NBC shows no longer on HULU

[disneychrista]

I just discovered that NBC shows are no longer airing on HULU basic. If you want to stream shows like New Amsterdam, The Voice, the New Quantum Leap, Chicago Fire, Med, PD, Law & Order, etc you will need to subscribe to Peacock premium.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I didn't know this but have used Hulu for episodes that got messed up via DVR if they are unavailable via On Demand services. We don't have Peacock and hadn't planned on doing it as a streaming service.

Looks like this was announced a month ago and effective September 19th

https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/peacock-nbc-bravo-next-day-episodes-hulu-1235349343/

"NBCU announced that starting Sept. 19, Peacock Premium will become the streaming home for next-day access to current seasons of NBC shows the day after they air on the network."

 

[dcassetta]

It seems like over the last couple of years we have turned into serial monogamy bingers. There are so many streaming services and you can't watch everything. So, we will subscribe to Hulu for a month or two and binge what we want there, then a month or two of Netflix, a month of Apple TV, a month of Starz, etc. Our original Disney+ multi-year subscription will expire in November and I think we will do the same with them.

 

[ICF]

There’s a deal for a few more days that you can get peacock for a year for about $20

 

[disneychrista]

There’s a deal for a few more days that you can get peacock for a year for about $20

Thankfully for me, I have it for free thanks to a special with my internet provider.

 

[iuki]

We keep hearing to cut the cable cord because it’s cheaper to stream. However, by the time you pay for internet service plus all the streaming services, I find it’s cheaper to have cable service.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It seems like over the last couple of years we have turned into serial monogamy bingers. There are so many streaming services and you can't watch everything. So, we will subscribe to Hulu for a month or two and binge what we want there, then a month or two of Netflix, a month of Apple TV, a month of Starz, etc. Our original Disney+ multi-year subscription will expire in November and I think we will do the same with them.

We've been getting some things bundled with cell phone plans (like Disney+ bundle) or cable packages (like HBO Max for one) but it is hard to keep up with what services we have included, what we have paid for separately (like Paramount+ formerly CBS All-Access). There are soooo many services out there like you said, it's a lot. Hulu is nice though for having a large content to get stuff although now missing a good chunk without NBC.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

We keep hearing to cut the cable cord because it’s cheaper to stream. However, by the time you pay for internet service plus all the streaming services, I find it’s cheaper to have cable service.

It's been that way for a while TBH. It was a point I made not too long after I joined these Boards to some people talking about streaming. I would say eventually the amount of subscriptions along with price to get what it would be would be up there like a cable package.

I do think cord cutting gives people who didn't watch as much individual shows an advantage since they can drop their amount of their subscriptions and cost to a more minimum but now you're getting more "streaming only" shows so it can start getting back up there.

Hulu is one of the big ones where you can get a wider array of content with just one subscription so it does have that going for it but as with this NBC deal that perk can be cut out quickly.

 

[disneychrista]

We keep hearing to cut the cable cord because it’s cheaper to stream. However, by the time you pay for internet service plus all the streaming services, I find it’s cheaper to have cable service.

Unless you add or upgrade your internet when you start streaming then I wouldn't count that in the "cost" for streaming. But I do agree. Many "cut the cord" then add 6 or 8 streaming services that add up to almost as much as they paid before.

For me, I decided to only do ONE streaming service, when I ditched Dish. I choose HULU because it had current TV season of everything but CBS shows. Now they are down to ABC/Disney owned stations. I don't do Disney, Netflix or any of the other multitudes of paid streaming services.

 

[dclpluto]

We keep hearing to cut the cable cord because it’s cheaper to stream. However, by the time you pay for internet service plus all the streaming services, I find it’s cheaper to have cable service.

Yep I did the math the savings isn’t that much. Now if you have two homes that’s a different story. Than yes it’s worth while to stream. But to each their own.

 

[tvguy]

Unless you add or upgrade your internet when you start streaming then I wouldn't count that in the "cost" for streaming. But I do agree. Many "cut the cord" then add 6 or 8 streaming services that add up to almost as much as they paid before.

For me, I decided to only do ONE streaming service, when I ditched Dish. I choose HULU because it had current TV season of everything but CBS shows. Now they are down to ABC/Disney owned stations. I don't do Disney, Netflix or any of the other multitudes of paid streaming services.

