Netflix Loses 'Seinfeld' This Year: Here's the Last Day to Watch
Netflix creates over 700 original titles for its more than 200 million monthly users, but that's not enough for the streaming giant, which also licenses shows from outside studios that sit among the most-watched shows.
Among those is one of the best TV shows of all time: Seinfeld.
Netflix landed the show about nothing back in 2019 before it officially started streaming on the platform in October 2021. With a five-year licensing run, the show's existence on Netflix could be coming to an end.
When Will 'Seinfeld' Leave Netflix?
Given the five year licensing agreement started in October 2021, the agreement comes to an end on Oct. 1 this year, meaning that's the last day to catch Seinfeld on Netflix - for now.
What's on Netflix speculated that Netflix could cut "another massive check to Sony Pictures Television" to renew the show. However, if the streaming giant doesn't, the Netflix insider predicts a bidding war between Peacock, Hulu and Max to secure rights to the show, which has seen a decline in viewership over the course of its life on Netflix.
What's on Netflix suggested the streaming giant is 50-50 over whether or not to purchase the show again.
'Seinfeld' Ranked Among Best TV Shows Ever
Seinfeld sits in the pantheon of the best TV shows of all time, sitting at No. 6 on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest TV shows in history.
"His real-life counterparts had no such questions, as Seinfeld became a phenomenon - and one of the most influential comedies ever - through its obsession with the minutiae of everyday life (double-dipping chips, regifting presents), the unsentimental "no hugging, no learning" mantra of Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David, its collection of New York characters like the Soup Nazi and George Steinbrenner (voiced by David), and the explosive comic chemistry among Seinfeld, Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as Jerry's judgmental ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes), and Michael Richards (as his shiftless, gregarious neighbor Cosmo Kramer)," Rolling Stone wrote.
For now, viewers can watch the show on Netflix.
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This story was originally published by Men's Journal on May 31, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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This story was originally published May 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM.