Arrested Development is Leaving Netflix This March

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Fans can still watch the series on Netflix until March 14. 

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Starting March 15, Arrested Development will no longer be available on Netflix. All five seasons of the series will be departing the streaming service provider. Variety reports that this is due to the fact that the licensing agreement will expire by March 15 with no plans of renewal.

Fans can only watch Arrested Development until March 14 on Netflix. The sitcom starring Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat aired its final season last 2019. The series was cancelled by Fox after three seasons in 2006 due to low ratings and viewership.

The series aired on Fox from November 2003 until February 2006. The show has earned mostly positive feedback and received critical acclaim. During its run, Arrested Development has won a total of six Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Jason Bateman. It has been recognized as one of the best TV shows of all time by numerous websites and publications. The series has also influenced different shows in adapting single-camera comedy series.

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The Series Had A Long Standing History With Netflix

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Netflix decided to revive the show for two more seasons in 2011. The streaming platform partnered with 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment to produce season 4 and 5. The fourth season was aired on 2013 and the final season was aired in two parts, episodes 1 to 8 were released on May 29, 2018 and episodes 9 to 16 were released on March 15, 2019. Netflix then acquired a non-exclusive right to the first three seasons and the series has been available on Netflix since then. Fans can still watch seasons 1 to 3 on Hulu.

Arrested Development has had a long-standing history with Netflix. The Emmy winning series that was created by Mitchell Hurwitz has been among Netflix’s original line-up for almost a decade. No word yet on the potential renewal of rights, however this seems unlikely as the series has already departed the platform in some regions. Arrested Development has been removed from regions like Netflix Australia since 2021.

Arrested Development synopsis reads: “Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.”

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