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Other than its pricing structure you might watch for free!
NBCUniversals Peacockdoesnt radically depart from the template established by Netflix more than a decade ago.
But giving folks the choice to do so is very much part of the platforms design.
It feeds you what to watch next.
Youre not just there to watch a movie or catch up on a TV show.
Youre also there because you might just want to get something thats of shorter form.
Still, I think Strauss and his team are very much on the right path here.
What that signals to me is that linear TV is not dead, he says.
That is something that has been missing from some other streaming services that weve embraced as part of ours.
So, Is Peacock Must-Stream TV?
Ive found it to be … solid.
Downloading it to my phone and Apple TV was simple, and the sign-up painless.
The 1981 Alan Alda/Carol Burnett rom-comThe Four Seasons?
1974s newspaper classicThe Front Page?
Its there, too.
Of course, theres also much more junk than youll find on, say, HBO Max.
Maybe they meant to call it You Cannot Be Serious Cinema?
Finally, Ill admit to not having watched any of the handful of Peacock originals.
To be honest, none so far seem all that appealing.
I watched both when I was younger, but Im not sure the world needed to see them again.
Upcoming comedies from Tina Fey and Mike Schur will hopefully fill the quality niche.
Wondering how to get Peacock, and how much it will cost?
For now, well have to make due with clips on YouTube, likethis one from 2000.
