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Carl Weber’s crime family drama The Family Business is scheduled to leave Netflix later this month. On October 24th, all four seasons currently available on the platform, consisting of 42 episodes, will exit. The series premiered on BET in 2018, the same year as Succession, and centers around the Duncans, a family who leads a secret double life. By day, they are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership. But by night, they lead a criminal empire. The series is based on Weber’s bestselling crime drama book series and stars Ernie Hudson and Valarie Pettiford.
Why Is the Family Business Leaving Netflix?
As with most cases, The Family Business’ upcoming departure likely boils down to licensing agreements. The Family Business is not a Netflix original, meaning the streamer has to license the rights to stream content from other studios and networks. When those agreements expire, titles are removed from the platform. In recent years, BET stopped licensing to Netflix in a shift to consolidate its programming on its own streaming service, BET+. As a result many BET titles have been pulled from Netflix. The Family Business was among a select few that remained streaming through a temporary exception, which seems to be near expiration.
