NBC's New Streaming Platform "Peacock" Just Became Available for Xfinity Customers
Just like Disney stripped all its content off Netflix and launched Disney+, NBC did the same with its new exclusive streaming service, Peacock. Named for the channel's iconic logo, Peacock exclusively launched this week for all Comcast Xfinity X1 and Flex Customers, granting them free access to Peacock Premium (scroll down to learn how to access). The rest of us, however, will have to wait until July 15, 2020 for the national launch, according to a press release from the company.
Now, there will be two ways to watch Peacock: for free, or for $4.99 a month. Peacock Free won't cost watchers a dime and will offer access to over 7,500 hours of programming. It includes next day access to current seasons of freshman broadcast series, complete classic series, popular movies, curated daily news and sports programming including the Olympics, and Spanish-language content. Peacock will also offer access to and select episodes of marquee Peacock originals, tent-pole series, as well as curated Peacock streaming genre channels.
For $4.99 per month (free for Comcast and Cox subscribers) customers can opt for Peacock Premium, which will include everything offered in Peacock Free, as well as access to even more titles, sports broadcasts, and Peacock originals—amounting to over 15,000 hours of programming. Peacock Premium customers will also have the opportunity to watch NBC's Late Night programming a few hours before air time.
While both Peacock Free and Peacock Premium include ads, customers can upgrade to an ad-free experience for $9.99 per month (if using Peacock Free), or $5.00 per month (if using Peacock Premium). In short: you'll never pay more than $9.99 a month for Peacock.
Peacock Early Access for Xfinity X1 and Flex Customers
If you're an Xfinity X1 or Flex customer, you can start enjoying Peacock ahead of its July 2020 launch. Here's how.
1) Open the Peacock app on your Xfinity Flex account
2) Enter your email
3) You're in! Enjoy!
Shows on Peacock
Peacock will offer some of the most popular NBC and classic TV series of all time, including:
30 Rock
Bates Motel
Battlestar Galactica
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Cheers
Chrisley Knows Best
Covert Affairs
Downton Abbey
Everybody Loves Raymond
Frasier
Friday Night Lights
House
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
King of Queens
Married…With Children
Monk
The Office
Parks and Recreation
Parenthood
Psych
Royal Pains
Saturday Night Live
Superstore
Will & Grace
Peacock will also stream shows from other networks that it has acquired rights to. This includes Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med, under Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment. Peacock also has rights to Yellowstone, licensed from ViacomCBS, as well as Warner Brother's Two and a Half Men and The George Lopez Show.
Peacock Late Night
Peacock will also offer early access to NBC's late night talk shows for premium subscribers, allowing them to watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 8 pm ET, followed by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 9 pm ET. Perfect for us, since we're often fast asleep by the time these shows actually air.
Peacock Sports
Peacock will feature live coverage of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2020 Summer Olympics before they air on NBC in primetime. Also, to supplement the official programming, Peacock will air three daily Olympic shows—Tokyo Live, with live coverage of the day’s most exciting events; Tokyo Daily Digest, afternoon highlights of the Games; and Tokyo Tonight, a rundown of the primetime show to help catch audiences up on the day’s events. More than 1,000 hours of exclusive coverage from the Tokyo Paralympics will be added to Peacock, too.
Beginning in August 2020, soccer fans will be able to access up to 2,000 hours of Premier League coverage, including more than 140 matches that aren’t available on television. The Ryder Cup golf tournament will launch on the service in September 2020 with featured groups of Europe’s and America’s best pairings.
Peacock Movies
Peacock will also offer hundreds of critically-acclaimed films and box-office hits including:
American Pie
Bridesmaids
Knocked Up
Meet the Parents
Meet the Fockers
A Beautiful Mind
Back to the Future
Brokeback Mountain
Casino
Dallas Buyers Club
Do the Right Thing
Erin Brockovich
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Field of Dreams
Jaws
Mamma Mia!
Shrek
The Breakfast Club
... and franchises including: Bourne, Despicable Me, and Fast & Furious
Peacock will also have rights to the 2020 Universal film slate, which means the highly-anticipated Fast & Furious 9 and Jurassic World 3 will be available on the platform.
Peacock for Kids
They didn't forget about the kiddos! Family classics such as Shrek, Shark Tale, and Despicable Me will be offered on the platform. Users will also have access to the first pay window for DreamWorks Animation films—Trolls World Tour, The Boss Baby 2, and The Croods 2. Peacock will be the exclusive streaming home to new episodes of Curious George.
Not to mention, DreamWorks Animation will be launching new original series for kids, exclusively on Peacock. These series include:
TrollsTopia
Madagascar: A Little Wild
The Mighty Ones
Cleopatra in Space
Where’s Waldo?
Peacock News
Peacock viewers will be able to watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, TODAY, Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, and catch other updates from across the NBC News portfolio. In addition, NBC News will create original documentaries for the platform that dive deep into politics, biographies and history. Peacock will also be home to full episodes of Dateline.
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