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Dozens of titles are set to be removed from Disney+ and Hulu later this month as part of Disney’s cost-cutting plans.
On an earnings call earlier this month, Disney’s CFO Christine McCarthy announced the company’s plans to reevaluate its content library.
“We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion,” McCarthy said, later adding, “We are in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation.”
A full list of the series and movies to be removed is now available, revealing a mix of fan-favorites and short-lived series such as Willow. The titles will be removed on May 26.
The announcement of one title’s removal in particular is sparking backlash on social media: Howard, a 2018 documentary about Howard Ashman, the legendary lyricist who wrote the lyrics for Disney classics such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. Ashman later died of AIDS in 1991.
The news comes just as Disney announced its plans to combine Hulu and Disney+ into a “one-app experience” by the end of 2023.
Though the apps will still be available separately, Disney+ plans to host Hulu’s content on its streaming app, allowing subscribers of both platforms to toggle between both content libraries on a single app.
This new model is set to launch before the end of the year.
See the full list of titles leaving Hulu and Disney+ below, per Insider:
Big Shot (Disney+)
Turner & Hooch (Disney+)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+)
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (Disney+)
Willow (Disney+)
The Making Of Willow (Disney+)
Diary of a Future President (Disney+)
Just Beyond (Disney+)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)
Marvel’s Project Hero (Disney+)
Marvel’s MPower (Disney+)
Marvel’s Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever (Disney+)
Rosaline (Disney+)
Cheaper by the Dozen remake (Disney+)
The One and Only Ivan (Disney+)
Stargirl (Disney+)
Artemis Fowl (Disney+)
The Princess (Disney+)
Encore! (Disney+)
A Spark Story (Disney+)
Black Beauty (Disney+)
Clouds (Disney+)
America the Beautiful (Disney+)
Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+)
Weird but True! (Disney+)
Timmy Failure (Disney+)
Be Our Chef (Disney+)
Magic Camp (Disney+)
Howard (Disney+)
Earth to Ned (Disney+)
Foodtastic (Disney+)
Stuntman (Disney+)
Disney Fairy Tale Weddings (Disney+)
Wolfgang (Disney+)
It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer (Disney+)
The Real Right Stuff (Disney+)
The Big Fib (Disney+)
Rogue Trip (Disney+)
More Than Robots (Disney+)
Shop Class (Disney+)
Pick the Litter (Disney+)
Own the Room (Disney+)
Among the Stars (Disney+)
Harmonious Live! (Disney+)
Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays (Disney+)
Y: The Last Man (Hulu)
Pistol (Hulu)
Little Demon (Hulu)
Maggie (Hulu)
Dollface (Hulu)
The Hot Zone (Hulu)
The Premise (Hulu)
Love in the Time of Corona (Hulu)
Everything’s Trash (Hulu)
Best in Snow (Hulu)
Best in Dough (Hulu)
Darby and the Dead (Hulu)
The Quest (Hulu)
UPDATED MAY 19 AT 3:35 PM ET: Disney has announced that they will not be removing Howard, despite earlier reports. A rep for the company shared, “The list of titles coming off of Hulu and Disney+ next week is still being finalized,” per Deadline.
