In early 2020, just as everyone had to stay home due to the coronavirus, Peacock, owned by NBCUniversal, launched as a limited-access service. Although it's still quite new compared to other streaming services, it's quickly become a family favorite due to its budget-friendly cost and great content library.
Want to know what channels you get with Peacock? We'll walk you through them, as well as all the other on-demand content you get with your subscription.
And if you're a new subscriber and you're looking for things to watch, we've also created a free TV Guide for Peacock that you can use to learn what's playing on any Peacock channel at any time.
Source: NBCUniversal
Peacock's plans & pricing
If you don't already know about Peacock's prices, here's the lowdown.
Peacock has two service offerings. The first is the Peacock Premium plan that, while ad-supported, unlocks all of Peacock’s content. The Peacock Premium+ plan removes most advertising for an extra monthly fee.
You can learn more about Peacock's plans and pricing here.
The complete Peacock live channels list
The budget-friendly streaming service comes with a good selection of sports, entertainment, documentary, and food channels to explore.
Here’s a list of live Peacock channels, including:
- American Greed
- Black-Led Drama
- Black Cinema
- Caso Cerrado
- The Choice
- Circle Country
- CJ ENM
- CNBC Ka-Ching
- CNBC Make It
- Comedy TV
- Dateline 24/7
- D&D Live
- Days of our Lives
- Disability on Screen
- Drama TV
- Fail Army
- Fallon Tonight
- Food52
- Golfpass
- Hallmark Channel
- Hallmark Drama
- Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
- Hell’s Kitchen
- Hispanic Heritage
- Horror & Supernatural
- In It To Win It
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Laugh Here
- Law & Order
- Morning Joe
- NatureVision TV
- NBC LX Home
- NBC NEWS NOW
- NBC Sports on Peacock
- NFL Channel
- Olympic Channel
- Out Of This World
- Peacock Reality
- People Are Awesome
- Premier League
- Rotten Tomatoes Movie Channel
- Saved by the Bell
- Seth Meyers Now
- Sky News
- SNL Vault
- Squawkbox
- Telemundo Series
- The Office
- The Pet Collective
- The Rotten Tomatoes Channel
- TODAY All Day
- True Crime
- Unsolved Mysteries
- USGA
- Watch This Week
- Weather Spy
- Witching Hour
- WWE Network
- 80’s Mixtape
Other Peacock on-demand content
With a premium Peacock subscription, you’ll get a huge selection of over 20,000 hours of television series and movies, including classics like Jurassic Park and The Mummy, to cult favorites like American Psycho and Dracula, and all-time favorite TV shows like The Office, 21 Jump Street, Downton Abbey, and Parenthood. Peacock also hosts a ton of reality TV content, including the shows Below Deck, Million Dollar Listing New York, Southern Charm, Botched, Flipping Out, Pawn Stars, Real Housewives of Dallas, Storage Wars, Shahs of Sunset, Top Chef Masters, and Hell’s Kitchen.
With a Peacock premium subscription, you’ll also get on-demand access to all of NBC’s current season shows so you can re-watch them at your leisure. This includes episodes of Dateline, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Saturday Night Live, Chicago Med, America’s Got Talent, and more.
You can read more about Peacock’s full content library here.
FAQ
How bad is advertising on Peacock?
TV shows and made-for-TV movies already have commercial breaks built in, and Peacock uses all of them. Expect five breaks during a one-hour TV episode. But the experience isn’t as bad as it is on cable since the ads only last between twenty and sixty seconds. Theatrically-released movies in the on-demand catalog do not have commercial breaks.
Does Peacock have any paid add-ons?
No, there are no “upgrade” features or premium content add-ons. As long as you choose either the Premium or Premium+ monthly subscription plans, you get full access to all of the content and features on Peacock.
Does Peacock have extra hidden fees?
Even though Peacock is ultimately owned by a cable company, you won’t find any hidden fees.
You can cancel a paid Peacock subscription at any time without having to pay a cancellation fee. However, you won’t be refunded any unused time. Instead, you’ll keep your access to Peacock through the end of the current month.
Does Peacock offer a free trial for new users?
No, unfortunately Peacock discontinued its free trial for new users.
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