I kept Dish because all the programming I want is there.
I have the free version of Peacock, and have access to our daughter's Netflix and YouTube accounts, and rabbit ears to get local tv, but can't remember when we used anything but Dish

 

[iuki]

Unless you add or upgrade your internet when you start streaming then I wouldn't count that in the "cost" for streaming. But I do agree. Many "cut the cord" then add 6 or 8 streaming services that add up to almost as much as they paid before.

For me, I decided to only do ONE streaming service, when I ditched Dish. I choose HULU because it had current TV season of everything but CBS shows. Now they are down to ABC/Disney owned stations. I don't do Disney, Netflix or any of the other multitudes of paid streaming services.

I subscribe to Netflix and pay extra so my daughter can use it. i subscribe to Amazon Prime for free shipping since we order from Amazon frequently, so I don’t count that. My daughter shares Hulu, Paramount Plus, Stars, & HBO Max with us. Then there are the free streaming services. Since I only pay for Netflix, after 2 years without local stations, we finally subscribed to Direct TV Streaming for $80/month. We can access whenever we travel and 10 users are included. If no Wi-Fi is available, we can use our cell phones. After one year, we own the small box and the payment reduces to $70/mo. The box goes with us if we move, and, best of all - no ugly satellite dish on our roof. So now I get live TV instead of watching TV shows a day later.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Unless you add or upgrade your internet when you start streaming then I wouldn't count that in the "cost" for streaming. But I do agree. Many "cut the cord" then add 6 or 8 streaming services that add up to almost as much as they paid before.

For me, I decided to only do ONE streaming service, when I ditched Dish. I choose HULU because it had current TV season of everything but CBS shows. Now they are down to ABC/Disney owned stations. I don't do Disney, Netflix or any of the other multitudes of paid streaming services.

You'd have to look at what your price would be when cutting the cord to just keep the internet as it's not uncommon for pricing of cable packages to give a break on the internet portion although that may not be quite as common as in the past when streaming wasn't as so heavily used. And unless you have the best internet you can get if you're cord cutting and only going to streaming you probably will want to upgrade your internet as streaming is very data heavy.

But in terms of what you personally do you're a bit more minimalist than many cord cutters end up needing/realistically do be because of what they are used to watching or are interested in watching. On the other side is networks opting for streaming only shows such that people with cable packages now have to sorta double dip if you will. We already had Paramount+ but last year they moved Seal Team from cable to Paramount+ as an example. For Netflix we were happy that after Lucifer got cancelled they picked it up but if someone was only watching via cable and wanted to continue with the show they would need to move to Netflix to do so, same with You which was first on Lifetime cable then cancelled/shopped elsewhere and ended up Netflix buying it.

I think the ratio of cost has gotten better with streaming services beefing up their platforms but it's still many of them out there and can be quite costly if someone was viewing it from a cord cutting cost savings standpoint.

 

[disneychrista]

You'd have to look at what your price would be when cutting the cord to just keep the internet as it's not uncommon for pricing of cable packages to give a break on the internet portion although that may not be quite as common as in the past when streaming wasn't as so heavily used. And unless you have the best internet you can get if you're cord cutting and only going to streaming you probably will want to upgrade your internet as streaming is very data heavy.

But in terms of what you personally do you're a bit more minimalist than many cord cutters end up needing/realistically do be because of what they are used to watching or are interested in watching.

I guess I would include that to adding internet or changing plans. I didn't have a bundle. My internet (Comcast), was separate from my TV (Dish), so it was unaffected by dropping TV.

As to my minimalistic approach, it stemmed from a need to cut expenses more than anything. I lost programming that I used to watch but I made adjustments. I can once again afford to add live-tv or multiple steaming platforms but choose not to. I have never run out of things to watch between Hulu, various free steaming options and getting DVD's from the library for those shows I can't get through other means. As with most things just because I feel one way does not mean others need to or should.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I guess I would include that to adding internet or changing plans. I didn't have a bundle. My internet (Comcast), was separate from my TV (Dish), so it was unaffected by dropping TV.

As to my minimalistic approach, it stemmed from a need to cut expenses more than anything. I lost programming that I used to watch but I made adjustments. I can once again afford to add live-tv or multiple steaming platforms but choose not to. I have never run out of things to watch between Hulu, various free steaming options and getting DVD's from the library for those shows I can't get through other means. As with most things just because I feel one way does not mean others need to or should.

Most originaters to cord cutting were ones with cable packages that included internet and cable and really old school landlines lol because that's how it was priced out and done back then.

