Peacock isn’t just another streaming startup. Because it's owned by NBCUNiversal, it draws on decades of content produced by NBCUniversal's television networks and movie studios.
Here’s what you need to know about the Peacock content library.
If you want to preview what's airing live on Peacock, you can visit our live streaming tv guide.
Where does Peacock get its content?
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Peacock is owned by NBCUniversal so it gets its content from the NBC broadcast, sports and news channels. The streaming service also gets content from NBCUniversal’s cable channels as well as the Spanish-language Telemundo channel.
You’ll find movies produced by Universal Pictures and its various movie studios over the past century in Peacock’s content library. Universal owns DreamWorks Animation, Working Title Entertainment and other famous movie producers.
What live content is available on Peacock?
Peacock Premium and Premium+ subscribers can get live broadcasts from MSNBC and CNBC as well as Sky News. In the future, live sports programming may be available from NBC’s sports channels.
You can also get “live” linear programming by selecting one of Peacock’s curated channels. SNL Vault, for example, is a constantly-changing selection of the best of Saturday Night Live. 80s Mix Tape replays popular NBC TV shows from the 1980s.
Here's a full list of live Peacock channels:
- Caso Cerrado
- The Choice
- CNBC Ka-Ching
- CNBC Make It
- Fail Army
- Hell's Kitchen
- In It To Win It
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Laugh Here
- Fallon Tonight
- Food52
- NatureVision TV
- NBC NEWS NOW
- NBC Sports on Peacock
- Peacock Reality
- People Are Awesome
- The Pet Collective
- The Rotten Tomatoes Channel
- Saved by the Bell
- Seth Meyers Now
- Sky News
- SNL Vault
- Telemundo Series
- TODAY All Day
- Unsolved Mysteries
- USGA
- Weather Spy
- 80's Mixtape
You can see what content is airing live on our Peacock TV Guide.
What original content does Peacock produce?
NBCUniversal is producing original content that will only be available on Peacock. An adaptation of Brave New World and a reboot of Saved by the Bell appeared in 2020. Plans are in place for a second Battlestar Galactica reboot and a Real Housewives “mash-up” but production delays make their launch uncertain.
What TV shows are in Peacock’s content library?
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With more than sixty years of broadcast history and a dozen cable channels, Peacock has a strong lineup of classic and modern TV shows. You can binge all four seasons of the first Battlestar Galactica reboot as well as the five seasons of NBC’s Sliders.
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Angelyne
Sam Esmail and his wife, actress Emma Rossum (Shameless), are teaming up to produce this limited-run series about the LA billboard “diva” Angelyne.
Armas de Mujer
From the producers of La Reina del Sur, this 10-episode dramedy is among the Spanish-language originals Peacock is producing.
Battlestar Galactica
If you weren’t satisfied with the way the last BSG reboot ended in 2009, then you may be interested in this new take on Battlestar Galactica. Sam Esmail, the executive producer of Mr. Robot, will head up a new spin on human-Cylon relations.
Esmail told The Hollywood Reporter that he cringed when NBCUniversal first used the word “reboot”. “The world of Battlestar Galactica is so rich, the mythology is so interesting,” Esmail said in the interview, “that I think there is a lot to pick from and explore.”
Brave New World
Originally slated for NBCUniversal’s Syfy channel and then USA Network, this adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel will now be a Peacock exclusive. The show will star Demi Moore (Ghost) and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
Departure
This mystery-thriller follows a team of investigators trying to uncover the reasons behind an airliner's mid-air disappearance. Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Christopher Plummer (Sound of Music, Knives Out) lead the cast.
Dr. Death
Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and Jamie Dornan will star in this based-on-a-true-story crime thriller. The show is based on journalist Laura Biel’s Dr. Death podcast, which uncovered the malpractice of Dallas neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Duntsch and a medical system incapable of doing anything about it.
Noughts + Crosses
Masali Baduza and Jack Rowan star in this love story set in a society divided between a black ruling class and a white underclass.
