NBC Universal and Netflix have added a ton of great programming to the Instant Viewing option of Netflix which should help geeks everywhere enjoy life a bit more.
NBC, USA Network and SyFy programs will be added that include the pop-culture series Psych, the geek-tastic Battlestar Galactica, as well as all the back catalogs of NBC shows like Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock and The Office.
The good news is the addition of new material. BSG and Psych are awesome additions but the newest episodes of SNL and sitcoms like The Office are great.
The NBC deal with Netflix is another middle finger to Apple, which NBC has fought with for years over the prices of their shows in the iTunes store. NBC claims that the value of their shows are more than the $.99 price tag Apple offers for TV show rentals. Instead, it is OK to stream as much as you want for $9 a month.
You don’t need a calculator to figure out that NBC’s logic doesn’t add up there but who cares. Anyone with a Wii, XBox, PS3 or Netflix-capable streaming device can enjoy in the muddled logic. The deal should kick off the new additions to the Instant Streaming section some time next week.
* Episodes from every season of NBC’s signature comedy franchise “Saturday Night Live,” including day-after broadcast of the upcoming 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons plus hundreds of episodes from the first 35 years of “SNL.”
* Every episode from the last season of the multiple Emmy® Award-winning series “30 Rock,” “The Office” and “Law & Order: SVU,” as well as earlier seasons of those shows renewed for streaming from Netflix under the current deal.
* All prior seasons – and eventually next year’s final season – of “Friday Night Lights,” the small-town drama surrounding high-school football in Dillon, Tex.
* All prior seasons of USA Network hits “Psych,” the comedy featuring James Roday as a fake psychic who solves crimes with his best friend, Dule Hill; the drama “In Plain Sight,” starring Mary McCormack as a U.S. Marshal in New Mexico; as well as all seasons of “Monk,” starring Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® Award winner Tony Shalhoub in the title role. Prior seasons of all three shows are available to watch instantly at Netflix for the first time.
* More than 75 prior season episodes of Syfy’s mainstay “Battlestar Galactica,” as well as prior seasons of the network’s popular series’ “Destination Truth” and “Eureka” – all streaming from Netflix for the first time.
