According to Deadline, the recently canceled ABC series Alaska Daily and The Company You Keep are being removed. Going forward, other ABC network series that are canceled after one season will be treated similarly.
Other licensed series being scrapped by the streaming service include Angie Tribeca, Blindspot, The Detour, and The Last Ship. Last month, Hulu removed series like Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The Hot Zone, Maggie, Pistol and Little Demon.
The removals are part of cost-cutting measures by Disney, which runs the streaming service. Many of the series had deals to stay on Hulu through 2024 and beyond.
CFO Christine McCarthy had this to say about removing programs from the service:
“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation,” said CFO Christine McCarthy on the company’s post-earnings call. “As a result, we will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms, and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion. The charge, which will not be recorded in our segment results will primarily be recognized in the third quarter as we complete our review and remove the content.”