Duh 😂 l hate Netflix. They just have movies l have on dvd. Peacock is WAYY BETTER THAN NETFLIX, l love it. But I actually watch movies and TV shows not just TV shows a movie that people tell me to watch on the Internet so maybe that’s why I like Peacock more than Netflix I’ve seen everything on Netflix. But clearly you hate peacock though.
I literally bought the dvd box set the day it was removed from Netflix. I’m not jumping from one paid platform to the next just for something I can pay a one time fee for and own forever 🤷♀️
Here in the Netherlands it is also still on Netflix. But for some reason also on HBO Max AND Prime Video. So yes available on three different services.
@Burke Gerald ?? What is this energy your coming with lol. This person was just leaving a genuine comment of their perspective as an non American and how they basically live in a different timeline than Americans in terms of streaming service experience. You need to relax 😂
I think when The Office left Netflix a lot of people finally accepted that it was time to try out some new shows. I know I did and it led me to shows I like even more like Community and Always Sunny
i think the office on netflix really was the definition of 'comfort food watching.' it was always there, you could pick any episode at random and just switch the brain off. in a era where i would browse netflix and not be able to choose anything, picking an episode of the office was a simple solution to my decision fatigue. (also please i'm begging for a 'random episode' button for these services)
I used this exact phrase with my friend in reference to The Office lol. Comfort food. I could try something else to eat but somehow kept coming back to what felt good because I won't be disappointed.
I swear I remember there being a random episode button on Netflix around 2017 at least. I never used it which is probably why they removed it but it used to exist
I have a friend who works for Netflix. I'll ask if they've ever thought of that, though I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they did think of it, tested it, and although people said they wanted it they always hated the episode it gave them. I know they've tried several features like that in a general sense--where people say they want a thing in theory, but in practice they just hate or don't use it.
The oversaturation of streaming services is the main problem here. Just imagine how much better things would be if Netflix aquired Paramount+, Max (formerly HBO Max) acquired Peacock, and Disney+ fully aquired Hulu. We would potentially only have three streaming services. Just like in the good old days.
This should happen, I’m against monopolies but this would honestly be better for the consumers then what’s currently happening, Hell Disney already owns the majority of Hulu
screw that for all we know tv creators are putting their shows into hiding from netflix which means theirs no more reason to deal with all the streaming bullshit!
HBO Max and Discovery just combined, Paramount+ and Showtime are combining, and supposedly Disney+ and Hulu are going to be combined. Lets just hope Peacock gets merged with Netflix or Max or something
I mean it’s not that bad it’s like the new cable tv, you can pay for 3 services and still save a lot of money compared to paying for Fios or Comcast. They’re basically the same as paying for certain networks you actually want to your provider. But hey that’s just me. Piracy is an option too lol
One of the things that has changed for the worse is the fact that no streaming service has anything close to 22 episode seasons any more. I know the entire landscape has changed and becomes more segmented all the time. But not that long ago, networks were making 22 episode seasons of hour-long dramas and sitcoms. Then they live on forever on streaming services. Take “House,” for instance. Streaming services barely make 8-10 episodes a season now. And then you wait forever for the next season. Then people move on to other stuff. And then you’re lucky to get them back.
Yeah most are like 6, maybe 8 episodes :( Even if the episode is an hour long, it still feels like the whole season is way too short. I'm just not interested in most newer shows anymore for that reason!
@@joannamarieartI don't usually watch to many new shows on streaming. I usually watch older shows when I go to one of my streaming apps. The only new shows I really watch are the Thursday night shows on CBS. I tend to pick out shows that get cancelled when I find a series on a streaming platform
I agree. I was a fan of the show Degrassi The Next Generation and they had like 20 or more episodes a season to flesh out characters and do storylines but then they got cancelled at after season 15 and Netflix picked it up as Degrassi Next Class but it was like 10 episodes or 12 and no time to develop characters and storylines. I think that's what kind of hurt that 90s show
Other than my YT handle broadcasting my feelings about the show to everyone, I only discuss it with ppl I know who like the show. I never liked when it 'got huge'. I like hardcore nerd fans. Of which I am one. So I am kind of glad to see ppl are getting tired of it. I've been watching it since 2006 lol. I'll take a week off or so every now and then, but like Seinfeld, I'll never stop watching. And not just for background noise. 🙃
I have Peacock and watch the office, but I LOVE what Peacock has done for The Office as a viewer. NBC took all (or most) deleted scenes from the show and put them back into each season for what they call the "Superfan" episodes and as a long time fan of the office, I really appreciate this. It lets me watch the show in a whole new way and enjoy it just that little bit more. Alongside the superfan episodes, they added a lot of the blooper reels, behind the scenes footage, and even interviews with the cast when the show was ending. Yes, someone might be grubbing for money with all these additions, but as a huge fan of the show, I think all this stuff was crafted as a labour of love for the show.
Yeah lots of hate bones for Peacock, but as an avid Premier League viewer it's actually a decent platform. Just add The Godfather trilogy in its permanent set and it will be good.
I get Peacock for half the year and alternate with Apple. Though I did cancel Netflix. During those 6 months I watch the heck out of the Office, Parks and Rec, Bel Air, and then any movies that might seem fun at the time. I will say the Superfan episodes are worth it.
An interesting phenomenon is the trend for these shows to post compilations on their official UA-cam channels, something fans used to make on their own. It’s sorta unsettling but understandable from an ownership and monetization standpoint
The "everyone makes a streaming service with their back catalog" is a double edged sword for me. On one hand, I'm very happy that so much is getting official releases now since these companies are saying "well we need something to fill the line up, might as well put that show no one has touched in more than a decade up" and a lot of lost and rare media can now be found, but on the other hand so much is fractured it's kind of like "why bother?"
Since The Office is no longer readily accessible for me to have on in the background, it has opened my eyes to how little I actually loved it compared to how much I thought I did. The Office being so easy to casually, passively watch without being forced to pay much attention to, not having it so easily available means me not thinking about it as often as I used to. The Office was perfect, easy entertainment. When it isn't easy to find anymore, it is no longer part of the conversation between my friends and I.
That's a really interesting point. The Office felt like such a juggernaut at least in part because you couldn't escape it. I sometimes think about how quickly certain shows fade from memory, while I rewatch the 1st Game of Thrones episode at least once a year.
Not just with The Office, but you could apply that to any favorite show of current day that has been relegated to an exclusive platform. I had a Peacock sub for a while (basically for The Office and old NWA wrestling matches), but I found that I was having to be so intentional in using it just to watch this show or that one and then go to another platform to watch something else since I was paying for every platform, the leisure of watching said shows quickly faded and contributed to the degradation of my fandom as well.
The Office has got to be one of the most overrated shows. I watched it when it was on but I tried to watch an episode more recently and it didn't do it for me. I can barely remember why I liked it in the first place.
This is such a weird comment because it’s basically what people said about Friends except that made more sense because back then cable was all you had….you on the other hand could put on anything from any platform you choose to pay for and yet you chose The Office? Such a strange thing, shows it’s more human habit than anything else.
I wonder if another reason for its decline in popularity is that the workplace portrayed in The Office isn't as relatable now as it was in the late 2000's? The human element, which is the most important, still holds up for sure, but I don't see many young people these days working 9-5 white collar office jobs. I loved The Office and I've bought a lot of my favorite episodes on Apple TV but not even Michael Scott at his best can sell me on yet another streaming service. Love your videos @captainmidnight
I think the office leaving netflix was definitely a factor in shows like community rising up on those platforms. Left a void that was then filled with far bolder shows.
@@colmlooney5843 "Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I DIDN'T like the movie/show that most of you liked." -guy who has to make his whole personality about hating popular media
@burkegerald1645calling people pathetic because they like a show or generalizing an entire demographic as being dim shows more of your emotional immaturity than any point you're trying to make. The office was the first show to do a mockumentary style and it lead to a decade of shows following the same formula because of its success. Like it or not, it was innovative for its time. I don't like Friends or see the appeal that many others do. That doesn't mean I think people who enjoy the show are somehow lesser than me. Grow up.
Not Probable Since Netflix Is Incompetent And Mostly Makes Garbage Shows Now, But Not Impossible Either, Since They Could Keep It For A Few More Years And Then Let NBCUniversal Move It To Another Streaming Service.
@@johnl6192counter counterpoint. Diversity day is probably one of the best episodes. “Shalom I’d like to apply for a loan” “ based on stereotypes… that I don’t agree with… you’re a bad driver… Ahhh man I’m a woman!” “Slavery vs the holocaust” all great lines and more in that episode
There's definitely a case to be made that the current Columbo craze is driven in part by it being present on practically every free/budget streaming service, that mirrors the Star Trek original series pretty well.
Huh it is a trend? I watch that show since I was 12 and saw every episode/ film at least 3 times. But that just goes to show that with this generation of social media you just have to wait long enough for something to have it's 5 minutes of fame. This sounds like I'm a boomer but I'm genuinely happy about this. The movies are just great, and hold up surprisingly well...
My family was very sad when The Office left Netflix thinking we would never see it again since we were NOT going to sign up for yet another monthly streaming subscription. But in the years since, Comedy Central and Freeform play The Office episodes seemingly 24-7 so we are not missing it. Yeah, we have to watch whatever episode happens to be on, but we really don't care as it's like hanging out with an old friend.
