Over the past few months, we’ve seen an increasing number of streaming companies remove original content from their services. Deadline reports that Paramount+ is the latest service to remove titles from their platform, which includes Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone.
In addition to The Twilight Zone, Paramount+ has also removed Peter Sarsgaard’s Interrogation, Michael Chiklis’ Coyote, comedy series No Activity, Kate Beckinsale’s Guilty Party, animated series The Harper House, and reality series The Real World: Homecoming.
Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone launched in 2019 on CBS All Access and aired for two seasons because it was cancelled just before the service rebranded to Paramount+. “Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg, and the entire production team truly reimagined The Twilight Zone for the modern age,” read a statement from Paramount+ Head of Programming Julie McNamara regarding the cancellation of the series. “They upheld the classic series’ legacy of socially conscious storytelling and pushed today’s viewers to explore all new dimensions of thought-provoking and topical themes that we hope will resonate with audiences for years to come.” Perhaps it will, but not on Paramount+. While The Twilight Zone is available on Blu-ray if you’re so inclined to have it in your library, so many of these shows only exist in the streaming realm, which makes the practice all the more troubling. Hang on to your physical media!
It was officially announced this week that Showtime would be integrated into Paramount+ across linear and streaming platforms, rebranding the channel as Paramount+ With Showtime. Unfortunately, the news was followed by a handful of titles being removed from the service, including Let the Right One In, American Gigolo, Kidding, Super Pumped, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, and American Rust. It’s possible that these shows may pop up on other services. HBO Max ditched Westworld, Raised by Wolves, The Nevers, FBoy Island, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and other titles from their service back in December, but it was announced yesterday that Tubi and Roku have each made deals for a large library of content from Warner Bros. Discovery, including Westworld.