WOF And Jeopardy To Stream Next Day On Peacock, Hulu, and Disney+

[DoItRockapella]

Yes, all three of them.

https://deadline.com/2025/06/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-war-legal-battle-streaming-1236421993/

As the linked article states, this is only going to make the battle between Sony and CBS even more heated, certainly considering Paramount+ is not included.

[clemon79]

D+ and Hulu are roughly equivalent, considering if you have any of D+, Hulu, or ESPN+, you can just install the D+ client on whatever device to access all three services.

Peacock is interesting, and I can only assume was included because it has pretty massive reach as a result of being tied to Comcast. (I don't think it's free with cable plans anymore, but for many it's at least significantly discounted.) Paramount+ doesn't really even equate to a pimple on the ass of the streaming market, considering they have to keep spinning off their flagship show to own the rights to their own content.

[steveleb]

Considering these services also offer many local stations that license the shows, it's also easier to measure and aggregate their total platform audience for the purposes of aggregating barter ratings.  Nielsen is finally making changes to its measurement methodologies that will allow more inclusivity from streaming platforms come the fall.  The Paramount+ omission, as I believe has been noted elsewhere, is pretty much a finger in the eye connected to ongoing litigation.  I have been told if and when it is settled--probably when the company is finally under Skydance control--a deal will probably be struck with them, too, mostly for the reason refeence above.

[Joe Mello]

Nielsen is finally making changes to its measurement methodologies that will allow more inclusivity from streaming platforms come the fall.  The Paramount+ omission, as I believe has been noted elsewhere, is pretty much a finger in the eye connected to ongoing litigation.

While it is likely the litigation, Paramount+ is also probably the least number of extra eyeballs if Nielsen is anything to go by.

It's still funny to me that for all the talk of cord-cutting, a plurality of viewers still watch traditional TV, and if you're like me and consider YouTube TV to be effectively another cable provider, it's still an outright majority.

[jage]

It would not surprise me to head toward a situation where most local shows are available on demand complete with local commercials and such. We're already there in some instances. It's hard for me to pick up the local channel for J! due to my antenna so I'll be happy to be able to watch again without "borrowing" the latest episode.

[steveleb]

Nielsen’s current way of measuring streaming services conflates viewing to channels and library product independent of whether viewing is occurring with or without ads.  The incremental value to shows will be realized by ad-supported audiences only.  A lot remains to be seen how that eventually shakes out both in ability to be measured and whether price increases pivot more subscribers to those tiers.  I wouldn’t place all that much stock in the data that’s out there now, especially when it comes to how Disney Plus and Hulu are now reported that show an artificially created strength over their “competition”

[trainman]

My guess is that even viewers with an "ad-free" plan will see a few ads during J! and Wheel, such as the closed-captioning sponsorship and the national commercial break. In fact, Hulu changed its subscriber agreement in February to specifically spell out that "certain titles and types of content" may include ads no matter what. (At the time, Hulu said it was only for sports and other live events, but such things have a way of changing.)