The Office was my go-to show when it was on Netflix. I watched it at-least a few times a week. Since it left for Peacock it may as well has disappeared off the face of the Earth, I'm pretty sure the only episode I've seen since was in my dentist's waiting room. The idea of paying another subscription for the same thing I was getting before seemed like madness, and to this day I feel the same.
@@eminemfan50098 Why would I watch something with ads when I can just do anything else with my time? I don't know. I don't do cable for the same reason, ads will waste years of your life if you let them.
A think a critical factor being overlooked here is the sheer rewatch-ability the Office brought the table, especially through about year 6. I still continue to catch sight gags I never noticed before and it's so good some scenes still make me laugh out loud even though I have been watching them for 15 years. You can't say that about a lot of shows. Parks and Rec had some funny parts, but as series it ranks very low on the rewatch scale for me overall. Interest that Breaking Bad was mentioned here- it was an amazing mini series, but it's too dark for me to watch over and over. The Office just found that sweet spot somehow. Millions of people across the globe are falling asleep in bed with it on, every night.
But now it’s becoming hard to find one since the death of places like blockbusters so now your relying on someone selling the exact same product or even the season your after
@@Mattened they're estimated to be able to last 200 years with good care. longer shelflife than any person, so shouldn't be much of a concern, also 480p isn't a concern. hd blu ray has existed since 2006, and 4k discs are readily available.
I think another thing that hurt it was Peacock's change from a free service to a paid service. If you didn't have Netflix, you could now watch The Office for free. But once they made it a paid service, there's not much to make you want to stay.
Honestly it's never too late for Peacock to do a Sony and just lease their shows and movies out to Netflix and Hulu. They basically were doing that at one point. Sony is making bank by not having a streaming service.
@@imanoldurango8213 Netflix has the best interface imo. It's the easiest to use, easiest to find shows on, and it's probably the most familiar to the public majority.
It’s about oversaturation. The Office, Friends, Marvel, Stranger Things, whatever property you want to name, it’s played out and needs a few years out of the public consciousness to gain a resurgence. If something is ALWAYS on or being talked about, it’s impossible to miss it.
Truth is... I have to wonder if maybe it being kinda out of sight for awhile might actually help it. We can all see the trajectory of Peacock - it isn't built for the long haul unless something drastically changes. So The Office is likely to come back to netflix or hit one of the other services in a few years. And when it does, a whole new set of people will find it. We all know what happens if you see a sitcom too many times. I point you to "I Love Lucy" and the famous sequence of Lucy and Ethel in a chocolate factory that were are told is a masterclass in comedy... and how it's just not funny anymore since we've all see it and references to it 9 billion times. So I argue that by being stuck on Peacock for awhile might actually help The Office escape that fate.
As someone who is subscribed to Peacock, I enjoy the content that it provides even if it’s not as well known a Netflix. As for The Office, people need to start learning that physical media is king. Invest in movies & tv shows that are DVD’s. It will last longer then it being on a steaming service.
Truth here. Community fans learned this a couple years back when Netflix permanently pulled one of the best episodes “Advanced Dungeons and Dragons” over a meta joke about a character made up as a dark elf with face paint. People have also made this point about the need to retain physical editions of novels. Otherwise, various periods of bowdlerization could wipe out the original text
It was a huge conundrum when the Office was about to leave Netflix. I did not want to buy the gigantic DVD or Blu-ray set, and I certainly did not want to add another streaming service just so I could watch this show. Fortunately just in time, Vudo offered a price of $30 to purchase the entire series to watch streaming off of their platform. That was a no-brainer and it has paid for itself many times over.
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I think a show's ending really helps its longevity. The Office & Breaking Bad had good endings. Battlestar Galactica and Lost both had endings people hated. And I think you'll see the same trend in 10 years with GoT.
You’re already seeing it with GOT. The only reason anyone talks about it is House of the Dragon. Before that came out there was nearly no conversation about it
Rewatched the series just recently on Peacock. Only issue I had with the service is the mandatory commercials and ads on pause; maybe there's an ad-free version, IDK. Watching Parks and Rec now for the first time and an very much enjoying it.
I've never signed up for a streaming service to watch a sitcom. I change what sitcom I continuously watch on repeat depending on what is on the streaming service I have. I have only signed up for streaming services when a new show comes out that I want to watch. So maybe the office would keep people there, but I don't think it is the draw they were looking for.
I’m convinced this is exactly what happened to Doctor Who. Getting taken off of Netflix right after the 50th anniversary made it hard for people to keep up and cost them new fans from discovering the show.
To be fair, Dr who had a massive jump in viewership for the jodie Whitaker season, higher than the 50th anniversary. Then declined over the season down the lowest since the 80's. More than likely the stunt casting and poor writing led than people turning it off.
No. What happened to Doctor Who is that it became garbage. I knew it was over when first female doctor and reasoning behind it became clear. I stayed for a couple of episodes, but I was forced to stop watching it due to terrible writing based on "just add struggling women, forget the actual plot development". Never looked back since
I had the urge to watch The Office recently, and instead of using Peacock, I bought all of the seasons for a bundle price of like $100 on Vudu. Absolutely great decision. While I may be missing out on the extra scenes and bloopers (that get posted on UA-cam anyway, trying to convince people to get a Peacock subscription), I get the show from beginning to end, whenever I want to watch it, with no ads, for the rest of my life (or until Vudu fails, whatever)
A lot of its viewership is people rewatching the show, background watching, etc. It’s great for numbers and the overall cultural significance of the show, but not necessarily something people are going to move to a new service for (even if it was their most-watched show.)
I think people did move to a new service: UA-cam. Sure you can't watch full episodes, but that's not why people watch comfort shows. The official Office UA-cam channel has hours upon hours of clip compilations, deleted scenes, and even the Super Fan content "exclusive" to Peacock, and as soon as you click on one in your feed you're sucked in by the algorithm into watching as much of the Office as you would have on Netflix or Peacock without spending a dime. In NBC Universal's greed and desire to get a piece of the pie, they ended up not just harming Netflix, but themselves in the process.
I wonder if the pandemic has also played a factor. One reason The Office was so successful was because it was relatable on some level to so many of us that worked in an office. Since the pandemic my job has transitioned to being mostly remote and lot of others have as well. That transition to remote work has made shows like The Office less relatable, which has likely hurt its popularity as well. I doubt it did as much as moving to Peacock, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did play some kind role.
Would love to see a video discussing the afterlife of Brooklyn Nine Nine. Not sure if that’s a video you’d be interested in making, but discussing its legacy could be really interesting
@@arnoldfreeman2885thanks to getting Peacock when the Office went there helped me discover Brooklyn 99 because I didn't watch it when it was on regular TV and started watching it from Peacock and love it
Yeah, The Office is still TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT, Heisenberg! And like Jane told Jesse... "Well, then why should we do anything more than once? Should I just smoke this one cigarette? Maybe we should only have sex once, if it's the same thing. Should we just watch one sunset? Or live just one day? Because it's new every time. Each time is a different experience." I love rewatching episodes.
We purchased the digital box set of The Office on Vudu when it left Netflix. $30. Totally worth it. That being said, we now have Peacock and love the streaming service.
The last 3 homes I’ve lived in have had The Office on the living room TV, on constant repeat. I found the show in 2010, but it feels like I opened a a new pack of bubble gum, and the whole world came and demanded a piece. Meaning, I dearly love the show, but the hype around it is beyond obnoxious.
I'm a middle school teacher and the office used to be popular among my kids. Since it left Netflix, not anymore. These kids were too little to watch it when it was on Netflix and now that they are old enough to watch it it isn't there for them to "discover" for the first time. Unless their parents are into the show it it's unlikely they have peacock. NBC esentially killed their constant stream of new viewers they previously had by taking it off Netflix.
wow, this is super interesting, because I was talking to my bf a few months about the office. in latinamerica, the office is currently on 4 streamings at the same time: Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Paramount+ and I remember telling my bf how they were probably making more money licensing the office for less money in 4 different streaming services than giving netflix full license. I mean I don't know anything about licensing but it made sense to me. I wonder, now, what's up with that??
I think it's fascinating how different this conversation is when you look at the global market. I'd be so curious to know what long-ended shows are getting big bumps in a random country or region just because they became available for streaming there or began to be rerun on cable TV.
I watched The Office every single day for YEARS. Knew most episodes line for line. Since the switch I haven’t seen a single episode and I refuse to get the NBC Universal app.
I recently got both Peacock and Paramount+ and I was shocked by how much I dug their selections. Peacock is a great place to consume all of Universals films.
I’m looking at peacock right now and there’s a total of 9 available movies. If I have to do a deep dive through a service and then scroll around looking for something that catches the eye, that service probably isn’t going to get used much
To me that is their only plus...Peacock does have a great backcatalog of movies. I typically only get the subscription for the month of October for its horror selection and then cancel it
@Lake Morris I agree. I actually got Peacock back in October. Was walking around Universal Studios and kept seeing all these adverts for all these horror films on Peacock
I miss the golden days of steaming. When everything was on Netflix. I miss the golden days of podcasts. When there were only a few mainstays and everyone didn’t have one. Finally, I miss the golden days of UA-cam. When you didn’t have to have UA-cam premium to watch a video without 30 ads.
