The Pitch

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How to pitch a TV show to Peacock

Does not take outside ideas

Peacock’s parent NBCUniversal will not review outside scripts, characters or story ideas unless it asked for them in a particular program. Peacock buys finished shows and events: Departure, Eurovision and the WWE Network library.

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A television studio
Where pitches like these are made: A television studio · Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio, Public domain

What it says

“Except as may be explicitly requested in connection with particular programs or promotions, NBCUniversal is not requesting, and is unwilling to review, ideas or materials relating to characters, storylines, treatments, scripts, artwork, visual or audio-visual content, or other artistic or creative works (whether relating to pre-existing NBCUniversal properties or not).”

What it has bought from outside

  1. 2020

    US premiere of the Canadian drama Departure from its Canadian producers

    “On July 14, 2020, the service acquired the Canadian drama Departure for a U.S. premiere.” en.wikipedia.org

  2. 2021

    US streaming rights to the Eurovision Song Contest from European Broadcasting Union

    “…The agreement came shortly after NBC reached an agreement with the European Broadcasting Union, which organizes the event, to produce a U.S. music competition series based on the Eurovision format.…” en.wikipedia.org

  3. 2021

    Exclusive US rights to the WWE Network library from WWE

    “On January 25, 2021, NBCUniversal, which at the time televised WWE 's professional wrestling weekly programs Raw and NXT on USA Network, acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights to the WWE Network library beginning March 18, 2021, under a five-year agreement.” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a TV show

All of them, open doors first