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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.

I’ll be blunt: it wasn’t a good year for films, or at least for me it wasn’t. The following ten films and five honorable mentions, while fine to very good, represent a step down from what 2023 offered. Part of this is due to an industry impacted by two strikes in 2023 that cancelled or postponed many productions. Part of it is personal, in that I couldn’t see as many films as I’d like in 2024. And part of it has to do with the large amount of mediocrity I did see, of films that lacked risk and imagination. A lot of movies preferred to ape their influences rather than build off of them, and in turn coddled viewers with familiarity. By the end of...

While there are plenty of massively popular and world-renowned anime titles out there, both historical and more modern, Google's new Search Playground game reveals the engine's most-searched anime of all time: Naruto.

Like a Where's Wally?/Where's Waldo? spinoff, Search Playground provides users with clues to find characters within a large crowd. Google's clue for finding Naruto was, "Hint: The most searched anime is making a splash." An official Google statement makes Naruto's worldwide influence even clearer: "The 'most searched' designation means a person, movement, topic, landmark or moment was searched more than any other in a specific category since Google Trends data first became available globally in 2004." The data spans from Jan. 1, 2004, to Sep. 27, 2023, with data extending to Nov. 10, 2023, in some cases. Countries like China, Iran and North Korea were not accounted for.

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Spider-Man is the most searched superhero of the last 25 years, beating out other popular heroes like Batman and Iron Man. Spider-Man has had a controversial couple of decades in comics, with major events like Civil War and One More Day sparking heated fan backlash. Despite controversies and ups and downs, Spider-Man remains a relevant and beloved pop culture figure 61 years after his debut.

In Google's newly released 'Google Doodle' - Google's Most Searched Playground - the search engine showcases its most searched topics in a giant Where's Waldo?-style image. Fans are invited to hunt down figures including Taylor Swift (the most searched songwriter), Pikachu (most searched Pokémon), and Naruto (the most searched anime.) Also in the image is one figure familiar from the MCU, who Google has crowned its "most searched superhero."

Spider-Man is the most searched superhero of the last 25 years.

The winner is none other than...

And the "Star Wars" news just keeps on coming — which makes sense, considering it's only day one of the Star Wars Celebration taking place in Anaheim, California. While we're learning all sorts of things about the franchise at large and Disney's plans for it in the future, we're also picking up all sorts of cute and fun tidbits, and this one might just be the cutest and the funnest. It seems like director Dave Filoni is playing a casual game of "Where's Waldo?" with us all.

Filoni, who is one of the directors behind the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian," admitted that he's hidden a hard...

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Exclusive: Jolie Jenkins (Alexa & Katie) Eva Carlton (Where’s Waldo?) and Annaka Fourneret (Loot) round out the series regular cast of The Loud House, Nickelodeon’s new live-action series based on the Emmy-winning animated show for Paramount+. Production on the 10-episode series begins in June in Albuquerque, Nm, with premiere slated later this year on the streaming service.

The new live-action series will follow Lincoln Loud, an 11-year-old boy with 10 sisters, as he navigates everyday life while living with such a large family. Known as the “Man with a Plan,” Lincoln enlists the help of his best friend Clyde McBride to tackle the obstacles and mayhem that they encounter during their daily adventures.

Jenkins will portray Rita Loud; Carlton will play Leni Loud and Fourneret is Lynn Loud.

The series will see the return of the beloved Loud family from A Loud House Christmas reprising their roles: Wolfgang Schaeffer, as Lincoln Loud; Jahzir Bruno,...

My heart may not have stopped while viewing this delightful, bite-sized series celebrating queer love, but it did its fair share of melting, skipping, and riotous cheering.

Heartstopper is the lustrous TV adaptation of Alice Oseman's YA graphic novel. It follows Charlie and Nick as they navigate the evolution of their friendship into something more, and it's too cute for words, but I'll do my best. 

With only eight short episodes, it's an easy-breezy one-night binge. 

It is confounding that Heartstopper is not dominating the global Netflix charts. It should be sitting steadfast and pretty at number one, so this is my formal plea to you, reader: stream it! 

You ask why? What makes Heartstopper so compelling?

For starters, most of the teens in Heartstopper are actually teens in real life, lending it an authentic quality that many YA shows lack nowadays. 