I’m mostly an Anime watcher, The Office was one of those rare shows I actually watched on US Netflix. I was watching The Office around the pandemic time. That was my first time seeing the show and enjoying it. Once The Office left Netflix for Peacock, I bought the DVD’s and just watch clips all over the internet.
This^ I am too mostly an anime watcher now a days with active subscriptions to both Crunchyroll, Hidive, and Hulu for their anime exclusives. I have gotten Peacock a couple times just for The Office but the rest of its catalog just doesn't interest me plus I'm too busy catching up on all my seasonal anime to even bother.
@@AlexandraStubbs Thats really sweet of you, thank you! Yeah honestly imo Hidive is kind of a crap service with a terrible desktop/mobile/tv UI from like 2009 that barely works but they keep getting some pretty big exclusives like Call of the Night and Oshi no Ko so I'm kind of forced to get it😓
@@oddishu Yes of course you’re so welcome!☺️ Aww, really? That is interesting and a shame the website is not up to modern standards. It’s true about the titles they have been able to get recently. It’s very surprising, I’m glad you’re enjoying though.
I had my own concerns about Peacock but it’s cheap and more importantly, I just finished Mrs Davis and was BLOWN AWAY by it from start to finish. Made it worth the entire platform for this alone. Just incredible, tight, powerful storytelling.
@@michaelcorcoran8768the Office wasn't the only reason I got Peacock because I wanted to see the new Saved By The Bell and the new Punky Brewster but they cancelled Punky Brewster which actually was decent and Saved By The Bell was stupid but I enjoyed it and plus I'm a wrestling fan and they acquired the WWE network
I'll never stop loving the office. If there's an episode on comedy central, I'll put it on without hesitation. But yeah, being off Netflix has impacted how much I view it. Funny thing is, we have peacock in our house but we only ever use it for WWE PPVs lol
I am subscribed to Peacock full-time for their exclusive IndyCar coverage, so when the Office arrived, it wasn't a big adjustment for me. I'm actually subscribed to most streaming platforms with the exception of Netflix.
I'm hoping the needle will shift back the other way and studios and networks will get the idea that licensing out IPs to multiple streamers/channels is really the best way to go. Streaming was supposed to be the next step in keeping favorite shows alive, just Syndication 2.0. That's really how Netflix got so popular so quickly because of their catalog of previously ran shows. TBH, a lot of the shows that I love now are ones that I didn't watch during their original run, whether I was alive at the time or not. Syndication is what keeps stuff in the zeitgeist. I think that's why you're seeing the growth of these channels like getTV or free platforms like Tubi that have latched onto the millions of people (Gen X and older I'm guessing) who typically don't stream or at least necessarily depend on it as a primary source of content, and would rather watch a solid episode of In the Heat of the Night or Rockford Files that they just watched the week before instead of cycling through channels or menus full of forgettable junk like The Masked Singer or some lame reality show.
Some companies are very weird with how they distribute shows. I found mutually exclusive *Facts of Life* episodes on at least three or four different streaming services!
I have most of the big streaming services and I only started Peacock for the office and last years Black Friday deal. The thing that I really don’t like is Peacocks user interface is awful in comparison to all the others. It’s slow, you can be 3 thumbnails ahead and it starts the preview for the first one. Also trying to find my spot when I fall asleep during an episode is a chore with how clunky the menus are. Netflix had the user experience down years ago.
Sitcoms have a lifespan, dramas often can have a long life in the public mind.but sitcoms are rarely do. For every Gilligan's Island or I Love Lucy, there's hundreds of comedy shows that were forgotten
I would rewatch the office every year but since NBC made Netflix get rid of it. I no longer watch it and I have no urge to watch it anymore. I'm ready to move on from the office. I have moved on.
I was just talking with a friend who was in Portugal for a month and she was telling me how nice it was to have The Office on Netflix there! I was later telling her about Poker Face on Peacock and she said she just doesn’t want to pay for another streaming service. But what’s funny is that I do have Peacock but rarely use it to watch The Office or even Parks and Rec (which I personally liked better). It’s like I basically forget that I have Peacock altogether. It’s probably just having too many streaming apps and I just default to Netflix first out of habit.
While I think it's fair to compare The Office and Friends in the sense that they were both once the perfect background show on Netflix, their post-Netflix departure has been different not only in the popularity of the streaming service it went to, but in how they're syndicated. If you wanted, you could spend 12 total hours watching Friends on reruns with how often their run on TBS and Nick at Nite daily. While the Office reruns on Comedy Central routinely, I'd argue that has the same issue as HBO Max vs. Peacock does, where people habitually go to TBS/Nick more so than they would CC, giving Friends the appearance of a show more easily accessible without a streamer.
Haven't honestly watched it much at all, but I do own a few of the seasons on dvd that I find myself occasionally putting on. I think streaming just emphasizes how important it is to have physical copies of what you want to watch.
My wife and I watched it all the time on netflix, and before it moved, we bought the DVD box set, and then nearly cancelled our netflix sub when we realized that was about the only reason we had it anymore. During the last 2 years, my wife got really into New Girl which was on netflix too until this year. When we heard it was moving to peacock, we decided to get peacock instead and now we have both we can watch at all times so it's worked out for us.
the move could end up serving as another poor example of chasing short-term cash grabs over long-term growth and longevity which ultimately leads to less ROI. NBC still has time to turn the ship around, I wouldn't be surprised if they end up placing the show on a bigger platform and market the hype as a comeback for another spark in cash leading into long-term success
As a “man of the seas”, I still have found that I have watched less of the office since it left Netflix. While that may be due to having binged it quite a bit during that time and moving on to new shows, or due to the lack of ease, i’m not entirely sure
I found the move by NBC to make the Office exclusive to their platform which had nothing else going for it extremely distasteful. I just resigned myself to not watching the show as long as it was on there. Not gonna reward that type of behavior. They’re getting what they deserve as far as I’m concerned.
Very interesting topic. I signed onto Peacock specifically for the office because I’m an office super fan and I watch it pretty much every day. So for me it’s worked out I especially love the extended cut episodes. But you raise some really smart points. For me, Peacock has been worth it because of the office and the occasional SNL rewatch but that’s about it. But wherever the office goes, I’m going. So maybe I’m an outlier in the equation. Either way, great video. ❤
I’ve always been a huge Office fan. Vudu had a big sale when the Office left Netflix. Coincidentally, I just bought the series on Vudu and cancelled Netflix. I’ve never even considered joining Peacock.
As weird as a comparison this is, I feel like this is similar to the Ninja Mixer situation. Where both are really popular, they move to a different broadcasting method, and loose a bunch of viewers because of it. Considering Mixer died and Ninja never regained his viewership when moving back, also due to Fortnite’s decreasing popularity, I feel like the same could happen with the Office. It isn’t enough to save Peacock, moves back to Netflix, and never regains what it once had.
Personally I really like my Peacock subscription. I like how they have a good amount of movies straight from theaters. Plus I’ve been able to catch up on multiple shows that I stopped watching for a long time due to no access to cable.
Honestly I catch it on Sling whenever Comedy Central airs it. Outside of that, I’d love to binge it again but I refuse to sign up for another streaming service. I’d rather buy the whole series digitally
The interesting part and the reason why globaly speaking the office still did well, was probably because the exact time the office was taken from netflix in the US, it got introduced into other markets. For example here in Germany most people watched the office via a VPN, but around the time it left the US it entered German Netflix. That's probably the reason why it's still steady, the bumps where replaced by new spikes.
It is still on Canadian netflix so i was super confused cause my bf had it on last night. I forget sometimes american netflix is actually a different library from canadian netflix
There were some pros that came with it. One in particular being how people were running the Office memes into the ground. It was inescapable. People were making the Office their whole personality.
I'm fine with it being back to a cult like following. I've been watching the show since season 2 came out when I was in high school... I'm 36 now. And my YT handle is Office related. Kind of like Seinfeld, which is a far superior show in my opinion, it isn't talked about as much but I'll never stop watching it.
A father of five's observation on the failings of Peacock: it has no children's shows that my kids watch. My wife and I only use it to watch Psych and the Office. It's essentially the jukebox in a Waffle House, where you only use it to get a very specific feel from a very specific era. Paramount, Disney and heck even Prime get more use in our house than the bird does.
yeah same here. My family only watch Netflix, Disney plus, Amazon Prime,Hulu, Paramount plus and Apple Tv. But yeah we don't even think about Peacock. Which is pretty sad.
Their idea of children’s entertainment is to take *Saved by the Bell,* which wasn’t any good even when I was a kid, and turn it into propaganda for the tr-ns cult.
Oh man I remember what it was like to be watching Breaking Bad in 2008. I borrowed the DVD of season 1 from the library and binged it (yeah, 2008), I wound up being late to my high school graduation practice watching that show. It was so weird just 4 years later to see EVERYONE watching it.
The problem with the office being on peacock and any show in general, is that peacock doesn't seem to try hard like the others. Universal was just kind of here's our streaming service like the others. Where as HBO said here are some older and resent favorites. And paramount moved some of their CBS shows and made them exclusive to that steaming service. Also honestly peacock is harder to navigate than the others. I'm a wrestling fan too. And say I want to see a certain match. I have to find the wrestling option, find the event, and then find that match. Same with an episode of the office. People like these steaming services because they are easier to navigate. And the office will suffer being on peacock
I can’t speak for the entirety of Europe, but I live in Belgium, and at the beginning of last year The Office came to Netflix and certain seasons are also available on Prime Video
One reason you might not see much of a change in viewership globally is that The Office is still available on Netflix in many countries. I live in the Czech Republic, and I watched Stress Relief, Part 1 just the other day.
