Instead, NBC reportedly paid $100 million for the show in order to make it a centerpiece of its new Peacock streaming service.
Starting January 1, Peacock will be the exclusive streaming home for The Office. But there’s a significant catch — Peacock, which is an ad-supporting streaming service, is only making the first two seasons available for everyone.
To watch the rest of the series, you’ll need to pay for either the $4.99 Peacock Premium, or the $9.99 Peacock Premium Plus, which gets rid of all the ads.
That’s $90 million for one year to the rights to a sitcom that ended its nine-year run on NBC in 2013.