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Peacock logo (Image: NBCUniversal)
As "The Great Streaming Wars of 2020" rage on, NBCUniversal looks to be boosting its frontlines with a greater focus on new streaming service Peacock, but could that decision be the death knell to linear/broadcast television as we know it? During Comcast's second-quarter 2020 conference call, NBCU CEO Jeff Shell revealed to analysts that NBCUniversal[...]
30 ROCK: A ONE-TIME SPECIAL -- Pictured in this screen grab: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell, Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan, Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney -- (Photo by: NBC)
Station owners of those affiliates choosing to go with alternative programming see the special as nothing more than a glorified infomercial for NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service. With linear television continuing to lose viewers to streaming and other platforms and seeing their programming exclusivity windows shrinking, the affiliates felt that running the special would be the professional[...]
Peacock, ViacomCBS Strike Content Deal: Ray Donovan, Charmed & More (Image: ViacomCBS)
NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock just added an extra shot of adrenaline into its launch day library of television shows and films, announcing a licensing agreement on Wednesday that will bring popular Paramount programming from the VicaomCBS library On the television/streaming side, Peacock members will have access to Ray Donovan, The Affair, Charmed (starting October[...]
Descender, Ascender TV Rights Land at NBCUniversal's Lark Productions
The Canada-based member of NBCUniversal International Studios is developing and producing the series, with Lemire and Nguyen executive producing (Variety exclusive reporting) "The world of 'Descender' and 'Ascender just keeps growing," said Lemire in a statement "And Dustin [Nguyen] and I are very happy to be working with Lark to bring it to televisions screens as[...]
A casting scene for Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica, courtesy of SYFY.
Robot, Homecoming) would be offering a new take on the Battlestar Galactica franchise, NBCUniversal has tapped Michael Lesslie (The Little Drummer Girl) to create, write, and executive produce the reboot project for Peacock. Esmail and Chad Hamilton (Briarpatch, Mr Robot) will executive produce with Universal Content Productions (UCP) serving as the studio Esmail is a huge[...]
David Schramm Wings
Schramm was also a founding member. NBCUniversal Margot Harley, co-founder of the Acting Company, had this to say about Schramm's passing: "We mourn his loss and will miss him." The native of Louisville, Kentucky, came to New York City and graduated as part of the first graduating class of Julliard School He appeared in several on and off-Broadway[...]
a.p. bio
Bio – except it's moving to a slightly different "home." Created by Mike O'Brien, the series will see a third-season transfer from NBC to NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock – making it the streamer's first half-hour original comedy order, more than a month after it was cancelled. A.P BIO — "Sweet Low Road" Episode 209 —[...]
saved by the bell
Engel and Bario also performed the same duties on the original 1989 series. https://youtu.be/TtzbinrSmFYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Time Zack Morris Was A Scumbag Politician For A Free Vacation (https://youtu.be/TtzbinrSmFY) The new Saved by the Bell sequel series is expected to air this fall on NBCU's Peacock. Variety [...]
peacock
In case you're not in the know or you've been too busy getting your own service off the ground, NBCUniversal is officially launching their own streaming service later this year called Peacock Yes, that's also the name of a large, colorful animal – but it's also been the mascot for NBC since just after the[...]
psych
Originally intended to air on USA Network, the film was delayed and shifted to NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock And you could understand why fans have been wringing their hands in anticipation: Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter (Tim Omundson) is attacked and left for dead Of course, the fellas doesn't hesitate to get "the band" back together –[...]
“MacGruber”: Will Forte TV Comedy Series in Development from NBCU Peacock
The "crafty supergenius" often found himself distracted before the device went off – and it always went off. NBCUniversal The sketches eventually attracted the "real" MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson – who starred in the original 1985 TV series He "confessed" to being MacGruber's father on SNL The Peacock series finds MacGruber rotting away in prison for over[...]
a.p. bio
Bio – except it's moving to a slightly different "home." Created by Mike O'Brien, the series will see a third-season transfer from NBC to NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock – making it the streamer's first half-hour original comedy order, more than a month after it was cancelled. A.P BIO — "Sweet Low Road" Episode 209 —[...]
“Quantum Leap”: Jeff Bader Says NBCU Might Revive Series for Peacock [TCA 2020]
At the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter meeting, the NBCU head of program planning and strategy spoke to /Film about the possibility of reviving Quantum Leap for NBCU's upcoming streaming service Peacock. NBC UniversalCreated by Donald P Bellisario, Quantum Leap lasted five seasons (1989-1993) on NBC and became one of the most popular science fiction shows[...]
psych
Originally intended to air on USA Network, the film was delayed and shifted to NBCUniversal's new streaming service Peacock And you could understand why fans have been wringing their hands in anticipation: Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter (Tim Omundson) is attacked and left for dead Of course, the fellas doesn't hesitate to get "the band" back together –[...]
"Saved by the Bell": Josie Totah Goes to Head of the Class in Peacock Sequel Series
No word if NBCU is in talks with Gosselaar or a recast for Morris There's also no word if other original cast members in Thiessen, Lark Voorhies, Dustin Diamond, and Dennis Haskins will participate Here's the original intro. https://youtu.be/kaedIMVpTyYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Saved By The Bell: The Complete Series – Clip: Opening[...]