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This Peacock Black Friday deal gets you 50% off for an entire year — here's how to claim

Peacock on a TV screen with Black Friday deal logo
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As Black Friday transitions into Cyber Monday, the best streaming deal of the year is still on, and its so sneaky! Basically, you can get Walmart Plus for a whole year for just $49 and get Peacock for free for an entire year.

Think of this like Walmart's big swing to compete with Amazon Prime — adding a streaming service of its own to the subscription service that gets you free delivery on groceries and pharmacy items, and much more.

Walmart Plus
Walmart Plus: was $98 now $49 at Walmart

Walmart Plus normally costs $12.95/month or $98/year with an annual subscription. But right now, you can get it for just $49 ahead of Black Friday. Walmart Plus offers benefits like free same-day delivery on groceries, free shipping, deeper gas discounts, and, of course, a free Peacock Premium or Paramount Plus Essential subscription. You can also try Walmart Plus free for 30 days, but you'll then have to pay full price once your trial is over.

As you may have read in the deal block just above, it's not just Peacock Premium. You can also pick Paramount Plus Essential too, so allow me to breakdown which one is right for you, based on my time using both of them.

Get Peacock Premium if

  • You care about live sports: Sunday Night Football and Premier League are streamed on Peacock. Not to say there aren't streamed sports on Paramount Plus, but the big ones are on here.
  • You have comfort shows/movies you binge watch: I'm guilty of having the same rotation of shows and films to go back to, and Peacock has the better selection with "The Office" and "Modern Family," alongside the "Harry Potter" films every now and again.
  • You like a regularly updating slate of originals: No doubt you've been advertised "Wicked 2" at least somewhere (it feels like it's everywhere). This is coming next year as part of an ever growing list of Peacock exclusives like "All Her Fault," "The Day of the Jackal," and "Twisted Metal."

Get Paramount Plus if

Paramount Plus

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  • Paramount brands are an important part of your watching library: From CBS and MTV, to Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, Paramount's fingers cover a whole lot of hit shows like "SpongeBob Squarepants," "South Park" and "Star Trek." Nostalgia is the name of the game.
  • You want first dibs on some major movies: Big Paramount releases like "Gladiator II" and "Top Gun: Maverick" were dropped on the platform soon after release.
  • NFL is a big focus for you: CBS Sports is in its 66th year of NFL coverage, and you get to stream live feeds of these games through Paramount Plus.

Whichever way you choose, this deal gets even sweeter for those who regularly shop at Walmart. You get free pharmacy delivery, free grocery delivery, the ability to send returns back from the comfort of your own home and save money at over 13,000 gas stations across the U.S. At that point, getting Paramount Plus or Peacock thrown in for free is just the cherry on top.

But like I said, even if you don't shop at Walmart, or you don't use any feature of Walmart Plus whatsoever (even though I bet you do), this is still 50% off Peacock Premium — eliminating the price rise the service dropped in July.

For more discounts, check out our Black Friday deals live blog.

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Jason England
Managing Editor — Computing

Jason brings a decade of tech and gaming journalism experience to his role as a Managing Editor of Computing at Tom's Guide. He has previously written for Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku, Stuff and BBC Science Focus. In his spare time, you'll find Jason looking for good dogs to pet or thinking about eating pizza if he isn't already.

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