The talented Joe Locke and Kit Connor...

"Apocalypto" is a chase movie from a director whose name was a lightning rod for controversy the year of its release, yet the movie itself has sent people chasing after one controversial little Easter Egg involving the red-and-white-striped character: Waldo, of "Where's Waldo?" fame. Leave it to Mel Gibson to pull a Tyler Durden on moviegoers and splice in a rogue frame of footage among an already disturbing scene.

"Apocalypto" is set during the decline of the Mayan civilization in Mexico around 1502. It follows a tribesman named Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) who sees his village raided and who must race through the jungle to escape his captors and save his...

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Exclusive: Former longtime Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami’s family and kids-focused MiMO Studio and Trustbridge Global Media are partnering to develop the The Infamous Frankie Lorde book series into a live-action movie.

Written by Brittany Geragotelis (Life’s A Witch), the three-volume Frankie Lorde book series, which explores girl empowerment themes, launched in 2020 with “Stealing Greenwich”. The second book, “Going Wild”, came out this year and the third book is scheduled to be released in September 2022.

The Infamous Frankie Lorde book series tells the aspirational story of Frankie Lorde, an ordinary 13-year-old with an extraordinary passion for justice. She’s out to right the wrongs she sees around her, using all the skills she learned as the globe-trotting, cultured, and daring daughter of a notorious thief, to make up for the past. With her new friend Oliver by her side, Frankie takes down bad guys, from terrible landlords to exotic pet brokers,...

Exclusive: Tom Toumazis, a former Disney and Endemol Shine executive, is to become the non-executive chair of Snipple Group, the Philippines-based animation studio that has worked on series including Where’s Waldo? and Dora And Friends: Into the City!.

Toumazis’ appointment follows Deadline revealing in January that Snipple is launching an originals unit in the UK with £6M ($8.3M) of backing from investment firm Bgf. It already has a number of shows ready to take to market, including children’s titles Peeled Prawn & Shaved Sheep and comedy-action road trip series Trippin’.

Toumazis worked as the EVP and managing director for Emea and Canada of Disney ABC ESPN Television between 2001 and 2009, before going on to become the chief commercial officer of Endemol for more than two years. Other roles have taken him to Yahoo and LadBible. Toumazis is now a founder investor and chair of four start-ups from a variety of industries including TV data analytics,...

Tony Hale’s cartoon chicken Archibald is moving from Netflix to Peacock for “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here.”

Netflix ran two seasons of a series titled “Archibald’s Next Big Thing,” which will continue streaming on that platform. This new season — which is technically a new series based on Hale’s feathery character — consists of six episodes, which will launch Feb. 18 on NBCU’s Peacock.

Per “Archibald” studio DreamWorks Animation, “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” is the next chapter for Archibald Strutter, a chicken who “yes-and’s” his way through life. While his adventures don’t always go as planned, Archibald takes it one step at a time with the help of his three siblings, Sage, Finly and Loy, and his trusty sidekick, Bea.

Watch the trailer for Peacock’s “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” via the video above.

Along with Hale, the voice cast...

Exclusive: Snipple, the Philippines-based animation studio that has worked on series including Where’s Waldo? and Dora And Friends: Into the City!, is launching an originals unit in the UK with £6M ($8M) of backing from investment firm Bgf.

London-based CEO Kaine Patel quietly hatched Snipple Originals last year, hiring veteran Karina Stanford-Smith as animation development director. Vincent James was brought on as creative director. The unit is now ready to announce itself to the world, with Bgf taking a minority stake.

Patel founded Snipple more than a decade ago and the move into originals represents the realization of a plan that he first mapped out in 2012. He has a long-standing relationship with former Zodiak Kids and Beano Studios producer Stanford-Smith, who has been engaged on a freelance basis by Snipple over the years.

“Animation is having a real moment and that has a lot to do with people being at home,...

Peacock, one of the ten zillion different streaming services we have on our hands these days, is expanding its youth-oriented programming with new shows, new episodes, and free candy that flies out of the TV! I made that last one up, but the rest of the sentence is true. Titles include new shows like Trollstopia and The […]

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In today’s TV news roundup, Peacock announced “TrollsTopia” and “The Mighty Ones” from DreamWorks Animation, and HGTV ordered renewed “Flip or Flop.”

