Disney will be launching its own streaming service Disney+ in 2019, and is slowly pulling Disney, Marvel and Star Wars content from Netflix and allowing the Marvel shows it makes in partnership with Netflix to end.
Protesting to keep Friends on Netflix is futile, because Friends’ exit is a cold, hard business decision.
Netflix doesn’t release viewer data, so there’s no way to know for sure how many people are watching Friends on the streaming service, but anecdotally it’s one of its most popular shows, one that people watch over and over again.
The day Friends fans feared is coming: the beloved sitcom is leaving Netflix on Jan. 1.