I’m not really an Office fan, but I’ve been a HUGE Parks and Rec fan since season 5 came out, and I’ve noticed a huge decrease in popularity and references over the past few years since it moved to Peacock as well. Of course even at its peak it was never as big as the office, but it was often seen as it’s biggest rival, with “The Office or Parks and Rec?” being a pretty regular topic of casual conversation. Now it’s just almost gone. Outside of occasionally seeing a few clips on Instagram or UA-cam, it’s never much seen or talked about these days. I noticed the same trend with the Office, even as somebody who’s never really watched the show through. If The Office follows the same trajectory as Parks and Rec, it’d be a MASSIVE mishandling of such a huge flagship property.
Parks and Rec had some decent episodes, and I will agree that comparisons between the two are tempting, but it's not really the same. Even you would agree with this I would assume, if you're of fan of that, but no as much a fan of the Office. PR just doesn't have the same flow and rewatch factor to use it as a magic 8 ball concerning the fate of The Office. I say this as a fan of both shows. Also, the window for quality episodes or seasons with Park and Rec is smaller.
@@kevinmach730 I don’t know why you’d think I’d agree with that since the point of my comment was literally saying that it could be used as a metric to see where the office is going. They are different shows, but they’re similar enough in many ways to be directly comparable. Saying that parks isn’t as rewatchable is a subjective opinion, as whether you think it is or not, it has a sizable fan base that thinks it is, and since the move to Peacock it has decreased in relevance, just like the Office. The Office has a larger fanbase, so of course it’s gonna take longer to fade from relevance, but that also means that NBC has more time to save it from becoming irrelevant. So it’s more than fair to say that the current state of P&R is a possible future for The Office.
@@CMoneyBounceHouseSorry, I probably wasn't clear. I was trying to say if you liked one and not the other so much, you would probably agree they are different shows overall. If that's the case, than measuring both to weigh their cultural zeitgeist could be flawed. I guess I am saying you may be buying into this video's notion, I am not yet sold.
@@kevinmach730 ah, I understand what you’re getting at now. Yeah, I agree with the video for the most part. At least from my personal experience, I feel like the video is accurate.
If you use iTunes the complete series often drops to $30. Same with Friends I got the complete series for like $50. No need to pay monthly streaming services if you own it.
I think its hard to follow the Office to Peacock when Netflix still has some of the best sitcoms ever made with Seinfeld and Community. Netflix was probably doing the Office more favors than the Office was for Netflix and I’m sure new shows were eager to fill the background show slot that the Office had, giving viewers something new and refreshing even if it’s just “reruns”.
I mean Netflix never makes a profit, it’s bleeding subscribers, and it’s about to make it worse when it actually stops password sharing 😂 idk what favors the office was doing for Netflix 😂😂😂😂
Honestly I had forgotten The Office leaving Netflix in the US. In Canada I still have access to it and it's probably the only show I really watch on there in these past few months.
I love the Office! But watching the longer super fan episodes is a good demonstration on why editing is so important! The original released episodes are much tighter and funnier
I used to rewatch the office fairly often. Since it has moved to peacock, I have not watched a single episode. I don't know how to compare peacock to the other streaming services, because I've never used it.
I absolutely adore Peacock. It's significantly cheaper than the other streamers, its television comedy library is unmatched, it has a surprisingly deep selection of movies, and it has the added bonus of receiving Universal's theatrical releases 45 days after release... it's a hidden gem.
The Office is one of the most important pieces of media of my entire life. I started watching from the season 3 premier when I was 12 and watched nonstop til it was removed from Netflix. I was one of the first people I knew who watched it and showed it to everyone I could. I’ll always remember watching episodes with my cousins during holidays while our parents would be chatting in the other room. Or turning it on for a friend and watching them become huge fans of the show. Watching it fall out of public popularity for no reason other than corporate greed has been terribly sad to watch.
I remember for the first week of January, 2021 that Apple and Amazon were selling the complete series of both "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" digitally for $30 each. I bought both and never worried about Peacock. I would have paid more in one year for a Peacock subscription than what I ended up paying and to own copies of the show.
To be honest, I don't think the extended episodes are the best way to experience the series. Very often, you can tell that certain scenes were cut for a reason
I’m surprised that you did not discuss the fact that The Office was and is still partially (6 seasons?) free. And also that peacock’s premium version is free with Comcast/Xfinity. Both of which, regardless of if the impact should probably be mentioned.
"free" with Comcast / Xfinity doesn't really count given that Comcast / Xfinity charge so much. I don't think that's that much of a bargain. Even then you just get the $5 version, which has the ads. Having to watch with ads just isn't worth it. I'd rather spend 30 bucks on the DVD set
Do you still watch The Office?
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The Office US is still available at Netflix in the Netherlands
Duh 😂 l hate Netflix. They just have movies l have on dvd. Peacock is WAYY BETTER THAN NETFLIX, l love it. But I actually watch movies and TV shows not just TV shows a movie that people tell me to watch on the Internet so maybe that’s why I like Peacock more than Netflix I’ve seen everything on Netflix. But clearly you hate peacock though.
Out of interest, do your subscription numbers include international reach?
Ok.
*laughs in british
I literally bought the dvd box set the day it was removed from Netflix. I’m not jumping from one paid platform to the next just for something I can pay a one time fee for and own forever 🤷♀️
I did the same. Plus I never watch peacock because they refuse to allow Linux computers to stream on their site.
@@chewy95118 Consistent Linux *L*
Same for me too.
And Dropout’s the little service that could.
Same. Plus the possibility of them removing some episodes..
You’re right. They overestimated the value of the Office. It was a good background show for folding laundry but would I pay an extra $10 a month? Nah.
Peacock is free with ads, and they aren't good at blocking ad blockers. I've watched The Office since it moved over, never saw an ad, or paid a dime
The Office never left Netflix Canada, it's so fascinating to watch videos like this. Feels like an alternate reality
Here in the Netherlands it is also still on Netflix. But for some reason also on HBO Max AND Prime Video. So yes available on three different services.
Same here in the UK, probably explains why there was not such a decrease in searches in the international Google trend
@@MightyJak555 Which one do you think is superior?
Office UK or Office US.
@Burke Gerald ?? What is this energy your coming with lol. This person was just leaving a genuine comment of their perspective as an non American and how they basically live in a different timeline than Americans in terms of streaming service experience. You need to relax 😂
@Burke Gerald Are you high?
I think when The Office left Netflix a lot of people finally accepted that it was time to try out some new shows. I know I did and it led me to shows I like even more like Community and Always Sunny
It's always sunny is so good
Woah u never watched always sunny….. until the office left Netflix?!??
Glad you found these gems. Thank never enjoyed the office because I was comparing it to these along with Archer and Parks and Rec.
@@laatma985imo it’s always sunny is so much better than the office
@@taipaulsen4347it absolutely is
i think the office on netflix really was the definition of 'comfort food watching.' it was always there, you could pick any episode at random and just switch the brain off. in a era where i would browse netflix and not be able to choose anything, picking an episode of the office was a simple solution to my decision fatigue. (also please i'm begging for a 'random episode' button for these services)
I used this exact phrase with my friend in reference to The Office lol. Comfort food. I could try something else to eat but somehow kept coming back to what felt good because I won't be disappointed.
I swear I remember there being a random episode button on Netflix around 2017 at least. I never used it which is probably why they removed it but it used to exist
Netflix doesn’t have a random episode button but it does have a random series button
I have a friend who works for Netflix. I'll ask if they've ever thought of that, though I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they did think of it, tested it, and although people said they wanted it they always hated the episode it gave them. I know they've tried several features like that in a general sense--where people say they want a thing in theory, but in practice they just hate or don't use it.
I don't wanna pay extra to share passwords but damn i would consider paying extra for a "random episode" button
I also feel like our culture kinda overdid the “the office is my personality” to a point where a lot of people are just burned out of it as well.
This is the real reason. The platform move is irrelevant.
100% it turned into Harry Potter levels of cringe
There’s a reason I haven’t watched The Office for at least 5 years, I watched it SO much that it might be another 5 years before I can watch it again.
Found the gr00mer.
@@bencarlson4300 I watched it 3 times within a few months and yeah i can say that i am done with it for the next few years lmao
The oversaturation of streaming services is the main problem here. Just imagine how much better things would be if Netflix aquired Paramount+, Max (formerly HBO Max) acquired Peacock, and Disney+ fully aquired Hulu. We would potentially only have three streaming services. Just like in the good old days.
This should happen, I’m against monopolies but this would honestly be better for the consumers then what’s currently happening, Hell Disney already owns the majority of Hulu
Disney+ might actually end up with Hulu, it seems Comcast wants to pull out of it now.
screw that for all we know tv creators are putting their shows into hiding from netflix which means theirs no more reason to deal with all the streaming bullshit!