Renewals

HGTV renewed “Flip or Flop” for a 10th season, ordering 15 new episodes of the reality series starring real estate agents Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead. The upcoming episodes, set for release in 2021, will continue to follow the divorced duo as they co-parent their two children and run their home renovation business.

Programming

ABC Audio announced a week of country music content leading up to the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Beginning Nov. 6 to Nov. 11, the station’s affiliates will have the option to air ABC News Radio’s Nashville correspondent Stephen Hubbard’s interviews with Luke Combs, Old Dominion, Jimmie Allen, Ashley McBryde, Gabby Barrett, Ingrid Andress and more. Local stations will also air “Front & Center Spotlight,” a three-hour...

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Solid narration can make a great series that much better (see: Jane the Virgin), a fact that the creators of Love Island - CBS's most scandalous, summer show - are well aware of. Following in the footsteps of Love Island UK announcer Iain Stirling (whose Scottish accent and good-humored jabs at the reality show's contestants often leave viewers in stitches), television host Matthew Hoffman is serving as the self-proclaimed "Voice of Love Island" this summer - and half of the internet is already wishing Hoffman could narrate their own lives. Before we invite his charming commentary into our own romantic entanglements, though, we should probably get to know Hoffman a bit better: who is Matthew Hoffman, really? Let's find out.

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Peacock has ordered an eight-episode adaptation of “One of Us is Lying,” the streamer announced Wednesday.

The new series, which is based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name by Karen M. McManus, will be run by “Elite” co-creator Darío Madrona and star Marianly Tejada, Cooper van Grootel, Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Barrett Carnahan, Jessica McLeod and Melissa Collazo.

The story centers on a mystery of what happened when five high school students to walk into detention together but only four make it out alive. Everyone becomes a suspect, and of course everyone has secrets they are hiding.

“One of Us Is Lying” comes from Ucp, a division of Universal Studio Group.

The pilot episode was already produced, with Erica Saleh serving as writer on that episode and Jennifer Morrison serving as director and producer. John Sacchi and Matt Groesch of 5 More Minutes Productions helped develop...

The Peacock streaming service launches tomorrow and subscribers will have free access to more than 13,000 hours of current and older programming from the NBCUniversal vault. Paid subscribers will have access to more than 20,000 hours of content, including series created specifically for Peacock. Shows premiering tomorrow include Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence, DreamWorks Where's Waldo?, DreamWorks Cleopatra In Space, and Curious George. Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, the second Psych reunion movie, will also be released tomorrow.

Today, in addition to touting their offerings for free and paid subscribers, Peacock also released some upcoming series premiere dates. Sitcom A.P. Bio, which was cancelled by NBC after two seasons and later revived by Peacock, will have its third season debut on September 3rd. Canadian drama series Departure, about a missing airliner, will debut on September 17th. Five Bedrooms, about a group of singles who buy a house together,...

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, launches nationwide Wednesday with hundreds of titles, including beloved TV series, blockbuster film franchises and some originals created specifically for the platform.

And while we’re willing to bet you’ve heard classics like “Cheers” and “30 Rock” and originals “Brave New World” and “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” are among the offerings that will be available at launch, we’re also pretty sure you don’t know how many other shows and movies you’ll have access to on Day 1.

Well, don’t worry, because TheWrap has rounded up a list of the biggest films and TV series that will be streaming on Peacock when the service rolls out for everyone tomorrow. (It’s been available to Comcast and Cox subscribers since April.)

Also Read: NBC Sports to Move Premier League Streaming Rights to Peacock

Oh, first, in case you were wondering, the...

NBCUniversal’s Peacock is set to go live on July 15 for a national audience, stuffed with more than 20,000 hours for Premium subscribers — and more than 13,000 hours entirely for free.

So what’s on the service? Here’s a breakdown of what to stream on Peacock Free and Peacock Premium, including original TV shows and movies. While Peacock will be available on platforms including those from Apple, Google, Xbox, LG, Vizio, Comcast and Cox, it will not be on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.

