in all other time zones).ĭaytime programming is also provided on weekdays at 1:00 p.m. The network provides 22 hours of prime-time programming to affiliated stations Monday through Saturdays from 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Main articles: List of programs broadcast by NBC, List of programs previously broadcast by NBC, and NBC SportsĪs of 2013, NBC provides 87 hours of regularly scheduled network programming each week. NBC also maintains brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany. NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and nearly 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada and Mexico via pay-television providers or in border areas over the air. NBC is sometimes referred to as the " Peacock Network," in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. Along with ABC and CBS, NBC is one of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks.
The company also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza and Chicago at the NBC Tower. It is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
It is the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network.