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Published Feb 22, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
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There are prestige dramas you schedule your evening around… and then there are comfort sitcoms you accidentally rewatch three times in a year. Arrested Development is firmly in the second category — and it’s about to get a lot harder to stream. According to a March 2026 removals roundup from What’s On Netflix, all 84 episodes of the cult-favorite comedy are currently slated to leave Netflix in the U.S. on March 15, 2026. While licensing deals can occasionally shift, that “may change” disclaimer isn’t something fans should bank on.
Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, the series follows the wildly dysfunctional Bluth family after their wealthy patriarch lands in jail. At the center is the perpetually exasperated Michael Bluth, played by Jason Bateman, desperately trying to keep the family business — and his sanity — intact. He's joined by Michael Cera as awkward son George Michael, Will Arnett as the disastrously confident Gob, Tony Hale as the chronically anxious Buster, Portia de Rossi as Lindsay, Alia Shawkat as Maeby, David Cross as Dr. Tobias Fünke, expert analrapist (don't Google that, but he insists it's a profession incorporating analysis and therapy), Jessica Walter as the ice-cold Lucille, and Jeffrey Tambor as George Bluth Sr.
Is 'Arrested Development' Worth Seeing?
"It's never a waste to follow the stories of these characters, but the experience is becoming increasingly hollow," Collider's Allison Keene wrote about the fifth season in her review at the time. The review noted that what once made the series electric — its meta-humor, dense joke layering, and rebellious energy against network constraints — feels diminished now that the creators have complete creative freedom. The sharp balance between rapid-fire jokes and clever narration has shifted into scenes dominated by explanation rather than punchlines.
The review highlighted brighter spots — Maeby’s retirement community scam, strong Buster moments, and Tobias’ escalating desperation — as flashes of the old magic. Wordplay and layered misunderstandings still shine occasionally.
"Arrested Development was always at its best when it focused in on the weird world it created, and the same is true for the new season, especially when it comes to wordplay, miscommunication, and mistaken meanings. But those are few and far between this time around, in a season that feels like a mix of nostalgia and a desire to make us laugh at the same Bush-era jokes that exist in a completely different context under Trump."
Arrested Development will leave Netflix in March 2026. Stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming stories.
Release Date 2003 - 2019-00-00
Network FOX, Netflix
Showrunner Mitchell Hurwitz
Writers Dean Lorey, Abraham Higginbotham, Gareth Reynolds, Hallie Cantor, Jake Farrow, Karey Dornetto, Brian Singleton, Chris Marrs, Maggie Rowe, Barbara Adler
English (US) ·