Content on both tiers

Both Peacock’s free and premium tiers will feature current-season episodes and specials from NBC and Telemundo; news, sports and pop-culture programming; and more than 30 genre channels including live news from NBC News Now and Sky News, curated channels with clips from shows like “The Office” (which will roll off Netflix at the end of 2020 to come to Peacock in January 2021), “Saturday Night Live,...

The wait is almost over, “A.P. Bio” fans. On Tuesday, Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, revealed the premiere date for Season 3 of the Glenn Howerton-led comedy, which was originally canceled at NBC last May and then picked up by Peacock the following month.

The third season of “A.P. Bio” will launch Sept. 3 on Peacock, according to the streaming service, which rolls out nationwide Wednesday. Other upcoming Peacock original series that received debut dates from the platform today include “Departure,” a Canadian-British drama starring Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer, which will premiere Sept. 17, Australian comedy “Five Bedrooms” (Aug. 13) and the Sky Studios-produced “Hitmen” (Aug. 6).

While you still have to wait a little while for these series to drop, Peacock is launching in full tomorrow with originals “Brave New World,” “The Capture,” “Intelligence,” “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” “Where’s Waldo?,” “Cleopatra In Space” and ”Curious George,” along with an extensive lineup of library content.

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Peacock, the last of 2020’s new major streaming services, is nearing its national July 15 launch. NBCUniversal unveiled a slew of trailers for its streaming service’s launch day originals, including “Brave New World” and “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” on Thursday.

Peacock, which launched early for select customers earlier in the year (albeit without original programming), will leverage parent company NBCUniversal’s vast library of content, including popular shows such as “Parks and Recreation,” “30 Rock,” and “Law & Order: Svu.” Unlike most relatively new streaming services, such as HBO Max, Disney+, and Apple TV+, Peacock will also boast a respectable number of original titles at launch to supplement its large amount of library programming.

The upcoming streaming service’s launch day originals include “Brave New World,” the “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” film, “The Capture,” “Intelligence,” and “Lost Speedways.” Peacock will also launch with the kid-friendly “Cleopatra in Space,...

Peacock, the last of 2020’s new major streaming services, is nearing its national July 15 launch. NBCUniversal unveiled a slew of trailers for its streaming service’s launch day originals, including “Brave New World” and “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” on Thursday.

Peacock, which launched early for select customers earlier in the year (albeit without original programming), will leverage parent company NBCUniversal’s vast library of content, including popular shows such as “Parks and Recreation,” “30 Rock,” and “Law & Order: Svu.” Unlike most relatively new streaming services, such as HBO Max, Disney+, and Apple TV+, Peacock will also boast a respectable number of original titles at launch to supplement its large amount of library programming.

The upcoming streaming service’s launch day originals include “Brave New World,” the “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” film, “The Capture,” “Intelligence,” and “Lost Speedways.” Peacock will also launch with the kid-friendly “Cleopatra in Space,...

Prepare to get the “Baby Shark” song stuck in your head all over again: The animated preschool series Baby Shark’s Big Show! (working title) will debut with a holiday special this December on Nickelodeon. Following that one-off, the show will premiere across Nickelodeon’s preschool platforms in spring 2021.

The 26 half-hour episodes will follow “Baby Shark and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, meet new friends and sing original catchy tunes along the way,” per the official synopsis.

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In today’s TV News Roundup, Peacock released the trailer for “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” and HBO announced the premiere date for its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids.”

Dates

HBO has announced its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids” will premiere on July 14 at 9 p.m. Directed by former child actor Alex Winter, the film chronicles the unique experiences of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry through a combination of archival footage and interviews. The film comes from Ringer Films, with Bill Simmons serving as executive producer along with Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller for HBO. Watch a trailer below.

First Looks

Peacock has released trailers for its launch slate of original programming. NBCUniversal’s streaming service will become available on July 15. Watch the new trailers below.

“Brave New World” is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel of the same name. David Wiener serves as showrunner; Grant Morrison,...

Ahead of its nationwide launch next month, Peacock released trailers for all of its original series that debut with the newest streaming service.

This first wave of Peacock originals includes the streamer’s “Brave New World” adaptation, the “Psych” movie sequel “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” new drama “The Capture,” David Schwimmer workplace comedy “Intelligence,” the documentary film “In Deep with Ryan Lochte,” unscripted series “Lost Speedways,” and kids’ shows “Cleopatra in Space,” “Where’s Waldo?” and “Curious George.”

