The Office will be leaving Netflix at the end of next year to head to NBC’s upcoming streaming service at the start of 2021, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Netflix has held the USA streaming rights for the series since it ended its run on NBC in 2013. Universal Television held a bidding war for the series which NBCUniversal won. The new streaming service will pay $100 million per year for five years for a grand total of $500 million to stream the series.
“The Office has become a staple of pop culture and is a rare gem whose relevance continues to grow at a time when fans have more entertainment choices than ever before,” Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal DTC and digital enterprises, said Tuesday in a statement. “We can’t wait to welcome the gang from Dunder Mifflin to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.”
The Office will be available to stream on Netflix until January 2021, when it will move to the upcoming NBC streaming service.
