‘Madam Secretary’ Confirmed To Be Leaving Netflix in the US in May 2025
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All six seasons of the political thriller drama series Madam Secretary, which ran for six seasons, will be leaving Netflix five years after the final season was added. The series, which comes from Barbara Hall, was headlined by Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Patina Miller, Geoffrey Arend, and Erich Bergen. Madam Secretary follows a woman who reluctantly becomes secretary of state, and she struggles to balance the demands of world politics and those of her family.
Netflix first acquired the rights to Madam Secretary a decade ago, acquiring the first season on September 4th, 20215. Following its initial run on CBS, new seasons were added every year thereafter. The sixth and final season was added to Netflix US on May 15th, 2020. The series was never licensed to Netflix outside of the United States, interestingly.
If you’ve been a regular of What’s on Netflix for any period, you’ve had plenty of notice of this removal. Back in 2022, we reported that following the arrival of the final season, the countdown began on the show’s removal, which we pegged for 2025. Indeed, even last November, we informed you that all six seasons would depart in mid-May 2025 if the contract wasn’t renewed.
As you’ve probably guessed from reading this, that’s not happening. A removal notice has begun displaying on the page for the show across all devices, stating your last day to watch is on May 14th, with the actual removal planned for midnight on May 15th, 2025.
Removal date on Madam Secretary
A new streaming home hasn’t been confirmed for Madam Secretary just yet.
Given that the show is distributed and owned by CBS Television Studios, smart money would suggest that the show will land on its natural home of Paramount+. However, as we’ve seen with other Netflix removals, it could go to a combination of that and another SVOD service like Prime Video or Hulu or even a FAST service like Pluto TV or Tubi. We’ll update this post if and when we learn of its new streaming home.
For more on what’s leaving Netflix in the United States throughout May 2025, including all the licensed movies and Netflix Originals set to depart, keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix.
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