Premiere dates for future Peacock originals, including a new “Saved By the Bell,” will be announced later this year.

Also Read: NBCU's Peacock Streaming Service Will Be Free for 3 Months for Android Users

Peacock became available to Comcast — NBCU’s parent company — subscribers on April 15. When it launches nationally July 15, Peacock will have two separate tiers of service, both of which will be free to Comcast, as well as Cox, subscribers. The paid tier,...

Never before has “C’mon get happy” felt so much like a threat.

But the trailer for Peacock’s Brave New World makes it clear that if you’re not smiling, something is very, very wrong… and you just might have to be eliminated to fix the problem.

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Brave New World, first published in 1932, is set in a futuristic utopian society “that has...

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service set to be available across the U.S. starting July 15, will be available on Google platforms and devices including Android, Android TVs, Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices at launch, the media company announced.

Under the pact, Android and Android TV users will receive complimentary access to Peacock Premium (with ads) through Oct. 15, 2020.

So far, NBCU has announced Peacock deals with Apple and Microsoft’s Xbox — but has not yet clinched deals with the two biggest over-the-top device players, Roku and Amazon Fire TV (which are both holding out on HBO Max).

In April, Peacock’s “early preview” rolled out to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers at no additional cost.

On July 15, Peacock is set to launch wide in several versions: There’s a free, ad-supported tier featuring with more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and programming across news, sports, reality and late night.

Hulu have a whole host of new titles coming to the service this month, everything from zombie thrillers and screwball comedies to action romps and music documentaries. Suffice it to say, there’s a lot to look forward to on the streaming service over the next few weeks and below, you can find the entire rundown of what’s on the way. Ready to dive in?

Available June 1

Celebrity Family Feud: Season 6 Premiere (ABC)

Press Your Luck: Season 2 Premiere (ABC)

Match Game: Season 5 Premiere (ABC)

Children’s Hospital: Complete Series (Adult Swim)

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Adult Swim)

10 Year Plan (2014)

4th Man Out (2015)

Above & Beyond (2014)

Almost Adults (2016)

Born to be Wild (2011)

Casino (1995)

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Cliffhanger (1993)

Constantine (2005)

Dave (1993)

Digging for Fire (2015)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

Equilibrium (2002)

Fair Game (2010)

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Futureworld (1976)

Grown Ups (2010)

Happily N’Ever After (2007)

Happily N’Ever After 2...

Hulu is out with its list of everything coming and going on the streaming service in June.

Highlights include a new episode of the Hulu original anthology series “Into the Dark” called “Good Boy,” which follows Maggie (Judy Greer), who gets an emotional support dog for her anxiety — but little does she know, he kills anyone who adds stress to her life. Also, take a closer look at the hip-hop group Lin-Manuel Miranda was in before he did “Hamilton” in a new documentary called “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme.”

Leaving at the end of the month are classics like “Bend It Like Beckham,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Kill Bill” volumes one and two.

Below is the full list of everything coming and going throughout the month of June:

Also Read: Hulu Launches New Group Viewing Feature

June 1

Celebrity Family Feud: Season 6 Premiere (ABC)

Press Your Luck: Season 2 Premiere (ABC...

There are a lot of popular streaming platforms to choose from, but Hulu has always stood alongside Netflix as one of the two essentials for households looking for diversity in content. In the past, they’ve been known for focusing more heavily on newer television content, while Netflix has always offered a larger selection of sought-after films. But now, it looks like Hulu’s June lineup is only going to continue the service’s recent trend of providing high quality movies to bring itself in line with their competitor.

First up, you can get wholesome with Mr. Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which tells the story of an investigative journalist who learns some hard life lessons from one of television’s most beloved personalities. You can then supplement that wholesomeness with My Girl and My Girl 2 for some wonderful 90s nostalgia.

Speaking of nostalgia, you won...

June 2020 is set to be a big month for the whole streaming Disney family. Not only will ESPN+ have the entirety of The Last Dance on its servers for late-adopting sports fans to catch up with, but Disney+ will be premiering its long-awaited Artemis Fowl film. Over on its biggest streaming service in Hulu, however, Disney is taking things a bit more slowly.

