The Great Streaming Wars of officially have another combatant as NBCUniversal announced the details of its upcoming streaming service today. Peacock will launch in April and include over 15, hours of content, comprised of a wide range of classic sitcoms, reboots of classic sitcoms, new original shows, and a library of films from Universal Pictures. The Office , Friends , and Parks and Recreation were the three most-watched shows on Netflix last year. Starting in , Netflix will no longer have any of those shows. As its new streaming competitors slowly siphon off titles in its library, Netflix will have no choice but to continue investing heavily in original content. Death , a drama starring Alec Baldwin based on the true-crime podcast of the same name, and Brave New World , an adaptation of the Aldous Huxley novel. Even down to its name, Peacock seems committed to bringing back the viewers who grew up with NBC shows in the 80s and 90s.

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Do you feel like the options for streaming video subscriptions are already plentiful? Peacock is hoping you have room in your life for one more. NBCUniversal plans to release Peacock — its new streaming service — in and hopes to compete with the likes of stalwarts like Netflix and Hulu, as well as new streaming offerings from Disney, HBO and Apple. Will it be able to differentiate itself in a suddenly cluttered marketplace? Peacock is a yet-to-be launched subscription streaming service from NBCUniversal. Reboots of popular series like Saved By The Bell and Punky Brewster are expected to be a part of the original content offering from Peacock. In total, there will be more than 15, hours of content available on Peacock. NBC has been touting Peacock as a key part of its Olympics coverage, which will take place in Tokyo beginning in July. NBCUniversal has not yet released an official price for the Peacock service. Per the official site , "Peacock will be both advertising and subscription supported.
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Upon launch, Peacock will be the exclusive streaming home for a plethora of NBC shows and Universal movies. Other notable titles include:. Most shows, featuring talent from NBCUniversal properties, are under 10 minutes and will run for four weeks. When Major is gunned down, an experimental artificial intelligence project brings him back from the dead. Expecting : Mindy Kaling is developing a comedy about a perpetually single year-old music manager who decides to ask her gay best friend to be her sperm donor. Hitmen : Two broke best friends, Fran and Jamie, run a ramshackle killer-for-hire business, with each episode following the hapless duo as they bungle their latest hit through some combination of incompetence, bickering, and antics. Lady Parts : This musical comedy tells the tale of the titular Muslim girl-punk band and the geeky Ph. She then meets a young foster girl named Izzy, who reminds Punky of her younger self. Josie Totah will star in the lead role of Lexi, a popular and sharp-tongued cheerleader, and Mario Lopez , Elizabeth Berkley , and Mark-Paul Gosselaar will reprise their original roles of A.
But even then, it forced NBCU to amend some existing licensing contracts to get those shows onto its service. While second runs for broadcast TV series are nothing new — broadcast and cable syndication have long been a money-making enterprise for studios — the advent of streaming, with its unlimited shelf space, opened up a massive new revenue stream. It makes more sense for broadcast networks to prioritize their in-house operations when deciding which new shows to pick up in order to help their parent company cash in down the road.