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Peacock Confirms Plan to Charge for ‘The Office,’ a Key New Lure

Steve Carell speaks as Michael Scott in “The Office.”Photographer: Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

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By Gerry Smith

December 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM UTC

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NBCUniversal confirmed plans to put “The Office” behind a paywall when the hit sitcom comes to Peacock next month, a bid to attract more paying customers to the fledgling streaming service.

While the first two seasons of “The Office” will be free, customers will have to get Peacock Premium -- at $4.99 a month -- for the other seven seasons, the company said Monday. Subscribers can also pay $9.99 a month for an ad-free version. Bloomberg reported last week that executives at the Comcast Corp. division were mulling such a move.