From The Full Monty to Flicka, streamers would say goodbye to a handful of shows on Hulu come September 2023. The platform, established in 2007, offers a selection of some of the best shows on TV, much like its contenders. While Hulu has strived over the years to live up to its promise of presenting subscribers with a vast library of the best movies and TV shows, ultimately offering the best streaming experience, sometimes, some factors come off as a necessary evil for its smooth-running. Cutting off some shows is one of them.
Shows Expiring on Hulu in September 2023
As the month of September drew nearer, some fans came to the heartbreaking realization that the days of some of their favorite shows were numbered. Many of these Hulu shows displayed countdowns to their expiration dates, keeping viewers on their toes. When Hulu finally unveiled its list of movies and shows leaving in September 2023, some of these projects were missing from that list.
For Instance, Hulu subscribers received a shocker when the viewer-favorite show, Shadowhunters displayed a countdown on Monday, August 28, 2023, suggesting it would expire in 13 days. Shadowhunters follows a Brooklyn teenage girl Clary Fray who discovers her familial ties to a line of Shadowhunters sworn to protect the world from demons. The discovery disrupted her ordinary life living in Brooklyn with her mom, shooting her into the throes of demon-hunting, mostly dangerous adventures.
Going by the 13-day countdown, Shadowhunters is expected to leave Hulu on September 9, 2023. However, the show did not appear in the list of shows leaving Hulu in September 2023 in the platform’s official announcement. Thankfully, the confusing situation was averted when the countdown banner was taken down. Hopefully, reversing the expiration warning is a sign the streamer had a change of mind.
Bones, Home Improvement, Good Behavior, and Will Trent May Leave Hulu
A similar mixup happened with Bones which follows forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperence Brennan and boastful FBI special agent Seely Booth’s crime-solving escapades. The TV show speculatively had until September 10, 2023, to expire following a misleading countdown. However, a Hulu spokesperson confirmed to Decider that the show would not leave the platform in September, or anytime soon. Per the representative, the platform was already working to fix the hitch. Sure enough, the expiration warning was taken down before the day ran out.
Other TV shows in this category on Hulu include Home Improvement (September 9), Good Behaviour (September 15), and Will Trent (September 18). While there are several pointers and speculations suggesting these shows would leave Hulu in September, the platform has yet to make any official announcement in that light. Looks like there’s just one way to find out.
What’s Leaving Hulu for Real in September 2023?
Aside from the above shows with mostly misleading countdowns, several other projects would cut ties with Hulu in September. However, the majority of these are movies that fans have come to love. Topping this list is the Alien franchise, with all four installments leaving Hulu on September 30. Here is a full rundown of all the movies leaving Hulu in September 2023.
September 1
- This Means War (2010)
September 4
- You’re Not You (2014)
September 8
- Wild Horses (2015)
September 10
- Dirty Weekend (2015)
- In Dubious Battle (2016)
September 11
- Blackfish (2013)
- The Grand Seduction (2013)
September 14
- 360 (2011)
- Life Partners (2014)
September 15
- The Full Monty (2007)
September 22
- Paris Can Wait (2017)
- Summer Days, Summer Nights (2021)
- Wrath of Man (2021)
- Wrath of Man (2021)
September 23
- One Shot (2021)
- Skyfire (2021)
September 29
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
September 30
- All the Right Moves (1983)
- Attack The Block (2011)
- A Good Year (2006)
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Bachelor Party (1984)
- Bottle Rocket (1996)
- Bandidas (2006)
- Brigsby Bear (2017)
- Brother (2001)
- Bruno (2009)
- Bachelorette (2012)
- Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Center Stage (2000)
- Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
- City Of Joy (1992)
- Cocktail (1988)
- Deja Vu (2006)
- Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
- El Chicano (2018)
- Elysium (2013)
- Ender’s Game (2013)
- Father of the Bride (1991)
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
- Father of the Bride II (1995)
- Flicka (2006)
- Here Comes The Boom (2012)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
- Joy Ride (2001)
- Killing Gunther (2017)
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- King Kong (2005)
- Lol (2011)
- Metro (1997)
- Made of Honor (2008)
- Maudie (2017)
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- No Eres Tu Soy Yo (2011)
- Phone Booth (2003)
- Pompeii (2014)
- Red Tails (2012)
- Real Steel (2011)
- Rio (2011)
- St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Step Brothers (2008)
- The Hulk (2003)
- The Covenant (2006)
- The Croods (2013)
- The Descendants (2011)
- The Guardian (2006)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
- The Internship (2013)
- The Monuments Men (2014)
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
- The Devil Has a Name (2019)
- Total Recall (2012)
- The Omen (2006)
- The Perfect Storm (2000)
- Tim’s Vermeer (2014)
- Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
- The Answer Man (2009)
- The Walk (2015)
- The Weekend (2019)
- What Happens in Vegas (2008)
- Whiplash (2014)
- Wild Things (1998)
- We’re The Millers (2013)
- What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993)
With September 2023 on the horizon, fans have less than thirty days to catch up on most of these movies and TV shows on Hulu before their expiration date.