Disney is beginning to remove content from its streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu, after the company announced the venture during a recent earnings call this month.
The move comes as the company aims to reduce its expenditures and after it revealed that Disney+ lost 4 million subscribers in the first three months of 2023.
The list of content the company is removing includes mostly short-lived series, specials, and direct-to-streaming movies. Many of the titles that will be erased from the Disney-owned streaming services will begin as soon as next week on May 26th.
“As we grow the business in terms of the global footprint, we realized that we made a lot of content that is not necessarily driving sub-growth,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said. “And we’re getting much more surgical about what it is we make.”
This action follows in the steps of Warner Bros. Discovery, who also removed content from its streaming platform, HBO Max, last year. Some of those titles later resurfaced on third-party platforms, including Tubi and Roku. Though Disney has not confirmed if a similar route will be taken, it is a possibility.
Disney+ titles being removed:
- America the Beautiful
- Among the Stars
- Artemis Fowl
- Be Our Chef
- Better Nate Than Ever
- The Big Fib
- Big Shot
- Black Beauty
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Clouds
- Diary of a Future President
- Disney Fairy Tale Weddings
- Earth to Ned
- Encore!
- Flora & Ulysses
- Foodtastic
- Harmonious Live!
- Hollywood Stargirl
- The Hot Zone
- It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer
- Just Beyond
- Magic Camp
- The Making of Willow
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The Mighty Ducks: Gamer Changers
- More Than Robots
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- The One and Only Ivan
- Own the Room
- Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays
- Pick the Litter
- The Princess
- Prop Culture
- The Real Right Stuff
- The Right Stuff
- Rogue Trip
- Shop Class
- Stargirl (2020 film)
- Stuntman
- Timmy Failure
- Turner & Hooch
- Weird But True!
- Willow
- Wolfgang
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Hulu titles being removed:
- The Armstrong Tapes
- Best in Dough
- Best in Snow
- Bin Laden’s Hard Drive
- Buried Secrets of WWII
- The Come Up
- Croc That Ate Jaws
- Darby and the Dead
- The Deep End
- Dollface
- Drug Lords: The Next Generation
- Everything’s Trash
- Extreme Rescues
- The Hot Zone
- Keep This Between Us
- Life Below Zero: Next Generation
- Little Demon
- Locked Up Abroad
- Love in the Time of Corona
- Maggie
- Most Wanted Sharks
- National Geographic Investigates: LSD and Psychedelics
- North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator
- Pistol
- The Premise
- The Quest
- To Catch A Smuggler Rome
- Rosaline
- Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
- Ultimate Survival WWII
- Y: The Last Man
- 9/11: One Day in America
Please note: The titles set to be removed are subject to change. This post may not be updated with future titles slated for removal.
UPDATE (May 19, 2023 6:42 PM ET): Howard will remain on Disney+ as Disney reevaluates its list of content to be removed. “The list of titles coming off of Hulu and Disney+ next week is still being finalized,” a Disney rep said.
UPDATE (May 19, 2023 9:38 PM ET): A Spark Story, Marvel’s MPower, and Marvel’s Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever will also now remain on the streaming service.
UPDATE (May 20, 2023 4:59 PM ET): Additional titles are set to be removed. The list has been updated with these additions.
UPDATE (May 27, 2023 9:30 AM ET): Prop Culture was removed from Disney+.
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