Here’s Everything Leaving Netflix in September

Sad news Netflix subscribers! That unfortunate time when the company reveals the movies and TV shows that will no longer be available for streaming in the next month has arrived.

The list of titles leaving in September includes a number of classics that users will surely be disappointed to see getting the axe. To name a few, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Emperor’s New Groove and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street are all on the chopping block.

Also, by the end of September, beloved TV shows such as ABC comedy Last Man Standing and CSI: Miami will also be stripped away from Netflix.

Even though the media giant is getting rid of a list of streaming options, the company likely won’t have too much trouble earning back the affection of its massive subscriber base in September. Netflix has also released the list of new titles that will be added to the streaming service next month. Check out the full list of movies and TV shows being added to Netflix in September here.

Keep scrolling to see the full list of titles leaving Netflix in September.

September 1

Better Off Ted: Season 2 
Do Not Disturb
Frailty
Hope Floats
Jackass: The Movie
Julia
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: King of Shadows
LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu: Way of the Ninja
RV
The Batman: Season 1 – 5
The Deep End: Season 1
The Omen
Wilfred : Season 1  – 2
Something’s Gotta Give
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tears of the Sun
Scream
A Nightmare on Elm Street

September 2-15

Leaving 9/3/17

Drumline: A New Beat

Leaving 9/4/17

The A-List

Leaving 9/5/17

Lilo & Stitch
The Emperor’s New Groove

Leaving 9/9/17

Teen Beach 2

Leaving 9/10/17

Army Wives: Season 1 – 7

Leaving 9/11/17

Terra Nova: Season 1

Leaving 9/15/17

Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse

September 16-30

Leaving 9/16/17

Jackass 3.5: The Unrated Movie
One Day

Leaving 9/19/17

Persons Unknown: Season 1

Leaving 9/20/17

Bombay Velvet
Finding Fanny
Raising Hope: Season 1

Leaving 9/22/17

Philomena

Leaving 9/24/17

Déjà Vu

Leaving 9/26/17

A Gifted Man: Season 1
Sons of Tucson: Season 1
CSI: Miami: Season 1 – 10
Leaving 9/30/17

Last Man Standing: Seasons 1 – 5

Not to add insult to injury, but Netflix will also be losing all of its Disney content in the near future. In its most recent quarterly reporter, Disney announced plans to pull all of its movies and shows from Netflix and start its own streaming company. Learn more below.

Disney Starting Its Own Streaming Service, Pulling Content From Netflix

Disney is taking on Netflix as a competitor now as the company revealed plans to start its own streaming service. In doing so, Disney will also be removing all of its content from Netflix.

In 2019, Disney is planning to launch a branded direct-to-consumer streaming service, according to CNBC.

“This represents a big strategic shift for the company,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said. “We felt that having control of a platform we’ve been very impressed with after buying 33 percent of it a year ago would give us control of our destiny.”

Immediately after the announcement dropped, the sent shockwaves through the business community. At the time Disney’s quarterly report came out with the streaming service plans, Netflix’s stock declined more than 5 percent.

To aid their efforts in starting a streaming service, Disney purchased a 33 percent ownership of BAM Tech for $1.58 billion in August of 2016. Moving things forward, Disney acquired an additional 42 percent to take over majority ownership.

“The media landscape is increasingly defined by direct relationships between content creators and consumers, and our control of BAMTech’s full array of innovative technology will give us the power to forge those connections, along with the flexibility to quickly adapt to shifts in the market. This acquisition and the launch of our direct-to-consumer services mark an entirely new growth strategy for the company, one that takes advantage of the incredible opportunity that changing technology provides us to leverage the strength of our great brands,” Iger said.

The departure of Disney content didn’t help in easing Netflix investors’ minds considering the company is taking on a huge amount of debt. Learn more below.

Why Is Netflix Taking on Such Huge Debt?

Part of Netflix’s growth strategy requires that the company takes on debt as a means to invest in their own ideas. 

In August, the streaming giant racked up $20.54 billion in long and short-term debt which will be going towards producing and acquiring shows and films from across the globe. Just in 2017, Netflix is reportedly planning to spend $6 billion in original content, according to the Los Angeles Times.

While this may be a massive amount of money, Netflix finds the risk worth taking given their financial history. Netflix continues to gain subscribers at higher-than-expected rates, and original content is one of the critical factors that the company believes build growth.

“With our content strategy paying off in strong member, revenue and profit growth, we think it’s wise to continue to invest,” Netflix execs told investors at the end of Q2.

“That’s a lot of capital up front, and then you get a payout over many years,” Chief Executive Reed Hastings told investors. “The irony is the faster that we grow and the faster we grow the owned originals, the more drawn on free cash flow that we’ll be.”

While Netflix is confident in its investment, financial industry analysts aren’t so sure about the idea. They’re predicting that the service may end up with too much debt to manage after subscriber growth plateaus.

“Nobody is ever the dominant player forever,” said media consultant Mike Vorhaus. “I think they’re going to need some luck in not drowning in debt in the ultimate slowdown of growth.”

Netflix is projecting a gain of 750,000 U.S. subscribers in Q3 of 2017, along with 3.65 million international subs. Those numbers are just over industry predictions, however, Netflix’s Q2 gains totally crushed the industry expectations.