ''Film/{{Firestarter|2022}}'' (May-September 2022) |
| 167 | * ''Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.'' (September 2022-January 2023) |
| 168 | * ''Film/HalloweenEnds'' (October 2022-February 2023) |
| 169 | * ''[[Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023 Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' (October 2023 - February 2024) |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[/index]] |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | !!Tropes associated with Peacock: |
| 174 | * AdvertisingByAssociation: After ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' was added to the service in 2021, Peacock temporarily altered the descriptions of its various price tiers (Free, Premium and Premium Plus) to discuss how much of the show would be available with each tier, acknowledging the show's intended KillerApp status. |
| 175 | * BannedEpisode: Similar to Hulu, the ''30 Rock'' episodes "Believe in the Stars" and "Live from Studio 6H" (East and West Coast versions) are banned due to scenes of white characters in blackface (Jenna posing as a black man in "Believe in the Stars" in the former episode and John Hamm playing a stereotypical black man in a parody of ''Amos 'n Andy'' in the latter episode) following the George Floyd riots and the heightened concern over systemic racism that followed. |
| 176 | * ChannelHop: Certain films and series initially available for other services like Creator/{{Netflix}} and Creator/{{Hulu}} would move to Peacock, the most notable being [[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]] moving from Netflix to the service. |
| 177 | * DigitalDestruction: |
| 178 | ** Sadly played straight with ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'', which is taken from low-quality PAL masters as opposed to the original broadcast tapes, which are presumably lost. |
| 179 | ** The episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' suffer the same issue as above, the audio is higher pitched and rendered at a different framerate. |
| 180 | * EnemyMine: |
| 181 | ** With Creator/{{Hulu}}, which carried Creator/{{NBC}} programming and made a licensing deal with Creator/DreamworksAnimation (owned by [=NBCUniversal=]) prior to Peacock being announced. It's unclear what concessions were made (and if they were related to Comcast becoming a silent partner after Creator/{{Disney}} took majority control of Hulu), but Peacock was able to secure joint rights to stream NBC's programming and select new [=DreamWorks=] films, plus got to co-distribute several new animated shows with Hulu, beginning with ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild''. This changed in 2022, when NBC did not renew its arrangement with Hulu and pulled its current-season programming from the service in September, giving Peacock sole streaming rights to new NBC/Bravo material; however, Hulu retains the joint ownership of [=DreamWorks=] series and some older NBC shows. |
| 182 | ** With Creator/PrimeVideo, entering an unusual distribution deal for live-action Creator/{{Universal}} and Creator/FocusFeatures films beginning in 2022; for each film's 18-month first pay-TV window, Peacock will distribute for the first and last 4 months, while Prime takes the middle 10 months, allowing Creator/NBCUniversal's platform to benefit from their films without sacrificing a lucrative Amazon licensing deal. (Universal's animated films are set to do likewise, but with Creator/{{Netflix}} taking the middle portion instead of Prime.) As part of the arrangement, Amazon's [[Website/{{IMDb}} Freevee]] platform secured second-window rights to Universal's 2020-21 slate, which had originally been set to run on Peacock. |
| 183 | * FollowTheLeader: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], as it's not a straightforward Creator/{{Netflix}} clone in the way Creator/DisneyPlus and Creator/HBOMax are. Peacock is essentially a mashup of Creator/{{Hulu}} (ad-supported premium content with an ad-free option) and Creator/PlutoTV (channels and free programming) that has also downplayed the "brand-centric streaming service" nature of Disney+, HBO Max and Creator/AppleTVPlus by incorporating content from third parties more freely. Executive Matt Strauss even joked about how "[they] did not call this service NBC Plus." |
| 184 | ** Plus, nowadays we tend to forget [=NBCUniversal=] already had its own streaming service before, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeso Seeso]]. This was, however, short-lived (lasting for little more than a year from 2016 to 2017) and was centered around comedy, as opposed to Peacock's generalist focus. At the time "streaming" was basically synonymous with "Netflix", which further dented its appeal. |
| 185 | * NetworkToTheRescue: |
| 186 | ** ''Series/APBio'' was cancelled by Creator/{{NBC}}, then revived by Peacock for a 3rd season. |
| 187 | ** On the KeepCirculatingTheTapes front, semi-forgotten cartoons and direct to video series like ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'', ''WesternAnimation/FievelsAmericanTails'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' and ''Series/TheAdventuresOfTimmyTheTooth'' were finally brought back into circulation after decades of no reruns or official DVD and VHS releases (at least in the US). |
| 188 | * ScrewedByTheLawyers: |
| 189 | ** Like with [[{{Creator/Max}} HBO Max]], the service was initially unavailable on both Roku and Amazon Fire devices due to those two companies having disagreements with Creator/NBCUniversal. No deals with the two would be successfully negotiated with their parent companies until September of 2020 & June of 2021 respectively, when Roku & Amazon were each able to reach such agreements with [=NBCUniversal=] and Peacock & has been available to watch on their devices since then. |
| 190 | ** Because [=NBCUniversal=] still has agreements with Netflix, Hulu, and Creator/{{HBO}}, the last of which would end in 2022, many movies and series whose rights remain exclusive to them wouldn't be available on the service until further notice. |
| 191 | ** Many episodes of various incarnations of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' aren't available due to prior agreements with other services and networks. |
| 192 | ** [=NBCUniversal=] having the rights to the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films despite them being made by Creator/WarnerBros is why the movies were yanked off HBO Max and subsequently added to Peacock. On the plus side, you can watch all the movies in the series for free as long as you sign up, you don't have to pay a single penny. |
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