Last night's episode of "The Office" is already on Hulu's website. But Netflix (NFLX) doesn't have it. In fact, all Netflix can give you is the previous season.

That's a glaring deficiency for Netflix, and the company is trying to change that. Problem is that getting current-season episodes costs a lot of dough.

The New York Post reports that Netflix is approaching television studios with wads of cash, willing to pay between $70,000 and $100,000 per episode. Netflix would not officially comment on the report.

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Netflix already succeeded with "Saturday Night Live," winning a deal to stream shows the day after they air on the network. The company isn't stopping there.

But here's where things get dicey, according to the Post. A lot of sides want to claim the streaming rights to a television show while it's still in season (once the season ends and goes to DVD, no one cares all that much.) Post continues after video:
The studios that develop the TV shows say they own the rights. But the networks that broadcast the shows say the same thing. "It's a big source of friction," one TV executive told the Post. "There are no agreements."