'Parks & Recreation' Also Joins The List of Iconic Shows To Change Its Streamer

Yet another popular show from back then and yet another deal to talk about. The bidding war amongst streaming wars have been intensifying for the past couple of days where iconic shows have found new homes and big (actually, massive) money is involved. Only a while ago, we reported about how The Big Bang Theory became the latest to have a new home in a deal that involves billions of dollars.

And now, another popular show joins the list. We are talking about Parks & Recreation, that has been on Netflix in the US and on Amazon Prime Video in India for all this time. However, it will be parting ways from Netflix and is moving to NBCU's forthcoming streaming service, Peacock in October 2020.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal for the Greg Daniels and Mike Schur comedy — which direct-to-consumer and digital enterprises chairman Bonnie Hammer calls "competitive and fair" — is the latest move by NBC to piece back together the streaming rights to its programming library. In June, the company agreed to pay $100 million per year to make Peacock the exclusive streaming home for The Office in 2021 after Netflix's deal for the show expires.

Parks and Rec, which starred Amy Poehler as city employee Leslie Knope, aired for seven seasons on NBC from 2009 to 2015. The show launched the careers of several actors, including Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt. 

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. 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. 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.

Hammer says to expect that as Peacock "ramps up" more titles will become available exclusively. "A lot has to do with the marketplace right now and what's available and what's not," she notes. "We're going to invest smartly and strategically."