Supernatural Is Leaving Netflix After 13 Years, And I Have One Wish For Its New Streaming Home

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In 2025, Supernatural reached a couple of important anniversaries: the 20th anniversary of the very first episode and the 5th anniversary of the series finale. To celebrate, I rewatched the pilot – it even made me a little emotional! – and Misha Collins’ last episode. Luckily, it was easy to revisit those moments since the show had been streaming on Netflix for years. Now that Supernatural is leaving Netflix, I’m trying to stay positive and hoping this change will lead to one improvement.

Supernatural Is Switching Streamers After 13 Years

For the past 13 years, Netflix has been the place to stream all fifteen seasons of Supernatural, including all 327 episodes. Even after the show ended in 2020, it remained available on the platform. However, subscribers recently saw a notice that the show would leave on December 17th, and as of December 18th, Supernatural is no longer available on Netflix.

According to What’s On Netflix, Netflix’s agreement with The CW stated that shows would be available to stream exclusively on Netflix for five years after their final season aired. That’s why Supernatural isn’t the only CW series leaving on December 18th—Arrow and The 100 also finished their runs five years ago, in 2020.

While Supernatural is leaving Netflix, it won’t disappear from the internet completely. All fifteen seasons will be available to stream on both Prime Video and Peacock starting December 22nd, meaning it will only be unavailable for less than a week. (You can currently watch The Winchesters on Max.)

I really enjoyed rewatching my favorite episodes of Supernatural on Netflix whenever I felt like it, so I’m sad to see it leave. However, I’m hopeful that moving to new streaming services will lead to improvements with the show’s first season.

My One Wish For Supernatural On Prime Video And Peacock

After fifteen seasons, the TV show Supernatural is remembered for many things, including Dean’s passion for classic rock. (He didn’t particularly enjoy the musical based on his and his brother’s lives, called “Fan Fiction.”) However, as executive producer Phil Sgriccia explained on the Supernatural Then and Now podcast, the show only had the rights to use the music on DVDs and for initial TV broadcasts in its first season. Any use of the music for streaming or later versions of the show required new rights.

The first season of the show on Netflix doesn’t include several memorable music cues that were originally featured, such as AC/DC’s “Back in Black” in the first episode, Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper” from the episode “Faith,” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” from the season finale – and that’s just a small sample. As someone who initially watched the season on DVD, I was really surprised and disappointed to notice these differences when I re-watched those episodes on Netflix.

I doubt changing where the show streams will bring back all the original music, but it would be great if it did! It would be a fantastic experience for both longtime fans like me and new viewers who deserve to see iconic scenes play out with songs like “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” I’ll be checking out Supernatural on Prime Video and Peacock starting December 22nd to see if they’ve made those changes.

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2025-12-18 16:38