HBO Max and Discovery just combined, Paramount+ and Showtime are combining, and supposedly Disney+ and Hulu are going to be combined. Lets just hope Peacock gets merged with Netflix or Max or something
I mean it’s not that bad it’s like the new cable tv, you can pay for 3 services and still save a lot of money compared to paying for Fios or Comcast. They’re basically the same as paying for certain networks you actually want to your provider. But hey that’s just me. Piracy is an option too lol
One of the things that has changed for the worse is the fact that no streaming service has anything close to 22 episode seasons any more. I know the entire landscape has changed and becomes more segmented all the time. But not that long ago, networks were making 22 episode seasons of hour-long dramas and sitcoms. Then they live on forever on streaming services. Take “House,” for instance. Streaming services barely make 8-10 episodes a season now. And then you wait forever for the next season. Then people move on to other stuff. And then you’re lucky to get them back.
Yeah most are like 6, maybe 8 episodes :( Even if the episode is an hour long, it still feels like the whole season is way too short. I'm just not interested in most newer shows anymore for that reason!
@@joannamarieartI don't usually watch to many new shows on streaming. I usually watch older shows when I go to one of my streaming apps. The only new shows I really watch are the Thursday night shows on CBS. I tend to pick out shows that get cancelled when I find a series on a streaming platform
Yep
Its better that way, 22 too much hard to do a good arc way more filler
I agree. I was a fan of the show Degrassi The Next Generation and they had like 20 or more episodes a season to flesh out characters and do storylines but then they got cancelled at after season 15 and Netflix picked it up as Degrassi Next Class but it was like 10 episodes or 12 and no time to develop characters and storylines. I think that's what kind of hurt that 90s show
This is actually a stellar title because it actually made me stop and go: "When was the last time I heard someone talk about the office"? Wild
Ikr? I thought most people were burnt out on it by now
I had to read about it a couple of times. Then again, I was never a big 'The Office' watcher.
Other than my YT handle broadcasting my feelings about the show to everyone, I only discuss it with ppl I know who like the show. I never liked when it 'got huge'. I like hardcore nerd fans. Of which I am one.
So I am kind of glad to see ppl are getting tired of it. I've been watching it since 2006 lol. I'll take a week off or so every now and then, but like Seinfeld, I'll never stop watching. And not just for background noise. 🙃
I have Peacock and watch the office, but I LOVE what Peacock has done for The Office as a viewer. NBC took all (or most) deleted scenes from the show and put them back into each season for what they call the "Superfan" episodes and as a long time fan of the office, I really appreciate this. It lets me watch the show in a whole new way and enjoy it just that little bit more. Alongside the superfan episodes, they added a lot of the blooper reels, behind the scenes footage, and even interviews with the cast when the show was ending. Yes, someone might be grubbing for money with all these additions, but as a huge fan of the show, I think all this stuff was crafted as a labour of love for the show.
Yeah lots of hate bones for Peacock, but as an avid Premier League viewer it's actually a decent platform. Just add The Godfather trilogy in its permanent set and it will be good.
My past 2 rewatches have been S1-6 Superman cuts! I. Can’t wait for the rest of the seasons!
@@FlyingKoreanMinjaThere are dozens of us! DOZENS!
Stans ...
I get Peacock for half the year and alternate with Apple. Though I did cancel Netflix. During those 6 months I watch the heck out of the Office, Parks and Rec, Bel Air, and then any movies that might seem fun at the time. I will say the Superfan episodes are worth it.
An interesting phenomenon is the trend for these shows to post compilations on their official UA-cam channels, something fans used to make on their own. It’s sorta unsettling but understandable from an ownership and monetization standpoint
Those complications are probably still made by fans though, they’re just social media interns hired by the actual company
Corporations trying to do memes to be relatable is the worst trend. When NBC uploaded their own lofi version of the theme I was done. 😂
its good guerilla marketing
@@brazpack even if the people making them are fans the point is these networks and companies are now profiting off of these fan compilations
Parks and Rec have videos with millions of views of just clips!
The "everyone makes a streaming service with their back catalog" is a double edged sword for me. On one hand, I'm very happy that so much is getting official releases now since these companies are saying "well we need something to fill the line up, might as well put that show no one has touched in more than a decade up" and a lot of lost and rare media can now be found, but on the other hand so much is fractured it's kind of like "why bother?"
Since The Office is no longer readily accessible for me to have on in the background, it has opened my eyes to how little I actually loved it compared to how much I thought I did. The Office being so easy to casually, passively watch without being forced to pay much attention to, not having it so easily available means me not thinking about it as often as I used to. The Office was perfect, easy entertainment. When it isn't easy to find anymore, it is no longer part of the conversation between my friends and I.
That's a really interesting point. The Office felt like such a juggernaut at least in part because you couldn't escape it. I sometimes think about how quickly certain shows fade from memory, while I rewatch the 1st Game of Thrones episode at least once a year.
Not just with The Office, but you could apply that to any favorite show of current day that has been relegated to an exclusive platform. I had a Peacock sub for a while (basically for The Office and old NWA wrestling matches), but I found that I was having to be so intentional in using it just to watch this show or that one and then go to another platform to watch something else since I was paying for every platform, the leisure of watching said shows quickly faded and contributed to the degradation of my fandom as well.
Were you one of those people who made the Office a personality trait?
The Office has got to be one of the most overrated shows. I watched it when it was on but I tried to watch an episode more recently and it didn't do it for me. I can barely remember why I liked it in the first place.
This is such a weird comment because it’s basically what people said about Friends except that made more sense because back then cable was all you had….you on the other hand could put on anything from any platform you choose to pay for and yet you chose The Office? Such a strange thing, shows it’s more human habit than anything else.
I wonder if another reason for its decline in popularity is that the workplace portrayed in The Office isn't as relatable now as it was in the late 2000's? The human element, which is the most important, still holds up for sure, but I don't see many young people these days working 9-5 white collar office jobs.
I loved The Office and I've bought a lot of my favorite episodes on Apple TV but not even Michael Scott at his best can sell me on yet another streaming service.
Love your videos @captainmidnight
It's a reasonable question, but the way the show depicted a US office workplace was mostly about 20 years out of date even during the peimetime run.
It’s not the show’s fault things played out the way they did with the planDEMic. How were they to know?
Network television was 20 years out of date 30 years ago.
I dont think the workplace is really relevant, i've still seen people from my old high school like the show
@@AttmayExcellent use of the word. Never let them get away with it. Never forget, fellow rebel. Never mask or Jab.
I think the office leaving netflix was definitely a factor in shows like community rising up on those platforms. Left a void that was then filled with far bolder shows.
Sharp wit and a bold show to weild it.
@Burke Gerald this gives me rick and morty "high IQ" shitpost vibes
@@colmlooney5843 "Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I DIDN'T like the movie/show that most of you liked."
-guy who has to make his whole personality about hating popular media
@burkegerald1645calling people pathetic because they like a show or generalizing an entire demographic as being dim shows more of your emotional immaturity than any point you're trying to make.
The office was the first show to do a mockumentary style and it lead to a decade of shows following the same formula because of its success. Like it or not, it was innovative for its time.
I don't like Friends or see the appeal that many others do. That doesn't mean I think people who enjoy the show are somehow lesser than me.
Grow up.
@Burke Gerald your opinion is wrong, I’m sorry. You probably just didn’t get it if you think it’s basic
Let Netflix have back Office Seasons 1-7. Peacock can keep the Robert California era.
Lol yes, 1-7 is peak
Not Probable Since Netflix Is Incompetent And Mostly Makes Garbage Shows Now, But Not Impossible Either, Since They Could Keep It For A Few More Years And Then Let NBCUniversal Move It To Another Streaming Service.
Season 1 was kind of mediocre compared to what came later.
@conor5148 counterpoint: yes. It’s mostly just a not-as-good pastiche of the UK series.
The US version really finds its own voice in season 2.
@@johnl6192counter counterpoint. Diversity day is probably one of the best episodes. “Shalom I’d like to apply for a loan”
“ based on stereotypes… that I don’t agree with… you’re a bad driver…
Ahhh man I’m a woman!”
“Slavery vs the holocaust” all great lines and more in that episode
There's definitely a case to be made that the current Columbo craze is driven in part by it being present on practically every free/budget streaming service, that mirrors the Star Trek original series pretty well.
Wait.....there are other people besides me and the wife binging on Columbo?
...just one more thing...
Columbo is awesome
@@Grimm299 it's weirdly popular on Tumblr in particular lol. The girlies love a short king
Huh it is a trend? I watch that show since I was 12 and saw every episode/ film at least 3 times. But that just goes to show that with this generation of social media you just have to wait long enough for something to have it's 5 minutes of fame. This sounds like I'm a boomer but I'm genuinely happy about this. The movies are just great, and hold up surprisingly well...
Where can I find it? All the services say its not avaialable in my area (Canada)?
My family was very sad when The Office left Netflix thinking we would never see it again since we were NOT going to sign up for yet another monthly streaming subscription. But in the years since, Comedy Central and Freeform play The Office episodes seemingly 24-7 so we are not missing it. Yeah, we have to watch whatever episode happens to be on, but we really don't care as it's like hanging out with an old friend.
The Office was my go-to show when it was on Netflix. I watched it at-least a few times a week. Since it left for Peacock it may as well has disappeared off the face of the Earth, I'm pretty sure the only episode I've seen since was in my dentist's waiting room. The idea of paying another subscription for the same thing I was getting before seemed like madness, and to this day I feel the same.