This month finds only three major original releases for Hulu. Animated medieval comedy Crossing Swords premieres on June 12, then Ya love story Love Victor and cooking show Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi both arrive on June 19. All in all, that’s not a bad haul for originals for the typically slow summer months.

June 1 sees a pretty impressive crop of movies coming to Hulu’s library as well. October Sky, The X-Files (1998), and Casino will all be ready to stream at the beginning of the month.

“Brave New World” and “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” are among the original projects that will premiere on Peacock when NBCUniversal’s streaming service launches nationally on July 15.

NBCUniversal announced on Tuesday that a variety of original projects will be hitting the streaming service when the platform launches. The other original Peacock series that will be available at launch are “The Capture,” “Intelligence,” and “Lost Speedways.” The children’s-focused “Cleopatra in Space” and “Where’s Waldo?” will also be available at launch, as will the sports documentary “In Deep with Ryan Lochte.” All first season episodes of those series will be available at launch, indicating that Peacock will eschew the weekly release format of recently-released streaming services such as Disney+ and Apple TV+.

Of particular note is that the full seasons of the aforementioned releases will only be available to Peacock Premium subscribers. Select episodes of Peacock’s original series will...

When Peacock opens to consumers, it will have a wealth of original content.

NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, today announced its original content that will be available to stream on July 15, 2020, when the service launches nationally.

Peacock Premium customers can stream all first season episodes of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence and Lost Speedways; sports documentary In Deep with Ryan Lochte; and the entire full-length film Psych 2: Lassie Come Home on July 15.

Additionally, Peacock Kids is home to new episodes of Curious George and two original series from DreamWorks Animation: Cleopatra in Space and Where’s Waldo?.

Premiere dates for future Peacock Originals and exclusive content will be announced later this year.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” said Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, Peacock.

“We’re proud to establish our voice...

The Age of the Peacock™ is nearly upon us, and NBC's streaming service just announced the first slate of originals for its July 15 launch. Along with the announcement, we've also got the first photos from every series and original feature, including Psych 2: Lassie Come Home and the comedy Intelligence starring David Schwimmer. Over on the animation side, there are first looks at Dreamworks projects Cleopatra in Space and Where's Waldo?, as well as Curious George. For unscripted, you've got In Deep with Ryan Lochte and Lost Speedways. Check out the images below. Peacock …...

Peacock on Thursday unveiled its inaugural slate of originals, which includes the anticipated follow-up to 2017’s Psych: The Movie.

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home will premiere on Wednesday, July 15 — aka Peacock’s national launch day. In the sequel, “Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) is ambushed on the job and left for dead.” Then, in a “vintage Psych-style Hitchcockian nod, he begins to see impossible happenings around his recovery clinic.” (Watch a teaser trailer here.)

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NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock has unveiled the list of original series and movies that will be available when the platform rolls out nationwide July 15.

This first wave of Peacock originals include the streamer’s “Brave New World” adaptation, the “Psych” movie sequel “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” new drama “The Capture,” David Schwimmer workplace comedy “Intelligence,” the documentary film “In Deep with Ryan Lochte,” unscripted series “Lost Speedways,” and kids’ shows “Cleopatra in Space,” “Where’s Waldo?” and “Curious George.”

Premiere dates for future Peacock originals will be announced later this year, according to the streaming service.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” Peacock’s president of original content Bill McGoldrick said in a statement. “We’re proud to establish our voice and are excited to build on our strategy to attract a wide audience to Peacock.

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, has set its opening slate of original content that will be available on its July 15 launch. It includes all first season episodes of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence and Lost Speedways; sports documentary In Deep with Ryan Lochte; and feature-length film Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. Additionally, Peacock Kids will feature new episodes of Curious George and two original series from DreamWorks Animation: Cleopatra in Space and Where’s Waldo?. Premiere dates for future Peacock Originals and exclusive content will be announced later this year.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” said Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, Peacock. “We’re proud to establish our voice and are excited to build on our strategy to attract a wide audience to Peacock.”

The full slate follows below.

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Peacock just got some game: NBCUniversal inked a deal for the streaming service to be available on Microsoft’s Xbox One console family when Peacock is scheduled to make it nationwide debut in July.

