Unless they pay more money to have them licensed on their streaming service, it appears Netflix will be losing some of the more popular network television shows over the next few years, which include AMC's hit Breaking Bad.
Despite Breaking Bad and these other shows increasing in popularity because of Netflix, the studios who originally produced them have streaming services of their own now. As a result, they now have the chance to stream their own shows, and it seems like they're going to take that opportunity.
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According to The Wrap, shows like Breaking Bad, Community, New Girl, 30 Rock, NCIS, and How to Get Away With Murder are among the shows Netflix could stand to lose over the next few years. They could keep them if they want to pay more money to have the license to stream them, but that remains to be seen now that they have more competing services to bid against. While Breaking Bad's deal with Netflix is set to expire on February 10, 2025, the other shows listed are set to have their licenses with Netflix expire before 2024 ends. Community is set to stream exclusively on Peacock like some of NBC's other popular sitcoms like The Office and Friends,but again, Netflix could pay up to keep licensing it. They could do the same with Breaking Bad and its prequel Better Call Saul, but they will have to pay a lot to keep them around.
The biggest shame of all of this is that Netflix played a huge role in how some of these shows gained the popularity they enjoy now. Breaking Bad is perhaps both the first and best example of this. While Breaking Bad was a well-received show during its heyday, it wasn't a super popular one until it started streaming on
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