NBC Broadcast Cuts Out During Lions - Bucs, Forcing Fans to Turn to Peacock For More Playoff Action
The Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers met at Ford Field on Sunday afternoon with a trip to San Francisco to play the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on the line. The game was broadcast live on NBC and things were going great for Lions fans as their team held a 10-3 lead late in the first half. But then disaster struck. The feed went out. Fans of good old fashioned television were sent into a panic.
Luckily, everyone's favorite exclusive home to exclusive streaming NFL playoff games, Peacock, was there waiting.
When you remember you can stream the game from anywhere 🙌#TBvsDET is live now on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/tguZApsujB
— Peacock (@peacock) January 21, 2024
Bucs. Lions. Live now on NBC and Peacock! pic.twitter.com/yDk2wkl4UU
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) January 21, 2024
It's almost like they planned it.
NBC goes down on @GetSpectrum. Forced to listen to shitty music instead of actual commercials on @peacock
— Uncle Bunyan (@UncleBunyan) January 21, 2024
NBC feed is out in our market, so Peacock gets another playoff exclusive.
— Matt Jones (@MattJonesADG) January 21, 2024
@NBCSports nbc station blacked out while I was watching game! So I had to go to Peacock! WHY!!! Pathetic
— PittsBucks (@Osupitts48) January 21, 2024
So Peacock saved the day. The question is, was this all part of NBC's nefarious plan? After tens of millions of people downloaded the Peacock app to watch the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins last week, the main feed crashes in the middle of another playoff game, forcing people to go back and use their subscription again?
My #NBC feed copped out 15 minutes ago. Garbage #NBC
— and I never slice. (@bushwood_c) January 21, 2024
But the peacock (must subscribe) feed is ok.
Shits done on purpose. Fuck NBC
If that's a ploy by NBC to get me to buy Peacock, here's a massive middle finger to the fuckstick who came up with that idea
— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) January 21, 2024
This is like if people suddenly had to watch the Final Four on truTV. The good news is that this is NBC's final playoff game of the season. The bad news is that Oppenheimer debuts right after everyone is going to have to pay for another month of Peacock. Just exactly how high up does this go!?
UPDATE: Lions fans have the broadcast back.
LIONS GAME: Back on @WOODTV right now! 📺
— Amanda Porter News (@ItsAmandaPorter) January 21, 2024
We have a temporary fix so you can now again enjoy the #LionsGame