By Peter White
Netflix is continuing to ramp up its volume of licensed content, with Paramount series SEAL Team, Watson, and Mayor of Kingstown being added to the service in the U.S.
It marks an interesting move given that it’s the first Taylor Sheridan series to stream on Netflix. It comes as the Jeremy Renner-fronted series is ending with its upcoming fifth season.
The streamer revealed the move Tuesday in its fourth-quarter earnings letter. “We have a new slate of licensed titles from Paramount, which is going to bring a lot of new series, shows that Netflix has never had around the world,” Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on the company’s fourth quarter earnings call.
“In 2026, we’ll also expand our offering of licensed titles,” it noted.
The deal with Paramount is somewhat of a surprise and also includes series such as Matlock and King of Queens for international territories. It’s not clear which seasons of these shows, particularly Mayor of Kingstown, which is the newest, will be available on Netflix, but these shows have previously streamed exclusively on Paramount+.
Netflix said that it has licensed 20 shows from Paramount, which is currently embattled in a process with Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.
Deadline understands that the launch of the Mayor of Kingstown series on Netflix marks the first time that a Sheridan series will stream anywhere outside of Paramount+ since Yellowstone launched on Peacock as a result of an early deal between the studio and the NBCUniversal streamer.
Mayor of Kingstown comes from 101 Studios, Paramount Television Studios, and Bosque Ranch Productions, while Watson, which premiered its second season in October, and SEAL Team come from CBS Studios.
Outside of the Paramount deal, Netflix talked up its recent pay-1 film deal with Sony and also noted that Netflix subscribers will be able to watch new-release, live-action films from Universal as part of a licensing deal, which follows its existing licensing deal for animated films from Universal’s animation studios Illumination and DreamWorks Animation.