It's only in recent years that it is a tad more common to have someone with two different providers. Even just 5 years ago it was incredibly rare for me to know someone with internet with one provider and cable with another because it really didn't make any sense and service areas usually didn't denote the ability back in the day.

But it's a bit more common mostly due to restrictions like we still have cable and internet through U-Verse but U-Verse stopped doing new subscribers to TV and the internet has reverted to being under just AT&T so if we dropped cable we would not be able to get it back with them although most of that was a push to get people to do DirectTV when they purchased them. Some are in places where the servicer doesn't extend their area to include their place so they have to by necessity get one one provider and another in a different place.

I did peek at wiki as I was curious when did cord cutting really start to pick up and one thing it noted "A 2021 study found that cord-cutter households "increase internet usage by 22%". That is speaking to the comment about one's internet service.

I will sing the praises of the library all day long with you! I'm a big supporter of that and couldn't tell you how frequently I use that. I say that as I'm watching Jurassic World Dominion right now from the library which if you have Peacock Premium, and ironically said given your thread topic, you can watch it there right now too.

I will say if I dropped cable I would have to get Lifetime Movies Now and I do already have Hallmark Movies Now (got it during the pandemic after waiting on it several years) and thankfully they've done so much better with Hallmark because in the early days whew the content sucked! Even though I get Hallmark on cable (except Drama unfortunately) the HMNow is nice for their old content I can't get at the library or for new movies they show there first before showing on cable. My library does get a ton of Hallmark (not really Lifetime very much) but there's a lot that they still don't get. I think SlingTV though gets Hallmark but that's basically cable with less old school restrictions of traditional cable.

 

[disneychrista]

It's only in recent years that it is a tad more common to have someone with two different providers. Even just 5 years ago it was incredibly rare for me to know someone with internet with one provider and cable with another because it really didn't make any sense and service areas usually didn't denote the ability back in the day.

Then I guess I shouldn't say I had different providers for 10 years before I dropped Dish nearly 3 years ago. LOL.

I'm not at all dismissing that package deals are likely the norm. Nor that one should factor in any additional cost for breaking the bundle into the cost savings of cutting the cord. In fact I stated as such in my response.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Then I guess I shouldn't say I had different providers for 10 years before I dropped Dish nearly 3 years ago. LOL.

Here many of them are just pockets where you only can get so many providers. Like when we first moved into our house we had 2 providers that serviced our area and that's it. And it wouldn't make any lick of sense to go with one for internet and another for tv..back then at least. That was in 2014. Google Fiber was added in 2015 IIRC for our house but they have pulled out of TV last year I believe like U-Verse has. Google Fiber's issue was they miscalculated the infrastructure cost. They still have internet available if they accept sign ups at that time and most people are satisfied with their service for that part.

It wasn't all that long ago that Time Warner Cable (now Spectrum) owned many of the outlets in apartment complexes in my area such that you couldn't get any other option and it was usually cost prohibitive to get internet elsewhere. I remember in 2011 U-Verse had gotten to the apartment I was living in at that time a month after I had moved in but I had already signed up with Time Warner Cable because that was my only option and the only reason U-Verse could work there is it didn't rely on the cable outlet.

I think the other poster was bringing that topic up about figuring out your internet costs when factoring in your decision to cord cut because it's not absolute that by dropping cable you're saving money if you're then adding more costs on the internet part (which can still be the case if you have separate providers and need to upgrade though you mentioned that in your first comment) along with then the streaming services you want.

 

[mrodgers]

We keep hearing to cut the cable cord because it’s cheaper to stream. However, by the time you pay for internet service plus all the streaming services, I find it’s cheaper to have cable service.

The original reason to cut the cable cord is because everyone complained about paying for channels they don't watch on cable. So now we pay piecemeal for what we want to watch and everyone complains about that.

The other option is to give up on watching TV.

 

[Southernmiss]

We cut the cord, have fiber for internet and numerous streaming services and still save about $100 a month.

After seeing this news, dh may add Peacock.

We have more tv viewing options than I could ever watch and keep up with.

 

[mrodgers]

Yep I did the math the savings isn’t that much. Now if you have two homes that’s a different story. Than yes it’s worth while to stream. But to each their own.

Sharing between 2 homes is nothing more than splitting the cable and throwing it to 2 homes. It's not a legitimate variable in comparing cost/value with cable unless you are comparing it to stealing cable as well.