This self-aware framing is mirrored at the end of the special, when Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones speak directly to the camera and make two requests. Bobby, it seems, has no idea that there’s a global pandemic happening. Bobby introduces the special, explains that NBC and the cast of Parks and Rec are raising money for the charity Feeding America, and then, confused, looks at a nonexistent offscreen producer to ask what’s going on. He’s wearing a “Knope 2012” sweater and calling in from a nondescript pond that he claims is his family’s fox-hunting ranch in Switzerland. Netflix, too, this week revealed it was willing to pony up top dollar for other libraries when it secured exclusive global streaming rights to Sony TV’s Seinfeld, beating out competitors including Peacock, HBO Max, Amazon and Hulu.A Parks and Recreation Special, premiering Thursday night on NBC and streamable as of Friday on Hulu and other services, opens on Paul Rudd’s bumbling character Bobby Newport, heir to the Sweetums candy empire. WarnerMedia’s HBO Max did the same with Friends in a pact valued at north of $400 million. Peacock pulled The Office back from Netflix earlier this year in a five-year deal worth $500 million. The Parks deal - which covers domestic streaming rights only - arrives as more and more media behemoths have started to pull back their library content as they launch their own services in a bid to better compete with Netflix. “The film titles we’re announcing today for Peacock are not exclusive at the moment.” “We’re not trying to stop their business,” she says of her colleagues at Universal. Universal currently has a domestic output deal with HBO that runs through 2022, and Hammer suggests it will not be impacted by the launch of Peacock. the Extra Terrestrial, Field of Dreams, Jaws, Mamma Mia!, Shrek and The Breakfast Club. That includes films from the Bourne, Despicable Me and Fast & Furious franchises, as well as such titles as 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. On the film side, Peacock will offer titles from the Universal Pictures, Focus Features and DreamWorks Animation. Until then, it has the rights to stream the programming it currently licenses exclusively to Hulu in exchange for a reduced licensing fee. NBCU can terminate most of those licensing deals after a three-year period.
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( Parks and Recreation, Cheers and Frasier are currently available on both Hulu and Netflix.) In May, NBCU re-upped its content licensing deals with Hulu through 2024 as part of its agreement to give Disney full operational control of the business. NBCU has licensed much of its library exclusively to Hulu, including 30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Saturday Night Live. One complication for NBCU in gaining exclusive rights to many of its shows is its 33 percent stake in Hulu, which is majority owned by Disney. “We’re going to invest smartly and strategically.” “A lot has to do with the marketplace right now and what’s available and what’s not,” she notes. Hammer says to expect that as Peacock “ramps up” more titles will become available exclusively. Properties from across NBCUniversal’s cable portfolio - and some from third-party suppliers - will line the service that will include some 15,000 hours of content.
Included in the lineup are 30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cheers, Frasier, Friday Night Lights, Everybody Loves Raymond, Saturday Night Live, Will & Grace, King of Queens and Married With…Children. Though neither Parks and Rec nor The Office will be available when Peacock launches in April 2020, NBCU is stocking the offering with other, nonexclusive shows. The show launched the careers of several actors, including Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt. Parks and Rec, which starred Amy Poehler as city employee Leslie Knope, aired for seven seasons on NBC from 2009 to 2015.
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