One of Us Is Lying
Karen McManus’ bestselling young adult novel gets a small screen adaptation on Peacock. When five teens spend a Monday afternoon in detention, one doesn’t walk out alive. Jennifer Morrison (Euphoria) will direct the young ensemble cast.
SAVE ME TOO
A continuation of the award-winning British crime drama SAVE ME, follows Lennie James' character Nelly Rowe on-going search for the missing daughter he barely knew.
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A.P. Bio
NBC canceled this series after a two-season run, but greenlit a third season for Peacock. A philosophy professor turned AP Biology teacher (Glenn Howerton) employs his students as minions to restore his career.
Girls5eva
Grammy-award-winning performer Sara Bareilles will lead this series about a 90's-era girl band reuniting while balancing their adult lives. Tina Fey will co-produce the show.
MacGruber
This action-comedy is based on Will Forte's popular Saturday Night Live sketch character and subsequent feature film. A parody of the hit TV series MacGyver, this new eight-episode show will continue ultra-patriot MacGruber's fight against evil.
Punky Brewster
Soleil Moon Frye returns as Punky who is now a single mother whose daughter Izzy is a Punky for Gen-Z. Freddie Prinze Jr. And other original cast members will be part of the new show.
The Real Housewives
As if there aren’t enough shows from the reality franchise, Peacock will get its own spin-off.
Rutherford Falls
The Good Place creator Mike Schur worked on several NBC comedy hits including The Office and Parks and Recreation. He teams up with The Office’s Ed Helms to produce this comedy about a man fighting the community in small-town New York.
Saved By the Bell
Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez will bring their Saved by the Bell characters back to the screen. In this sequel, A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano are the parents of kids at Bayside High.
Straight Talk
Not much is known about this comedy produced by Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) and Jada Pinkett Smith (Kingdom Come).
Who Wrote That
This documentary series looks at the people who made Saturday Night Live such a hit over the decades.
Original films on Peacock
Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation are producing original films for Peacock. NBCUniversal hasn’t released details, but one will be a movie spin-off of the long-running comedy series Psych.
Original talk shows on Peacock
On-demand streaming services don’t have a strong track record with talk shows, but Peacock is hoping people are used to late-night shows on NBC. Late Night's Amber Ruffin debuted her weekly news show, The Amber Ruffin Show, in late 2020. Also debuting in 2020, was Wilmore, an interview-format news show hosted by Larry Wilmore (The Daily Show, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore). Jimmy Fallon (SNL) and Seth Meyers (SNL) are also developing shows for the streaming service.
Original sports shows on Peacock
NBCUniversal has the US rights to televise a wide range of professional sports from PGA Golf to Major League Baseball to the Olympic Games. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, NBC Universal executive Bonnie Hammer said, "We will definitely have enough sports content on Peacock that will excite and interest sports fans."
However, given the importance of sports to the cable industry's business model, other executives have stated that Peacock wouldn't be the home for live sports events. NBC Olympics president Gary Zendler told the Philadelphia Inquirer "we of course will not change the dynamic of the Olympics’ relationship with the cable ecosystem."
What movies are in Peacock's content library?
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Originally founded in 1912, Universal has an enormous archive of movie content to contribute to Peacock. However, Peacock will rotate titles in and out to keep the catalog feeling fresh.
Right now, you can watch movies like 1973 classic The Sting or Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of King Kong.
Does Peacock on-demand content have commercials?
For most Peacock subscribers, advertising is part of the streaming experience. Peacock’s first pricing tier is ad-supported, so people who pay for Peacock’s Premium subscription plan have to watch advertising. Ads also appear in select content for the Premium Plus account.
The ads appear in TV shows and made-for-TV movies in the same places you’d see them on cable. Although you get the same number of commercial breaks, you have to watch one or two ads.
Movies that were released theatrically have not been edited for advertising so they run without any commercial breaks. At some point, however, Peacock may decide to run ads before the movie plays.
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