Picture Credit: NBC
If you’ve been planning a rewatch of the beloved crime-comedy series Good Girls, you might want to bump it up your queue. We’ve learned that the hit NBC series, which carries Netflix Original branding in most countries outside the US, is set to depart the service in all international regions in July 2026.
Created by Jenna Bans, Good Girls stars Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman as three suburban Michigan mothers who, struggling to make ends meet, decide to pull off an unlikely heist at a local grocery store. Naturally, things spiral out of control, pulling the trio deep into the criminal underworld.
The show was a massive hit with audiences, combining high-stakes drama with sharp comedic elements. While it aired on NBC in the United States, Netflix acquired the exclusive international distribution rights early on. For subscribers in the UK, Canada, Australia, and dozens of other regions, the show was heavily marketed as a Netflix Original, complete with the coveted red “N” logo.
Now, almost five years after the final season dropped, the licensing agreement is coming to an end.
When is Good Girls leaving Netflix?
A removal notice is now beginning to show up on the title page for Good Girls in international territories.
The notice states that your last day to watch Good Girls on Netflix is July 21st, 2026. Its actual date of removal—when the title will officially be pulled from the servers—is July 22nd, 2026.
This removal applies to all international regions where the show is branded as a Netflix Original, including major English-speaking territories like the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
This removal marks the end of an era for a show that dropped on Netflix internationally over a multi-year window. Here’s a look back at the international release schedule for the series:
- Season 1: Added on July 3rd, 2018
- Season 2: Added on May 31st, 2019
- Season 3: Added on July 26th, 2020
- Season 4: Added on August 31st, 2021
Good Girls is entirely owned and produced by Universal Television. Netflix merely paid a premium to hold the exclusive international streaming rights for a fixed period. With that countdown clock expiring, the rights are reverting back to NBCUniversal. (While we don’t have official confirmation yet, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the show pop up on regional variants of Peacock, Sky, or Prime Video in the near future). This is almost the exact same removal cadence we saw for The Good Place, another NBC show that Netflix carried exclusively internationally and as a licensed show in the US.
What about Netflix in the United States?
If you are reading this in the US, you are safe—for now. Good Girls is not leaving Netflix US on July 22nd, 2026.
Because the series aired natively on NBC in the States, Netflix never carried the “Original” branding domestically. Instead, it was simply licensed like any other third-party show, with new seasons arriving on Netflix US shortly before a new season premiered on network TV. However, because it is not owned by Netflix, the clock is still ticking. We expect Good Girls to depart Netflix US in the coming years once its domestic legacy licensing window expires.
In the US, Netflix released seasons nearly a year after international territories, with the final season dropping in March 2022. We can probably expect the US to lose the show sometime in 2027.
Picture Credit: NBC
Why wasn’t there a Season 5 of Good Girls?
As we covered back in 2022, a fifth and final season was actually in the works. The plan was to bring the show back for a shortened final run to wrap up the story. Unfortunately, the studio and network couldn’t make the financials work. Because the show relied so heavily on its Netflix deal to remain profitable, there were rumors that Netflix might step in to save it completely. Sadly, the underlying studio rights and budget constraints proved too complicated, and the show was quietly put to bed.
Will you be squeezing in one last binge of Good Girls before it leaves Netflix internationally this July? Let us know in the comments down below.
