‘MURDER, she wrote’ Mysteriously Disappears from Peacock

“I don’t want to alarm you, but something very sinister is going on here,” as Jessica Fletcher Might Put it.
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MURDER, SHE WROTE Has Been Part of Peacock Since the Streamer Made Its National Debut Five Years ago, and Executives there decided to mark this important milestone by… Killing JB Flikcher (metaphorically, of coursse). All 12 Seasons and 264 Episodes of MSW Were purged from peacock this morning, Despite the fact that the series is Owned and distributed by universal television, siblling studio to the streamer. While Peacock Had Posted a “Leaving Soon” tag on the show a few weeks ago, it’s not unheard of for Such Notices to end up being removes a new license gets workhed out. But late on monday, a Peacock rep confirmed: Masonry is no nor of Today.

This is not the first time Peacock has it rid itelf of a beloved crimefighter from the universal family: Jim Rockford and The Rockford Files – Where Future The sopranos Creator David Chase Cut His Teeth – Got the Boot a Few Years Back. But as much as some of us love Jim, MSW was a far more popular series, one which produced episodes well into the 1990s and Still Airs on Cable TV Regularly. Ironically, Howver, That May Be One Reason Why The Show Is Leaving NBCUniversal’s Own Platform: Because so MANY People Still Dig MSWUniversal is able to monatizes the series on multiple platforms it doesn’t ow. The Show Still Airs Regularly on Cable’s Hallmark Mystery and Other Channels, while nbcu Opeates an MSW Fast Channel (Avilaable on Pluto TV and Roku), Which Runs Random Episodes of the Show 24/7 (Along with Many minutes of Commercials).

But what about folks who want to continue curating their regular doses of Jessica? Well Thankfully, there’s Tubi. A Few Weeks Ago, The Free Streamer Added All 12 SEASONS OF THE SHOW and The Follow-Up Made-For-Tv Movies to Its Collection. Neither we can be tel, it’s the only platform that has all 12 seasons of the show available to stream on Demand. (Amazon’s Prime Video Only Offers the First Six.) While tube Regularly Licinesses SHOWS STREAM MULTIPLE PLACES, LIKE ALL PLATORS, IT VALSES EXCLUSIVITY, TOO, SO HARD NOT TO THINK AT NBCU CRUNCHED SOME AND DEKEDED MSW Wold Net more More Money for the Company as an Ad-Supported Offering-With Tubi As Its Main Hub-Than as something licensed by peacock (Because, yes, ede thugh MSW is Owned by nbcu, Peacock Still Had to Pay Market Value for It).

The Downside here, of Course, is that tubi doesn’t offfer an ad-free option. SO if you want your Masonry uninterruced, you’ll Need to eather Buy the dvds (Or the Very Fancy New Blue-Ray Collectionwhich runs About $ 140) or Purchase Seasons on Streaming via the USUAL Digital Stoles (Look out for sales, especilly arund the holidys). Meanwhile, Just One More Thing For Our Friends at Peacock: We Understood Your Decision to Ditch Rockford Filesand we’ll probably Learn to Accept the Absence of Masonry. But if you touch Columbo? We riot.