Published 19:36 IST, December 1st 2020

Is 'Dexter' leaving Netflix? Learn more about the fate of this show

The crime drama series 'Dexter' is one of Netflix's crowned jewel although it's not a Netflix original. Read on to find out is Dexter leaving Netflix.

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Showtime crime drama Dexter initially aired on channel on October 1, 2006, and h a successful run until September 22, 2013. Netflix soon picked up show, and its fan base has been growing ever since. Set in  serene beauty of Miami, series revolves around Dexter Morgan played by Michael C. Hall, who is a forensic technician specialising in bloodstain pattern analysis for fictional Miami Metro Police Department.

Dexter also les a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, and he is hunting down murderers who have slipped through cracks of justice system. Find out, “Is Dexter leaving Netflix?”

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Is 'Dexter' leaving Netflix?

Yes, Dexter will soon be bidding ieu to Netflix in search of a new home. A report in What’s on Netflix has revealed that all eight seasons of Dexter will depart Netflix in United States in December. In many or regions like United Kingdom, series has alrey departed. Netflix in United Kingdom saw series removed in full at start of 2018.

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Netflix in Cana saw series removed in its entirety in January 2017. Once Dexter and Nurse Jackie, leave, very little from Showtime library will be left on Netflix.

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When is Dexter leaving Netflix?

Dexter is leaving Netflix on December 31, 2020. show's first season was derived from 2004 novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, which is first in a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay. It was apted for television by James Manos Jr., who h written first episode. subsequent seasons of show were evolved independently of novel.

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Why is Dexter leaving Netflix?

CBS Television Productions are distributor of Dexter and wish to keep it for its CBS All Access library, which is soon to be called Paramount+. Particularly with new limited series, CBS/Showtime will aim to provide a one-stop-shop for everything Dexter. Hence, pulling it off of Netflix is step one.

fans who are looking for more Michael C. Hall on Netflix can watch  Harlen Coben limited series Safe which was released in 2018. Netflix Original thriller In Show of Moon which released in 2019 is anor option.

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Aside from Dexter,  West Wing is also leaving Netflix this year and will be heing to HBO Max. show with all its seven seasons will bid farewell to Netflix on December 25, 2020. Once series departs from Netflix, a day and release date for its appearance on HBO Max will be unveiled. 

19:35 IST, December 1st 2020