HBO’s Canceled Masterpiece Leaving Netflix in November 2025

HBO’s canceled masterpiece drama Six Feet Under is set to leave Netflix soon. Created by American Beauty scribe Alan Ball, the show follows the lives of the Fisher family, who run a Los Angeles funeral home. Six Feet Under ran five seasons and 63 episodes, concluding on August 21, 2005, with its critically acclaimed series finale “Everyone’s Waiting.”

Six Feet Under was positively reviewed and is widely regarded as one of the greatest television shows. The series achieved a resurgence in popularity some 20 years after concludingwhen it climbed onto the HBO Max top 10 charts, and this has seen it continue its success and popularity on Netflix as well.

For Netflix, Six Feet Under is set to leave the streaming platform on November 1, 2025, meaning that subscribers have just over a week to revisit the acclaimed series. The show was first added to Netflix’s slate in November 2023, following a co-exclusive deal between the streamer and Warner Bros. Discovery, but now its successful two-year run will end.

The show boasts deeply layered, flawed, and interesting characters, and a strong ensemble cast, including Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, James Cromwell, Frances Conroy, and Lauren Ambrose. It crafts a compelling and immersive story, weighty emotional performances, and memorable dialogue; it’s no surprise Six Feet Under has enjoyed newfound popularity in recent times.

There has been a wealth of amazing HBO shows in recent years, but even two decades later, Six Feet Under‘s gritty tone, dark humor, and thoughtful ruminations of grief and joy continue to impress. The show helped establish HBO as one of the leading TV networks in the world, and it remains a cult favorite all these years later.

What made Six Feet Under so successful were its themes of loss, death, family, love, and belonging, and its exploration of human mortality and the unexpected directions life can take resonated with viewers. One of the most influential shows ever made will be a loss for Netflix, but there’s every chance the series will be picked up by another platform.

Not a piece of art, Six Feet Under has few equals, changing the landscape of network TV in the early to mid-2000s and showing it was possible to make groundbreaking TV from controversial topics. No matter whether it enjoys a future on streaming, there’s no doubt the show’s cultural impact has been felt, with a new generation of viewers taking note.

Six Feet Under

Release Date

2001 – 2005-00-00

NETWORKS

HBO Max

Directors

Alan Ball

Writers

Alan Ball

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