The Resident Leaves Netflix November 20, CBR Reports
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CBR reports Fox's six-season medical drama The Resident exits Netflix on November 20, with Hulu still carrying the series for now.
What's Leaving and When
According to Comic Book Resources, Fox's medical drama The Resident will spend its final day on Netflix on November 20, 2026, leaving subscribers only a short window to finish the series.
CBR notes the departure, flagged by What's on Netflix, lands mid-November as a wave of titles rotate on and off streaming platforms, and that the show remains available on Hulu outside of Netflix for the time being.
Why the Exit Stings for Fans
The size of the departure is what makes it notable for streaming viewers. CBR reports the series ran for six seasons and more than 100 episodes between 2018 and its 2023 cancellation, a substantial library for any platform to shed.
For devoted medical-drama audiences, losing an entire run in one stroke is a bigger event than the routine monthly purge of films, which is why CBR framed it as the headline item among this month's departures.
The Show Behind the Numbers
CBR's profile of the series describes a drama that set itself apart by looking past individual cases to the institutional side of medicine at fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, including malpractice, hospital corruption and corporations putting profits over patient care.
CBR says the show, led by Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp and Manish Dayal, drew mostly mixed reviews but stayed a ratings hit, holding more than 5 million viewers at its peak.
Where Medical Drama Fans Go Next
The Resident is also on Hulu, per CBR, so the exit is a loss for Netflix specifically rather than a disappearance outright.
CBR points subscribers toward what remains on the platform — Grey's Anatomy, Pulse, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Breathless and Virgin River — and toward rivals, listing Hulu's ER and The Good Doctor, HBO Max's The Pitt, and Peacock's Chicago Med and House, M.D. as comparable options.
The Contrast With Netflix's Keepers
The departure lands just as Netflix is celebrating the opposite trajectory elsewhere in its catalog.
The Hype Magazine reports that Virgin River, which CBR also lists among Netflix's medical-adjacent holdings, has just been renewed for a record ninth season after crossing half a billion views and logging 28 weeks in the Global Top 10.
The pairing shows how the platform now differentiates sharply between shows it extends early and licensed libraries it lets lapse.
What Comes Next
For viewers, the clock is short: CBR says November 20 is the last day to watch The Resident on Netflix, so binge plans need to move quickly or shift to Hulu, where the show remains available for now.
For Netflix, the loss of a complete six-season library is the cost of a licensing model in which owned, in-house franchises like Virgin River get renewed two seasons ahead while third-party dramas rotate away without ceremony.