The 10th Wonder Heroes Podcast

**Update**

Netflix has responded to my inquiries with NBC Universal.  Apparently the NBC employees aren’t sure as to what is going on so they forwarded my requests to Netflix.  The official response: “Netflix has a long standing relationship with NBC Universal and titles regularly come in and out of availability. There is a natural ebb and flow to what we have available at any given point in time.”

I’m not buying any of this and have asked for more information.  The removal of NBC’s top shows isn’t “natural ebb and flow” in my opinion. We’ll keep you updated.

Apparently NBC doesn’t want their content to be viewed instantly by millions of Netflix subscribers.  According to the Netflix Queue, certain NBC shows will no longer be available after October 1st of this year. From what we can tell these shows include Heroes, The Office, 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights.  Although NBC is a backer and supporter for Hulu it’s still surprising that they don’t feel the need for their content to be available via Netflix.  Is this NBC vs. iTunes all over again or is there no chance for the shows to return? I’m sure this all comes down to money and it’s disappointing to say the least.  This puts a stop to an exciting Xbox Live feature we were looking forward to. On Demand Heroes parties, where up to 8 people can view an episode at a time together.  It could very well be a mistake but I doubt it since there’s a report that CBS shows are being pulled as well.  All in all we’ve scoured the web and there’s very little information available about this topic right now.  We’re very curious to see what the mass media has to say and we’ll update this story as we get more information. One interesting thing to note is that Heroes Season 3 does not have an end date like the rest of the NBC shows.  Maybe they’ll keep the most current season and this is an attempt to bump up DVD sales?  Let’s hope Netflix and/or NBC releases an official statement soon.

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