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The West Wing, lengthy considered leaving Netflix in 2020 has lastly been confirmed to be departing Netflix in full on December 25th, 2020.
The primary time we reported on The West Wing leaving Netflix was again in October 2019 the place we said that in a press occasion that detailed the brand new HBO Max service, The West Wing was talked about as a part of its lineup sooner or later in 2020. The sequence was additionally feared to be leaving Netflix again in 2016 but was renewed.
The political drama is a favourite notably amongst critics and initially aired on NBC between 1999 and 2006.
Now, nevertheless, the time has come to say goodbye to The West Wing on Netflix will all 7 seasons spanning 156 episodes will probably be departing Netflix on Christmas Day 2020.
The place will The West Wing stream subsequent after it leaves Netflix?
As soon as the sequence departs Netflix, we suspect we’re going to see a day and date launch of all 7 seasons on HBO Max which is owned by WB who owns the distribution rights to the sequence.
It’ll be sitting alongside The West Wing Particular which launched on HBO Max again in October 2020 though it’s price noting, to not a lot fanfare (a criticism HBO Max as an entire suffers from).
What does this imply for different Netflix areas? Effectively, completely nothing. The present has by no means streamed on Netflix exterior of america and with the information of it departing the US, it’s extremely unlikely Netflix will now license it for different areas.
In case you’re a fan of Aaron Sorkin’s work, you may at present catch his newest film solely on Netflix within the type of The Trial of the Chicago 7 which launched to rave critiques. After all, Netflix has a few of its personal political dramas together with Home of Playing cards and Designated Survivor however many will argue they don’t come near the brilliance of The West Wing.
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