Why do you even still pay for Netflix lol
Peacocks free.
@@imanoldurango8213 I don't
@@eminemfan50098 Why would I watch something with ads when I can just do anything else with my time? I don't know. I don't do cable for the same reason, ads will waste years of your life if you let them.
@@Implicit_Truth ads?! Like when the show was airing? OMG!!
A think a critical factor being overlooked here is the sheer rewatch-ability the Office brought the table, especially through about year 6. I still continue to catch sight gags I never noticed before and it's so good some scenes still make me laugh out loud even though I have been watching them for 15 years. You can't say that about a lot of shows. Parks and Rec had some funny parts, but as series it ranks very low on the rewatch scale for me overall. Interest that Breaking Bad was mentioned here- it was an amazing mini series, but it's too dark for me to watch over and over. The Office just found that sweet spot somehow. Millions of people across the globe are falling asleep in bed with it on, every night.
This is why DVDs are superior. Buy it once you own it forever
But now it’s becoming hard to find one since the death of places like blockbusters so now your relying on someone selling the exact same product or even the season your after
480p viewing forever?
Even discs have a shelf life, but I agree it is better than streaming. Back em up to digital, then you're set. 480p is the only downside.
@@Mattened those discs will outlive you
@@Mattened they're estimated to be able to last 200 years with good care. longer shelflife than any person, so shouldn't be much of a concern, also 480p isn't a concern. hd blu ray has existed since 2006, and 4k discs are readily available.
I think another thing that hurt it was Peacock's change from a free service to a paid service. If you didn't have Netflix, you could now watch The Office for free. But once they made it a paid service, there's not much to make you want to stay.
It's literally like 10 dollars or less to have ad free peacock. That's cheaper than most
Honestly it's never too late for Peacock to do a Sony and just lease their shows and movies out to Netflix and Hulu. They basically were doing that at one point. Sony is making bank by not having a streaming service.
Idk why everyone is acting like Netflix is the best streaming site to go to 😂
@@imanoldurango8213 idk but it would be beneficial for Peacock either way.
@@imanoldurango8213 is it not? Call me old fashion but Netflix is the way to go man. Always has been
@@imanoldurango8213 Netflix has the best interface imo. It's the easiest to use, easiest to find shows on, and it's probably the most familiar to the public majority.
@Imanol Durango because it is. Not the best content, but it is the best service.
It’s about oversaturation. The Office, Friends, Marvel, Stranger Things, whatever property you want to name, it’s played out and needs a few years out of the public consciousness to gain a resurgence. If something is ALWAYS on or being talked about, it’s impossible to miss it.
It’s simple law of diminishing returns
Truth is... I have to wonder if maybe it being kinda out of sight for awhile might actually help it. We can all see the trajectory of Peacock - it isn't built for the long haul unless something drastically changes. So The Office is likely to come back to netflix or hit one of the other services in a few years. And when it does, a whole new set of people will find it.
We all know what happens if you see a sitcom too many times. I point you to "I Love Lucy" and the famous sequence of Lucy and Ethel in a chocolate factory that were are told is a masterclass in comedy... and how it's just not funny anymore since we've all see it and references to it 9 billion times. So I argue that by being stuck on Peacock for awhile might actually help The Office escape that fate.
Without the xfinity deal that makes peacock free it will surely die
Thank God. I was tired of people overusing the Office jokes and making it their whole personality.
They were funnier in the context of the actual show, like most sitcom humor.
That isn’t even my favorite *I Love Lucy* episode. The B-plot of Ricky and Fred keeping house while their wives worked was funnier than the A-plot.
As someone who is subscribed to Peacock, I enjoy the content that it provides even if it’s not as well known a Netflix.
As for The Office, people need to start learning that physical media is king.
Invest in movies & tv shows that are DVD’s. It will last longer then it being on a steaming service.
Truth here. Community fans learned this a couple years back when Netflix permanently pulled one of the best episodes “Advanced Dungeons and Dragons” over a meta joke about a character made up as a dark elf with face paint. People have also made this point about the need to retain physical editions of novels. Otherwise, various periods of bowdlerization could wipe out the original text
It was a huge conundrum when the Office was about to leave Netflix. I did not want to buy the gigantic DVD or Blu-ray set, and I certainly did not want to add another streaming service just so I could watch this show. Fortunately just in time, Vudo offered a price of $30 to purchase the entire series to watch streaming off of their platform. That was a no-brainer and it has paid for itself many times over.
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I think a show's ending really helps its longevity. The Office & Breaking Bad had good endings. Battlestar Galactica and Lost both had endings people hated. And I think you'll see the same trend in 10 years with GoT.
You’re already seeing it with GOT. The only reason anyone talks about it is House of the Dragon. Before that came out there was nearly no conversation about it
@@DavidMedic447 So true. Without HOTD GOT would be an afterthought by now
Why are you talking about GOT right now? You're clearly thinking about it.
I actually liked both Lost and BSG endings but I know I’m in the minority
@@briana8088 because they brought it up
Rewatched the series just recently on Peacock. Only issue I had with the service is the mandatory commercials and ads on pause; maybe there's an ad-free version, IDK. Watching Parks and Rec now for the first time and an very much enjoying it.
There is an ad free version but I'm not spending $120 a year to watch the office. Not when I can spend like 35 bucks and buy the entire DVD set.
I've never signed up for a streaming service to watch a sitcom. I change what sitcom I continuously watch on repeat depending on what is on the streaming service I have. I have only signed up for streaming services when a new show comes out that I want to watch. So maybe the office would keep people there, but I don't think it is the draw they were looking for.
I’m convinced this is exactly what happened to Doctor Who. Getting taken off of Netflix right after the 50th anniversary made it hard for people to keep up and cost them new fans from discovering the show.
To be fair, Dr who had a massive jump in viewership for the jodie Whitaker season, higher than the 50th anniversary. Then declined over the season down the lowest since the 80's.
More than likely the stunt casting and poor writing led than people turning it off.
Chibnall and wokeism killed Dr. Who. Nothing more, nothing less. "Go woke, go broke" is a reality.
chibnall ☕️
Yep
No. What happened to Doctor Who is that it became garbage. I knew it was over when first female doctor and reasoning behind it became clear. I stayed for a couple of episodes, but I was forced to stop watching it due to terrible writing based on "just add struggling women, forget the actual plot development". Never looked back since
It's still on netflix over here in Ireland. I got 6 seasons in in just a few weeks. It's great
😃👍
I had the urge to watch The Office recently, and instead of using Peacock, I bought all of the seasons for a bundle price of like $100 on Vudu. Absolutely great decision. While I may be missing out on the extra scenes and bloopers (that get posted on UA-cam anyway, trying to convince people to get a Peacock subscription), I get the show from beginning to end, whenever I want to watch it, with no ads, for the rest of my life (or until Vudu fails, whatever)
A lot of its viewership is people rewatching the show, background watching, etc. It’s great for numbers and the overall cultural significance of the show, but not necessarily something people are going to move to a new service for (even if it was their most-watched show.)
I think people did move to a new service: UA-cam. Sure you can't watch full episodes, but that's not why people watch comfort shows. The official Office UA-cam channel has hours upon hours of clip compilations, deleted scenes, and even the Super Fan content "exclusive" to Peacock, and as soon as you click on one in your feed you're sucked in by the algorithm into watching as much of the Office as you would have on Netflix or Peacock without spending a dime. In NBC Universal's greed and desire to get a piece of the pie, they ended up not just harming Netflix, but themselves in the process.
It's a blessing to live in a country where there's no Peacock so the show is still distributed by Netflix
I wonder if the pandemic has also played a factor. One reason The Office was so successful was because it was relatable on some level to so many of us that worked in an office. Since the pandemic my job has transitioned to being mostly remote and lot of others have as well. That transition to remote work has made shows like The Office less relatable, which has likely hurt its popularity as well. I doubt it did as much as moving to Peacock, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did play some kind role.
Wonder if there will ever be a wfh comedy series.
@@ladyeowyn42 you might be on to something 👌
@@ladyeowyn42 I’d watch it
Trust me that’s not the reason
Would love to see a video discussing the afterlife of Brooklyn Nine Nine. Not sure if that’s a video you’d be interested in making, but discussing its legacy could be really interesting
The pop culture history of B99 is fascinating, I’d love to a see a video about it
@@arnoldfreeman2885thanks to getting Peacock when the Office went there helped me discover Brooklyn 99 because I didn't watch it when it was on regular TV and started watching it from Peacock and love it
The Office is one of those 2005 classics that will be remembered for generations to come
So many shows that existed in that time period were so, so, good- like the one ur pfp and user is based on hah
Yeah, The Office is still TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT, Heisenberg!
And like Jane told Jesse... "Well, then why should we do anything more than once? Should I just smoke this one cigarette? Maybe we should only have sex once, if it's the same thing. Should we just watch one sunset? Or live just one day? Because it's new every time. Each time is a different experience."
I love rewatching episodes.
We purchased the digital box set of The Office on Vudu when it left Netflix. $30. Totally worth it. That being said, we now have Peacock and love the streaming service.
The last 3 homes I’ve lived in have had The Office on the living room TV, on constant repeat. I found the show in 2010, but it feels like I opened a a new pack of bubble gum, and the whole world came and demanded a piece. Meaning, I dearly love the show, but the hype around it is beyond obnoxious.