Peacock will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One S and Xbox One X, when it launches nationally on July 15. Customers in the U.S. will be able to sign up for Peacock Free or upgrade to Peacock Premium directly within the Peacock app on Xbox devices using in-app purchase.

News of NBCU’s Xbox deal comes a day after the Comcast-owned media company announced a similar pact with Apple spanning its devices.

“With streaming entertainment and gaming reaching all-time highs, Xbox will be a great ongoing partner for Peacock,” Maggie McLean Suniewick, president of business development and partnerships for Peacock, said in a statement.

The Peacock Free ad-supported...

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, will spread its wings across Apple’s family of devices for the national U.S. launch this summer.

Under a deal between NBCU and Apple, Peacock will be available on Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD when it launches nationally on July 15, 2020.

At that time, Peacock will offer a free, ad-supported tier with more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and on-demand programming across news, sports, reality and late night. Peacock Premium will also be available for $4.99 per month (with ads) with 15,000-plus hours of content; for $9.99 monthly, subscribers can get an ad-free version of Peacock Premium.

Apple device owners will be able to access Peacock Free for no charge or subscribe to the premium tiers using in-app purchases.

With the Apple integration, Peacock content will be available in the Apple TV app’s Watch Now section.

Comcast and NBCUniversal are pushing Peacock out of the nest starting Wednesday, April 15, promising to unfurl a rich plume of 15,000-plus hours of streaming content, first for the cable giant’s own TV and internet customers.

Peacock is then slated to be available across the U.S. on July 15 — while NBCU is mulling the possibility of moving that up sooner — in various three tiers across mobile, web and connected-tv devices: paid with ads ($4.99 monthly); paid with no ads ($9.99 monthly); and completely free with ads with a truncated content lineup. With the national launch, Comcast (and Cox) subscribers also will have the option to get an ad-free version of the service for an additional $5 per month.

So what’s on the menu? Peacock will include live and on-demand content across current and past TV shows, movies, news, and late night programming, with some live sports once they resume post-pandemic. Most of...

NBCUniversal’s Peacock is ready to start rolling out to Comcast cable customers starting this week as scheduled — but most of Peacock’s original series will not be hitting the streaming service until 2021.

On April 15, Comcast will launch an “early preview” of Peacock Premium ad-supported tier, available for no extra cost to some 31.5 million of the operator’s TV and broadband customers across the U.S. The streaming service will begin rolling out Tuesday to subscribers with Xfinity X1 and Flex, the video service for broadband-only customers, with Peacock slated to be fully available across Comcast’s footprint by April 30.

At launch, Peacock Premium includes more than 15,000 hours of movies and shows, including library titles like “Parks and Recreation,” “Law & Order: Svu,” and “Two and a Half Men”; movies including “E.T.,” “Jurassic Park” and “Shrek”; and exclusive early access to content from NBC’s late-night shows.

But the bulk...

NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will launch tomorrow for Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers.

Peacock’s early launch will include new episodes of the children’s series “Curious George,” “Where’s Waldo?,” and “Cleopatra in Space.” The platform will also make “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” available several hours ahead of their east coast television air dates, which will persist when the platform launches nationally on July 15. Eligible Comcast customers will automatically be given access to the platform and will not need to opt-in.

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Following Nent Group and NBCUniversal’s long-term content partnership signed earlier this year, the two companies have inked a first-window deal for kids and family programming.

Under the agreement, Nent Group will distribute NBCUniversal’s kids series and family content and DreamWorks Animation film catalogue on Viaplay streaming service and Viasat pay-tv channels.

As part of the deal, Nent Group will have first-window rights in the Nordic region to NBCUniversal titles such as “Where’s Waldo?,” “Cleopatra in Space,” “Dragons: Defenders of Berk” and “Curious George,” as well as DreamWorks Animation blockbuster Shrek,” “Trolls,” “Kung Fu Panda” and “Boss Baby” franchises; on top of library titles from Illumination, such as the “Sing” and “Despicable Me” franchises.

“High-quality kids content is a cornerstone of Viaplay’s unique offering, and this latest agreement with NBCUniversal means that our younger viewers can experience even more fantastic entertainment featuring their favourite characters,” said Filippa Wallestam,...