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Source: WON<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Who doesn\u2019t use Netflix these days? From the simple pleasures of family-viewing to the more voluptuary (COUGH-Netflix and Chill-COUGH) purposes, the streaming giant is a boon for many souls.<\/p>\n But you may have noticed that every month, the service discontinues (read: eliminates) a plethora of TV shows and movies from its bundle, many of which also include some of your favorites.<\/p>\n Take for instance October itself. The next month will see the disappearance of uber-popular series like \u201c30 Rock\u201d, \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d and \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d among others.<\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n But such brutality begs one simple question: if these shows are so popular, why is Netflix taking them off its roster?<\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n When Netflix acquires a show, it\u2019s typically for a specific time and when that window is up, the company looks at a variety of factors to decide if they\u2019ll renew the title. There are a couple of considerations to that. Some of them are as follows:<\/p>\n Feedback from the viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n Viewership that the show\/movie attracts<\/strong><\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n Number of similar titles available at the same time<\/strong><\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n Sometimes, the choice isn’t even in Netflix\u2019s hands, like when a show makes a deal with another TV channel or service, or when Netflix has a rotating content deal with a studio.<\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n In that case, Netflix can\u2019t and doesn\u2019t renew the show\/movie. It then moves on to producing\/acquiring more creative content for the viewers.<\/p>\n The good news is that even if your favorite show leaves Netflix, it can likely be found for purchase, rerunning on TV, or \u2014 potentially \u2014 on another streaming site.<\/p>\n And you can also hope for the eventual return of your favorite on Netflix again!<\/p>\n via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: WON Who doesn\u2019t use Netflix these days? From the simple pleasures of family-viewing to the more voluptuary (COUGH-Netflix and Chill-COUGH) purposes, the streaming giant is a boon for many souls. But you may have noticed that every month, the service discontinues (read: eliminates) a plethora of TV shows and movies from its bundle, many […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![WON<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nWho doesn\u2019t use Netflix these days? From the simple pleasures of family-viewing to the more voluptuary (COUGH-Netflix and Chill-COUGH) purposes, the streaming giant is a boon for many souls.<\/p>\nBut you may have noticed that every month, the service discontinues (read: eliminates) a plethora of TV shows and movies from its bundle, many of which also include some of your favorites.<\/p>\nTake for instance October itself. The next month will see the disappearance of uber-popular series like \u201c30 Rock\u201d, \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d and \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d among others.<\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nBut such brutality begs one simple question: if these shows are so popular, why is Netflix taking them off its roster?<\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nWhen Netflix acquires a show, it\u2019s typically for a specific time and when that window is up, the company looks at a variety of factors to decide if they\u2019ll renew the title. There are a couple of considerations to that. Some of them are as follows:<\/p>\nFeedback from the viewers<\/strong><\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nViewership that the show\/movie attracts<\/strong><\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nNumber of similar titles available at the same time<\/strong><\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nSometimes, the choice isn’t even in Netflix\u2019s hands, like when a show makes a deal with another TV channel or service, or when Netflix has a rotating content deal with a studio.<\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\nIn that case, Netflix can\u2019t and doesn\u2019t renew the show\/movie. It then moves on to producing\/acquiring more creative content for the viewers.<\/p>\nThe good news is that even if your favorite show leaves Netflix, it can likely be found for purchase, rerunning on TV, or \u2014 potentially \u2014 on another streaming site.<\/p>\nAnd you can also hope for the eventual return of your favorite on Netflix again!<\/p>\nvia GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: WON Who doesn\u2019t use Netflix these days? From the simple pleasures of family-viewing to the more voluptuary (COUGH-Netflix and Chill-COUGH) purposes, the streaming giant is a boon for many souls. But you may have noticed that every month, the service discontinues (read: eliminates) a plethora of TV shows and movies from its bundle, many […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/leaving-netflix-september-2017.png\"){kind=link}