I'm a middle school teacher and the office used to be popular among my kids. Since it left Netflix, not anymore. These kids were too little to watch it when it was on Netflix and now that they are old enough to watch it it isn't there for them to "discover" for the first time. Unless their parents are into the show it it's unlikely they have peacock. NBC esentially killed their constant stream of new viewers they previously had by taking it off Netflix.
I am thankful for peakcocks superfan office episodes the extra footage gave me a reason *Excuse* to rewatch the show again
I own all the DVDs and watched all the extra content, but the Super Fan episodes has extra scenes not even in DVD deleted scenes.
wow, this is super interesting, because I was talking to my bf a few months about the office. in latinamerica, the office is currently on 4 streamings at the same time: Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Paramount+ and I remember telling my bf how they were probably making more money licensing the office for less money in 4 different streaming services than giving netflix full license.
I mean I don't know anything about licensing but it made sense to me.
I wonder, now, what's up with that??
I think it's fascinating how different this conversation is when you look at the global market. I'd be so curious to know what long-ended shows are getting big bumps in a random country or region just because they became available for streaming there or began to be rerun on cable TV.
I watched The Office every single day for YEARS. Knew most episodes line for line. Since the switch I haven’t seen a single episode and I refuse to get the NBC Universal app.
I recently got both Peacock and Paramount+ and I was shocked by how much I dug their selections. Peacock is a great place to consume all of Universals films.
Peacock doesn’t even have all the F&F films or their classic Monster movies available. It’s a mess.
I’m looking at peacock right now and there’s a total of 9 available movies. If I have to do a deep dive through a service and then scroll around looking for something that catches the eye, that service probably isn’t going to get used much
@@Tonyhouse1168 I enjoy the premier league pass and the INDYCAR extras with peacock. For $9 a month commercial free. It’s pretty worth it
To me that is their only plus...Peacock does have a great backcatalog of movies. I typically only get the subscription for the month of October for its horror selection and then cancel it
@Lake Morris I agree. I actually got Peacock back in October. Was walking around Universal Studios and kept seeing all these adverts for all these horror films on Peacock
I miss the golden days of steaming. When everything was on Netflix. I miss the golden days of podcasts. When there were only a few mainstays and everyone didn’t have one. Finally, I miss the golden days of UA-cam. When you didn’t have to have UA-cam premium to watch a video without 30 ads.
I’m mostly an Anime watcher, The Office was one of those rare shows I actually watched on US Netflix.
I was watching The Office around the pandemic time. That was my first time seeing the show and enjoying it.
Once The Office left Netflix for Peacock, I bought the DVD’s and just watch clips all over the internet.
This^ I am too mostly an anime watcher now a days with active subscriptions to both Crunchyroll, Hidive, and Hulu for their anime exclusives. I have gotten Peacock a couple times just for The Office but the rest of its catalog just doesn't interest me plus I'm too busy catching up on all my seasonal anime to even bother.
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I love your Splatoon pfp! Very nice choices, I had always been curious about Hidive. For now I just have Crunchyroll to watch anime too.
@@AlexandraStubbs Thats really sweet of you, thank you! Yeah honestly imo Hidive is kind of a crap service with a terrible desktop/mobile/tv UI from like 2009 that barely works but they keep getting some pretty big exclusives like Call of the Night and Oshi no Ko so I'm kind of forced to get it😓
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Yes of course you’re so welcome!☺️
Aww, really? That is interesting and a shame the website is not up to modern standards.
It’s true about the titles they have been able to get recently. It’s very surprising, I’m glad you’re enjoying though.
I had my own concerns about Peacock but it’s cheap and more importantly, I just finished Mrs Davis and was BLOWN AWAY by it from start to finish. Made it worth the entire platform for this alone. Just incredible, tight, powerful storytelling.
Mrs Davis was so wildly creative and fun!
It's really not that cheap, $5 for a version with ads, $10 for no ads. $120 a year to watch the office is terrible...
@@michaelcorcoran8768 1. yes the only thing they have to watch on there is the office.
2. Wait until a holiday sale, I got it for $20 for a year!
@@michaelcorcoran8768the Office wasn't the only reason I got Peacock because I wanted to see the new Saved By The Bell and the new Punky Brewster but they cancelled Punky Brewster which actually was decent and Saved By The Bell was stupid but I enjoyed it and plus I'm a wrestling fan and they acquired the WWE network
I'll never stop loving the office. If there's an episode on comedy central, I'll put it on without hesitation. But yeah, being off Netflix has impacted how much I view it. Funny thing is, we have peacock in our house but we only ever use it for WWE PPVs lol
This channel might be one of my new favorites 🤟🏽 keep it up my good sir and I’ll keep them likes coming
I am subscribed to Peacock full-time for their exclusive IndyCar coverage, so when the Office arrived, it wasn't a big adjustment for me. I'm actually subscribed to most streaming platforms with the exception of Netflix.
Here in Mexico The Office its on Netflix, Paramount+, HBO Max (here its still called HBO Max) AND Amazon Prime.
I'm hoping the needle will shift back the other way and studios and networks will get the idea that licensing out IPs to multiple streamers/channels is really the best way to go. Streaming was supposed to be the next step in keeping favorite shows alive, just Syndication 2.0. That's really how Netflix got so popular so quickly because of their catalog of previously ran shows. TBH, a lot of the shows that I love now are ones that I didn't watch during their original run, whether I was alive at the time or not. Syndication is what keeps stuff in the zeitgeist. I think that's why you're seeing the growth of these channels like getTV or free platforms like Tubi that have latched onto the millions of people (Gen X and older I'm guessing) who typically don't stream or at least necessarily depend on it as a primary source of content, and would rather watch a solid episode of In the Heat of the Night or Rockford Files that they just watched the week before instead of cycling through channels or menus full of forgettable junk like The Masked Singer or some lame reality show.
Some companies are very weird with how they distribute shows. I found mutually exclusive *Facts of Life* episodes on at least three or four different streaming services!
I have most of the big streaming services and I only started Peacock for the office and last years Black Friday deal. The thing that I really don’t like is Peacocks user interface is awful in comparison to all the others. It’s slow, you can be 3 thumbnails ahead and it starts the preview for the first one. Also trying to find my spot when I fall asleep during an episode is a chore with how clunky the menus are. Netflix had the user experience down years ago.
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Sitcoms have a lifespan, dramas often can have a long life in the public mind.but sitcoms are rarely do. For every Gilligan's Island or I Love Lucy, there's hundreds of comedy shows that were forgotten
Some became political prisoners like *Amos ‘n’ Andy.*
Some of the early years of TV are gone forever because they were never archived properly.
I would rewatch the office every year but since NBC made Netflix get rid of it. I no longer watch it and I have no urge to watch it anymore. I'm ready to move on from the office. I have moved on.
Peacock actually has some great shows. Poker face, Mrs Davis are really good. They also get a lot of movies straight after they leave the theater
I was just talking with a friend who was in Portugal for a month and she was telling me how nice it was to have The Office on Netflix there! I was later telling her about Poker Face on Peacock and she said she just doesn’t want to pay for another streaming service. But what’s funny is that I do have Peacock but rarely use it to watch The Office or even Parks and Rec (which I personally liked better). It’s like I basically forget that I have Peacock altogether. It’s probably just having too many streaming apps and I just default to Netflix first out of habit.
While I think it's fair to compare The Office and Friends in the sense that they were both once the perfect background show on Netflix, their post-Netflix departure has been different not only in the popularity of the streaming service it went to, but in how they're syndicated. If you wanted, you could spend 12 total hours watching Friends on reruns with how often their run on TBS and Nick at Nite daily. While the Office reruns on Comedy Central routinely, I'd argue that has the same issue as HBO Max vs. Peacock does, where people habitually go to TBS/Nick more so than they would CC, giving Friends the appearance of a show more easily accessible without a streamer.
Haven't honestly watched it much at all, but I do own a few of the seasons on dvd that I find myself occasionally putting on. I think streaming just emphasizes how important it is to have physical copies of what you want to watch.
And rip them to a home server running Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby
My wife and I watched it all the time on netflix, and before it moved, we bought the DVD box set, and then nearly cancelled our netflix sub when we realized that was about the only reason we had it anymore. During the last 2 years, my wife got really into New Girl which was on netflix too until this year. When we heard it was moving to peacock, we decided to get peacock instead and now we have both we can watch at all times so it's worked out for us.
Bought the entire series of the office on iTunes in 2020 for $30. Best decision I ever made
the move could end up serving as another poor example of chasing short-term cash grabs over long-term growth and longevity which ultimately leads to less ROI. NBC still has time to turn the ship around, I wouldn't be surprised if they end up placing the show on a bigger platform and market the hype as a comeback for another spark in cash leading into long-term success
As a “man of the seas”, I still have found that I have watched less of the office since it left Netflix. While that may be due to having binged it quite a bit during that time and moving on to new shows, or due to the lack of ease, i’m not entirely sure
I found the move by NBC to make the Office exclusive to their platform which had nothing else going for it extremely distasteful. I just resigned myself to not watching the show as long as it was on there. Not gonna reward that type of behavior. They’re getting what they deserve as far as I’m concerned.
