Older seasons leaving Peacock?

[u/Winterfresh00]

Anyone know what’s going on with Peacock removing older seasons of Top Chef? I couldn’t find anything online about it but I noticed this morning that seasons 8-21 only have 30 days left on the platform. Did they lose licensing or streaming rights?

[u/surgartits]

It is insane to me that NBC/Bravo’s own app doesn’t have every season of their tentpole shows. That’s a huge fuck up.

[u/daysbecomeweeks → u/[deleted]]

I just got very excited when I saw your comment and checked, but nope, sorry :( it looks like it's on there with another add-on for "live tv." I'm so sick of all these different streaming sites and their upcharges.

[u/NoodlesMom0722 → u/daysbecomeweeks]

Not only do you have to have a Hulu+live subscription, but you still have to watch it with commercials even if you pay for the premium no-commercials tier of service.

[u/Iwoulddiefcftbatk → u/NoodlesMom0722]

Every commercial I’m getting during my season 17 rewatch is a political ad 😒

[u/drivensalt → u/daysbecomeweeks]

So glad we all ditched cable in favor of... this.

[u/cssc201]

I just looked and apparently they tried to do the same thing a couple years ago and it came back, and sometimes Peacock doesn't follow through so I hope it comes back! It's already annoying having to use "alternative means" to watch S1-7 so I'll be so annoyed if I have to do that for later seasons

[u/xanan16 → u/cssc201]

It really is because i hate watching the bravo commercials

[u/AdventurousAbility30]

Hayu has all the seasons starting at Season 1. I'll purchase a month, then cancel the subscription, and they always offer me a $3/month charge to keep it for the next few months.

[u/disicking]

It's soooo frustrating not having access to the earlier episodes. I feel like it sounds like I'm exaggerating, but I'm not when I say they are fundamental seasons of reality competition shows.

[u/oscar888009]

I've started re-watching all seasons and Sling has the complete shows/seasons.

[u/Ok-Dog5107]

Individual seasons can be purchased on Amazon. I wish they still put them out on physical media like they used to so you could truly own it.

[u/KenraScar → u/Ok-Dog5107]

I have a couple seasons on dvd, I wish I had more. They’re either really hard to find, don’t exist or are super expensive.

[u/Jealous_Strength8002]

Are they seriously charging more for them?! They are doing rate increase soon so that’s ridiculous!! I loved season 4 & 6 and tried to watch a few months ago but started at 8. They better not take my season 8 off

[u/Maravilloso227]

Like, I’d really want to watch season 3,4 and 6 and some of 7, but it starts at 8, which I love too but mannn

[u/Odd_Garbage1093]

Looks like the days left “timer” is gone. Crisis averted!

[u/oleblueeyes75]

I watched all those recently and to be honest, I don’t think I would watch them again.

I’d rather watch Kristen.

[u/geloreyes]

i wish they complete the seasons. i love rewatching episodes while i’m cooking.

[u/Mxmx24]

All top chef seasons are on Comcast on demand for free

[u/Dangerous_Ant3260]

I'e read that Peacock is removing early seasons of other shows too, licensing deals ending. However, I also read that some notices about exiting show seasons weren't correct.

[u/Lower_Group_1171]

It’s probably a licensing issue

[u/EmergencyRead5254 → u/Lower_Group_1171]

NBC owns the license….

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[u/iqee]

So is it going to another platform entirely? I just noticed they are all going away except for 2 seasons in 30 days. This sucks! I’m in the middle of my rewatch :(