NBC programming likely to leave Hulu for Peacock once Comcast is no longer an owner
Telegdy opened his remarks Saturday by stressing the larger reach of NBC, noting that The Office is a hit on Netflix (before it moves to his company's streamer, Peacock), Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of Hulu's top programs and SNL is TV's No. 1 comedy for the first time in its 45-season history. As for the forthcoming streamer, Peacock, that launches in April with more details to come Thursday during NBCUniversal's investor day. "We’ve been working in partnership with them," he said, calling the service the "future of our digital distribution for a lot of what we do here." That would imply that the network and its studios' programming would no longer be sold to outside streamers but instead reserved for Peacock, where it will remain part of the corporate ecosystem. Telegdy, like ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke, reiterated his belief in the power of broadcast. "At NBC, our vision is clear," he said. "We are the mainstream."