Very interesting topic. I signed onto Peacock specifically for the office because I’m an office super fan and I watch it pretty much every day. So for me it’s worked out I especially love the extended cut episodes. But you raise some really smart points. For me, Peacock has been worth it because of the office and the occasional SNL rewatch but that’s about it. But wherever the office goes, I’m going. So maybe I’m an outlier in the equation. Either way, great video. ❤
I’ve always been a huge Office fan. Vudu had a big sale when the Office left Netflix.
Coincidentally, I just bought the series on Vudu and cancelled Netflix. I’ve never even considered joining Peacock.
As weird as a comparison this is, I feel like this is similar to the Ninja Mixer situation. Where both are really popular, they move to a different broadcasting method, and loose a bunch of viewers because of it. Considering Mixer died and Ninja never regained his viewership when moving back, also due to Fortnite’s decreasing popularity, I feel like the same could happen with the Office. It isn’t enough to save Peacock, moves back to Netflix, and never regains what it once had.
Heroes is another show that was huge in the '00s, but is all but forgotten now.
Personally I really like my Peacock subscription. I like how they have a good amount of movies straight from theaters. Plus I’ve been able to catch up on multiple shows that I stopped watching for a long time due to no access to cable.
Honestly I catch it on Sling whenever Comedy Central airs it. Outside of that, I’d love to binge it again but I refuse to sign up for another streaming service. I’d rather buy the whole series digitally
The interesting part and the reason why globaly speaking the office still did well, was probably because the exact time the office was taken from netflix in the US, it got introduced into other markets. For example here in Germany most people watched the office via a VPN, but around the time it left the US it entered German Netflix.
That's probably the reason why it's still steady, the bumps where replaced by new spikes.
It is still on Canadian netflix so i was super confused cause my bf had it on last night.
I forget sometimes american netflix is actually a different library from canadian netflix
The extended episodes are awesome. Probably worth the subscription for a bit
There were some pros that came with it. One in particular being how people were running the Office memes into the ground. It was inescapable. People were making the Office their whole personality.
"No, oh God no" is so overdone.
I'm fine with it being back to a cult like following. I've been watching the show since season 2 came out when I was in high school... I'm 36 now. And my YT handle is Office related. Kind of like Seinfeld, which is a far superior show in my opinion, it isn't talked about as much but I'll never stop watching it.
A father of five's observation on the failings of Peacock: it has no children's shows that my kids watch. My wife and I only use it to watch Psych and the Office. It's essentially the jukebox in a Waffle House, where you only use it to get a very specific feel from a very specific era. Paramount, Disney and heck even Prime get more use in our house than the bird does.
yeah same here. My family only watch Netflix, Disney plus, Amazon Prime,Hulu, Paramount plus and Apple Tv. But yeah we don't even think about Peacock. Which is pretty sad.
@@hihellothere100 Geez. You basically subscribe to all of them. Lol
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Yeah I guess you could say that LOL
Would that waffle house by chance be called JJ's Diner??? 🤣🤣
Their idea of children’s entertainment is to take *Saved by the Bell,* which wasn’t any good even when I was a kid, and turn it into propaganda for the tr-ns cult.
Oh man I remember what it was like to be watching Breaking Bad in 2008. I borrowed the DVD of season 1 from the library and binged it (yeah, 2008), I wound up being late to my high school graduation practice watching that show. It was so weird just 4 years later to see EVERYONE watching it.
The problem with the office being on peacock and any show in general, is that peacock doesn't seem to try hard like the others. Universal was just kind of here's our streaming service like the others. Where as HBO said here are some older and resent favorites. And paramount moved some of their CBS shows and made them exclusive to that steaming service. Also honestly peacock is harder to navigate than the others. I'm a wrestling fan too. And say I want to see a certain match. I have to find the wrestling option, find the event, and then find that match. Same with an episode of the office. People like these steaming services because they are easier to navigate. And the office will suffer being on peacock
I can’t speak for the entirety of Europe, but I live in Belgium, and at the beginning of last year The Office came to Netflix and certain seasons are also available on Prime Video
It’s no longer my comfort show. I just watch highlights on UA-cam. I know I’m not the only one.
One reason you might not see much of a change in viewership globally is that The Office is still available on Netflix in many countries. I live in the Czech Republic, and I watched Stress Relief, Part 1 just the other day.
They gave up Star Trek, I’m out for the same reason. Ds9 was my “play me to sleep” show
I see how the office could be a “doing housework” rerun show.
I've never been so glad to have watched a show before it disappeared than The Office
I'm kinda glad they left since Peacock is restoring all the cut scenes back in the episodes
I’m not really an Office fan, but I’ve been a HUGE Parks and Rec fan since season 5 came out, and I’ve noticed a huge decrease in popularity and references over the past few years since it moved to Peacock as well.
Of course even at its peak it was never as big as the office, but it was often seen as it’s biggest rival, with “The Office or Parks and Rec?” being a pretty regular topic of casual conversation. Now it’s just almost gone. Outside of occasionally seeing a few clips on Instagram or UA-cam, it’s never much seen or talked about these days. I noticed the same trend with the Office, even as somebody who’s never really watched the show through.
If The Office follows the same trajectory as Parks and Rec, it’d be a MASSIVE mishandling of such a huge flagship property.
Parks and Rec had some decent episodes, and I will agree that comparisons between the two are tempting, but it's not really the same. Even you would agree with this I would assume, if you're of fan of that, but no as much a fan of the Office. PR just doesn't have the same flow and rewatch factor to use it as a magic 8 ball concerning the fate of The Office. I say this as a fan of both shows. Also, the window for quality episodes or seasons with Park and Rec is smaller.
@@kevinmach730 I don’t know why you’d think I’d agree with that since the point of my comment was literally saying that it could be used as a metric to see where the office is going. They are different shows, but they’re similar enough in many ways to be directly comparable. Saying that parks isn’t as rewatchable is a subjective opinion, as whether you think it is or not, it has a sizable fan base that thinks it is, and since the move to Peacock it has decreased in relevance, just like the Office. The Office has a larger fanbase, so of course it’s gonna take longer to fade from relevance, but that also means that NBC has more time to save it from becoming irrelevant. So it’s more than fair to say that the current state of P&R is a possible future for The Office.
@@CMoneyBounceHouseSorry, I probably wasn't clear. I was trying to say if you liked one and not the other so much, you would probably agree they are different shows overall. If that's the case, than measuring both to weigh their cultural zeitgeist could be flawed. I guess I am saying you may be buying into this video's notion, I am not yet sold.
@@kevinmach730 ah, I understand what you’re getting at now. Yeah, I agree with the video for the most part. At least from my personal experience, I feel like the video is accurate.
If you use iTunes the complete series often drops to $30. Same with Friends I got the complete series for like $50. No need to pay monthly streaming services if you own it.
That only makes sense for nerds with no life. Most people only watch a show once
I think its hard to follow the Office to Peacock when Netflix still has some of the best sitcoms ever made with Seinfeld and Community. Netflix was probably doing the Office more favors than the Office was for Netflix and I’m sure new shows were eager to fill the background show slot that the Office had, giving viewers something new and refreshing even if it’s just “reruns”.
I mean Netflix never makes a profit, it’s bleeding subscribers, and it’s about to make it worse when it actually stops password sharing 😂 idk what favors the office was doing for Netflix 😂😂😂😂
Seinfeld and Community are both on other platforms as well. Netflix is useless.
Honestly I had forgotten The Office leaving Netflix in the US. In Canada I still have access to it and it's probably the only show I really watch on there in these past few months.
I love the Office! But watching the longer super fan episodes is a good demonstration on why editing is so important! The original released episodes are much tighter and funnier
I used to rewatch the office fairly often. Since it has moved to peacock, I have not watched a single episode. I don't know how to compare peacock to the other streaming services, because I've never used it.
I absolutely adore Peacock. It's significantly cheaper than the other streamers, its television comedy library is unmatched, it has a surprisingly deep selection of movies, and it has the added bonus of receiving Universal's theatrical releases 45 days after release... it's a hidden gem.
Who else is waiting for the inevitable future when the streaming services all revert back to being basically cable
The Office is one of the most important pieces of media of my entire life. I started watching from the season 3 premier when I was 12 and watched nonstop til it was removed from Netflix. I was one of the first people I knew who watched it and showed it to everyone I could. I’ll always remember watching episodes with my cousins during holidays while our parents would be chatting in the other room. Or turning it on for a friend and watching them become huge fans of the show. Watching it fall out of public popularity for no reason other than corporate greed has been terribly sad to watch.
I remember for the first week of January, 2021 that Apple and Amazon were selling the complete series of both "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" digitally for $30 each. I bought both and never worried about Peacock. I would have paid more in one year for a Peacock subscription than what I ended up paying and to own copies of the show.
It's still available in UK netflix
To be honest, I don't think the extended episodes are the best way to experience the series. Very often, you can tell that certain scenes were cut for a reason
A lot of people just play The Office in the background. The extended episodes are good for that
I’m surprised that you did not discuss the fact that The Office was and is still partially (6 seasons?) free. And also that peacock’s premium version is free with Comcast/Xfinity. Both of which, regardless of if the impact should probably be mentioned.
"free" with Comcast / Xfinity doesn't really count given that Comcast / Xfinity charge so much. I don't think that's that much of a bargain. Even then you just get the $5 version, which has the ads.
Having to watch with ads just isn't worth it. I'd rather spend 30 bucks on the DVD set