Netflix will be the exclusive streamer for all five seasons of Development caught in the US later this year, Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Friday.
Although the last two seasons of the sitcom were created as a co-production between Netflix, 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment, Netflix was previously supposed to lose all five seasons of the series. Development caught on March 15 due to the end of the license agreement, but the program was never removed in the end.
The deal is renegotiated, first reported by vulture, will lead to all five remaining seasons on Netflix, while the first three will leave Hulu, a spokesperson for the Disney-run streamer said. THR. It’s unclear what date the show will leave Hulu. Based on vulture, Disney – whose 20th Television Station controls the rights – will have the ability to sell the rights to linear TV to its own cable networks or an outside company.
Development caught which premiered in 2003 on Fox and then went on to receive an Emmy for best comedy series in 2004. The show was eventually canceled by Fox in 2006 but was later revived by Netflix the following year. 2013. The sitcom received its final two seasons as a Netflix co-producer, with the final episode being released in 2019.
The sitcom was created by Mitchell Hurwitz and stars Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, and Alia Shawkat. Ron Howard served as executive producer and narrator and later appeared on camera.
