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For these frightened about Breaking Bad leaving Netflix, we’ve bought some excellent news. The collection is now not scheduled to go away on February tenth, 2025, as beforehand reported, with the license having been prolonged by means of to at the very least 2027.
Let’s rewind again to 2022. You might recall we did a joint investigation with The Wrap wanting into when among the greatest titles could be leaving Netflix within the coming years. For essentially the most half, we bought many of the dates proper. New Girl departed in April 2023; a yr later, Community left the streamer globally globally in April 2024. Many extra dates have but to be realized, however a pair have now shifted. NCIS, for instance, was set to depart in full in June 2024, however a brand new deal was struck to deliver a few new seasons to the streamer however on the expense of these older seasons.
As we confused on the time (as we all the time do in terms of removals), removals usually are not set in stone. When a license comes up for renewal, it’s as much as each events—on this case, Netflix and Sony Pictures Television (AMC doesn’t personal the underlying rights regardless of initially airing there)—to maintain the license going. If an settlement can’t be reached, the present will get pulled.
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Breaking Bad Will Stay on Netflix Until At Least 2027
Netflix globally shall be holding Breaking Bad till April 18th, 2027. Around two and a bit years from when this text is being revealed, with the caveat that this might be pushed again once more (as we predict it’d) if the license is renewed.
Why has the date shifted again? Well, it appears like the reason being due to Better Call Saul. April 18th is the date in 2023 when the sixth and last season of that present was added (to Netflix within the United States), suggesting to us that the removing date was pushed to be consistent with when Better Call Saul will depart, which at current, can also be for April 18th, 2027. That removing is strictly 4 years after season 6 was added.
Netflix Could Still Renew The License to Breaking Bad
If we needed to guess on it, we’d predict that Netflix would attempt to renew its license to Breaking Bad.
If we have a look at the present’s stats, they’re nonetheless completely staggering. Looking on the mixed 2023 and 2024 Netflix Engagement Report (overlaying January 2023 by means of June 2024), the present nonetheless pulls in 10s of thousands and thousands of viewing hours each 6 months. If we mix the views on all of the seasons for that interval, you get to 127.6M views.
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While Breaking Bad is protected, there are many licensed collection set to go away Netflix in 2025. Some favorites from The CW, like Arrow and Supernatural, are leaving within the latter a part of this yr, in addition to Suits and Madam Secretary. As all the time, we’ll hold you alerted to huge departures as and after we study of them.
All 5 seasons of Breaking Bad are streaming on Netflix globally alongside El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and Better Call Saul.