Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ Now Streaming on Netflix, Other HBO Originals to Follow

By Alex Vena
Published July 3, 2023, 11:45 a.m. ET

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Fans of Issa Rae‘s HBO Original comedy series Insecure will be thrilled to hear Netflix‘s latest news. The series, which began airing in 2016 and ran until the end of 2021, will no longer be a Max exclusive. In addition to the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer, the series is now streaming on Netflix, as well.

The streaming provider announced via Twitter this morning (July 3), “All five seasons of Issa Rae’s Peabody and NAACP award winning series Insecure are now on Netflix!”

This announcement follows recent news of Warner Bros. Discovery shopping some of their HBO originals to Netflix. The deal was reportedly set on a “non-exclusive basis,” which means that Insecure will continue to be available on Max, as well. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav had “signaled early in his tenure that he is open to forego exclusivity and license content to boost the bottom line,” which supports these new developments, per Deadline.

The deal and today’s announcement have paved the way for other series to make their way to Netflix. According to Deadline, HBO series Band of Brothers, Six Feet Under, and The Pacific have been confirmed by Netflix as upcoming shows which will be launched on their platform.

The outlet also revealed that HBO’s True Blood, which has been streaming on Hulu in addition to Max will be available on Netflix, too.

In the show, Rae stars as Issa Dee alongside her best friend Molly Carter (Yvonne Orji), as they navigate their insecurities and tackle life and love as two Black women in Los Angeles. The Emmy award-winning series was based on Rae’s previous YouTube web series The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, which launched in 2011 and ran for two seasons.

Rae’s current projects include playing President Barbie in the upcoming Barbie movie and according to Essence, producing The Awoken, a new sci-fi drama that was written by the winner of the recent Fresh Wave film competition, Katelyn Howes. Rae shared that producing the new show is “really about supporting writers that we’re fans of and supporting under-represented writers.”

She also mentioned that despite not usually being a fan of science fiction, she found Katelyn’s script to be “so grounded,” noting that it “brought [her] into her world.”

“You don’t get to see many women science-fiction writers out here killing it,” Rae continued. “So we hope that this will find a home and the right platform.”