Disney+ just removed 9 major shows with mass content removal

Those hoping to watch Disney+’s nine TV series will find them missing after clearing the content.

Disney’s internal streaming service has been making a lot of changes lately, cracking down on password sharing and preparing to launch a brand new Disney+ content hub.

But despite the success of recent series such as Agatha all the time and the Emmy-winning Shogunthe streamer still finds reason to remove some of the content.

Disney+ removes 9 TV shows from streaming

As of September 27, Disney+ has removed nine original TV series from its platform.

Something similar happened earlier in 2023 Big Shot, Willow, Marvel’s Runaways, And other popular series were all removed from the Disney+ platform in an effort to cut costs by writing off underperforming content.

Many of these latest series fall under the National Geographic brand, which Disney owns. However, it appears that Disney has also removed the series from other streaming homes, including Hulu and the National Geographic website.

This essentially makes it impossible to legally watch these series online.

The nine removed Disney+ series are listed below, along with their release dates and Rotten Tomatoes scores (where available):

Genius: MLK/X

• Release date: February 2, 2024
• Average Tomato Meter: 75%
• Average audience score: 71%

Genius is an anthology drama series about the many scientific, creative, and philanthropic leaders in human history. Previous seasons have focused on Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Aretha Franklin.

Genius: MLK/X was the anthology’s first attempt to tell the story of two geniuses, Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Kevin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (played by the DCU’s potential new superstar, Aaron Pierre).

The fourth season of Genius was received more favorably than some of the earlier stories, but was nevertheless removed from Disney+.

Saturday

• Release date: March 24, 2023
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: 100%

Coming of age series Saturday followed 14-year-old Paris Johnson’s (Danielle Jalade) journey to found the “We-B-Girlz” skating crew in Chicago.

The series featured guest appearances from notable rappers, such as Da Brat, and even had a crossover episode with another Disney Channel original, Raven’s house. Unfortunately, Saturday lasted only one season.

Pretty freekin scary

• Release date: June 15, 2023
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: 95%

2023 comedy series and Disney Channel original Pretty freekin scary lasted only one season before being canceled.

The series starred Eliana Su’a as Frankie, a 14-year-old girl who dies and makes a deal with the Grim Reaper to come back to life and secretly work for them – on the condition that her Underworld Guardians, Pretty and Scary, come with her.

Bad tuna

• Release date: April 1, 2012
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: N/A

The one from National Geographic Bad tuna follows a group of commercial fishermen in Massachusetts as they search for bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Bad tuna ran for 13 seasons before being canceled in 2024, and it also spawned the spin-off series Bad Tuna: Outer Banks.

Despite its long-standing success on National Geographic, the title has now been removed from Disney+.

Narco wars

• Release date: December 9, 2020
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: N/A

National Geographic’s documentary series Narco wars examined how trafficking networks in North America became notorious and ruthless drug cartels.

Over its three seasons, Narco Wars explored the likes of El Chapo and Pablo Escobar, before expanding to other infamous drug operations such as the New York Mafia and the Vietnam War.

Locked up: abroad

• Release date: March 2006
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: N/A

Documentary series Locked up: abroad tells the stories of travelers’ journeys turned into nightmares after being imprisoned outside their home country and faced with a foreign prison and legal system.

Locked Up: Abroad lasted a whopping 15 seasons before being canceled in 2022. The series includes infamous true stories that have also been adapted into other Hollywood feature films, such as the one in Argo, Midnight ExpressAnd Casino.

A small light

• Release date: May 1, 2023
• Average Tomato Meter: 100%
• Average audience score: 95%

A small light is a biographical war drama made by National Geographic, starring Bel Powley as Miep Gaus, a secretary who helps her Jewish employer Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) and other Jewish refugees into hiding during World War II.

The series was very positively received by both critics and audiences, with some of the highest ratings on this list, and was nominated for several Critics Choice Awards in 2023.

Hailey is working on it!

• Release date: June 8, 2023
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: 81%

Moana 2 star Auili’i Cravalho voiced one of the main characters in Disney’s animated series Hailey is working on it! alongside Star Wars: The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto.

Set in Oceanside, California, the series follows Hailey Banks (Cravalho) and her best friend Scott (Jacinto), who are visited by a scientist from the future who gives her a list of tasks that will ultimately lead to the creation of a device that can combat global warming.

Hailey is working on it! had one season consisting of 30 episodes. It was never officially canceled by Disney, but has now been removed from Disney.

America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition

• Release date: June 11, 2021
• Average Tomato Gauge: N/A
• Average audience score: N/A

A spin-off of the long-running classic music video series, America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition highlights the latest and greatest in comedy animal clips. Each episode awards a winner with $1,000 for the best video, chosen by the producers and staff.

The Nat Geo Wild show was hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and lasted two seasons of 12 episodes each.