Pictured: Soundtrack, The Defenders, The Frankenstein Chronicles and Curtiz
In latest years, Netflix has misplaced loads of licensed content material however many might be shocked to be taught that a few of the removals from Netflix have been Netflix Original titles. Here’s the entire checklist of each eliminated Netflix Original since 2017.
To resolve why Netflix Original titles go away, they often fall into one among a number of classes.
- The majority go away as a result of they aren’t owned by Netflix. Instead, they’re distributed internationally completely by Netflix for a hard and fast time period.
- Secondly, it could possibly be non permanent or everlasting licensing issues. For instance, Beat Bugs left on account of licensing issues for a brief time period, whereas Slasher was eliminated for a while as a result of the proprietor of the sequence went bankrupt.
- Thirdly, some titles are time-specific. These embody New Year’s Countdowns, for instance. We gained’t checklist these beneath.
- We’ve additionally obtained a brand new case the place the homeowners of the unique content material additionally determine to tug their reveals too (usually breaking unique agreements and subsequently, costing numerous cash). Disney is notably doing that with their Marvel sequence.
- Finally, you might discover Netflix Originals are faraway from some areas on account of legal guidelines or takedown requests. We’ll cowl these on the finish.
Netflix Originals Removed from Netflix on account of Licensing
Now let’s take you thru the checklist of Netflix Originals which have been eliminated (we might have missed a number of however we might be updating this over time). This checklist is ordered so as of removing.
- Man to Man – Removed in February 2017
- Nick Offerman: American Ham – Removed December 2017
- Southcliffe – Removed July 2017
- The Killing (Seasons 1-4) – Removed August 2018 – Despite reviving the sequence, Fox opted to place the present’s first three seasons on Hulu.
- Borgia – Removed in November 2018
- No Second Chance – Removed from December 2018
- Pompidou – Removed in April 2019
- River (Season 1) – Removed October 2019 – Only worldwide distributor for the BBC sequence.
- The Fall – Removed in October 2019
- Doug Benson: Doug Dynasty – Removed in December 2019
- Estocolmo (Season 1) – Removed November 2019 – Argentinian sequence that Netflix carried internationally.
- Call Me Francis – Removed December 2019
- Historia de un clan – Removed January 2020
- Juana Ines – Removed January 2020
- The Investigator: A British Crime Story – Removed February 2020
- Happy Valley (Seasons 1-2) – Removed March 2020 – Another BBC sequence Netflix solely distributed for a restricted time internationally.
- Chewing Gum (Seasons 1-2) – Removed April 2020 – Netflix solely served because the worldwide distributor and misplaced the rights after a hard and fast interval.
- Slasher (Seasons 1-3) – Removed April 2020 – Removed on account of Kew Media Group going bankrupt. Did finally return, nonetheless however the future seasons are headed to Shudder.
- Case (Season 1) – Removed May 2020 – Chilean sequence Netflix carried internationally.
- Cannabis – French TV Series – Removed June 2020
- Hotel Beau Séjour – Removed June 2020
- NSU German History X (Limited Series) – Removed July 2020
- Russell Peters: Notorious – Removed October 2020
- Russell Peters vs. The World – Removed October 2020
- Nobel – Norwegian – Removed November 2020
- Four Seasons in Havana – Removed December 2020
- Merlà – Catalan – Removed December 2020
- Pacific Heat (Season 1) – Removed December 2020
- Blockbuster – French – Removed January 2021
- Knights of Sidonia – Japanese – Removed January 2021 – has been eliminated a number of occasions previously.
- The 4th Company (2016) – Removed April 2021
- The Little Prince – Removed May 2021
- LEGO Friends: The Power of Friendship (2016) – Removed June 2021
- LEGO: Friends: Happy Birthday to You! (2017) – Removed June 2021
- Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist – Removed June 2021 after debuting in April 2021
- Cooking on High – Removed June 2021
- Heavy Rescue: 401 – Removed June 2021
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad – Removed July 2021
- The Last Hangover – Removed September 2021
- The First Temptation of Christ – Removed September 2021
- The Frozen Dead – Removed October 2021
- Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats – Removed September 2021
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us – Removed October 2021 (was merged into The Movies That Made Us)
- The Crew – Removed November 2021
- The Cuba Libre Story – Removed December 2021
- Lost & Found Music Studios – Removed December 2021
- The Break – Removed December 2021
- Homemade – Removed December 2021
- Retribution – Removed January 2022
- Mercenary – Removed February 2022
- Morocco: Love in Times of War – Removed February 2022
- The Frankenstein Chronicles – Removed February 2022
- 21 Thunder – Removed March 2022
- Marvel Defenders Series – Removed in March 2022 together with:
- Daredevil (Seasons 1-3)
- Jessica Jones (Seasons 1-3)
- Luke Cage (Seasons 1-2)
- Iron Fist (Seasons 1-2)
- The Defenders (Limited Series)
- The Punisher (Seasons 1-2)
- Soundtrack (Season 1) – Removed in March 2022
- Curtiz – Removed in March 2022
- The Chalet (Season 1) – Removed in April 2022
- Carlo & Malik (Season 1) – Removed in April 2022
- Willy and the Guardians of the Lake – Removed in April 2022
- Bad Blood (Seasons 1-2) – Removed in May 2022
- Charité and Charité at War – Removed in June 2022
- Man to Man (Season 1) – Removed in June 2022
- The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes (Seasons 1-3) – Removed in July 2022
- Droppin’ Cash: Los Angeles – Removed in August 2022
- Monkey Twins – Removed in August 2022
- QB1: Beyond the Lights – Removed in August 2022
- VeggieTales within the House – Removed in August 2022
- Ad Vitam – Removed in September 2022
- Justice – Removed in September 2022
- Hemlock Grove – Removed in October 2022
- Wanted – Removed in October 2022
- The Judgement – Removed in November 2022
- From Dusk Till Dawn – Removed in November 2022 (not a Netflix Original within the US)
- If Anything Happens I Love You – Removed in November 2022
- The Yard (Avlu) – Removed in November 2022
- A Very Secret Service – Removed in November 2022
- La Niña – Removed in November 2022
- Argon – Removed in November 2022
- My Happy Family – Removed in December 2022
- Break – Removed in December 2022
- Black – Removed in December 2022
- My Happy Family – Removed in December 2022
- Yummy Mummies (Seasons 1-2) – Removed in late 2022 and January 2023
- Thieves of the Wood – Removed in January 2023
We’re instructed this checklist will proceed to develop exponentially over time as Netflix doesn’t essentially maintain the distribution rights for a lot of titles inside its library.
Netflix Original Shows Removed Part Way Through Their Run
There have been two main situations of reveals being faraway from Netflix internationally. In each situations, it was as a result of they had been renewed away from Netflix.
- The Expanse – Netflix has the worldwide rights to the entire Syfy seasons of The Expanse earlier than Amazon Prime Video revived the present and have become the brand new residence.
- Star Trek: Discovery – Netflix held the unique worldwide rights to each season up till season 4 the place ViacomCBS purchased again the rights in favor to place it on Paramount+ when it will definitely lands world wide.
Netflix Originals Removed on account of authorities takedowns
The most well-known instance of Netflix getting ordered to take away content material is Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. An episode important of the regime within the nation was ordered to be pulled again in January 2019.
The following titles had been faraway from Netflix Singapore and have been faraway from a number of different areas too:
- The Last Hangover (finally eliminated globally)
- The Temptation of Christ (finally eliminated globally)
- Cooking on High
- Disjointed
That’s the present checklist. We’ll maintain increasing this over time as and when different Netflix Originals depart from the service.