Netflix Snaps Up Seinfeld After Losing Friends and The Office to Streaming Rivals

All 180 episodes will move to the service in 2021

What’s the deal with all these classic sitcoms moving to new streaming services?

After losing its two most popular library titles—Friends, which moves to HBO Max in 2020, and The Office, which will head to NBCUniversal’s still-unnamed streaming service in 2021—Netflix has made a big move to restock its classic sitcom shelf. The company announced today that it has poached Seinfeld from Hulu, and will begin airing the series in 2021.

In the five-year deal, Netflix will be the global exclusive streaming home for Seinfeld.

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