This comes six weeks after Showtime announced that Dexter would return for a limited series. In recent months, there has been a trend of the original seasons of shows getting rebooted being moved to the service that is rebooting them. Gossip Girl, for example, is coming to HBO Max, who are set to release a new version of the CW drama in the coming months.
How to watch Dexter online after it leaves Netflix
Showtime offers viewers a number of ways to subscribe. The cheapest of these is straight from Showtime itself, which offers Dexter and other hit shows like Shameless and Billions for $8.99 a month after a 30 day free trial.
There are signs, however, that Dexter could come to a streaming rival of Netflix at some point. ViacomCBS (the company that owns Showtime) has recently done a deal with NBCUniversal whereby Showtime shows will air both on Showtime and Peacock.
Series such as The Affair and Ray Donovan were on Peacock at time of launch, and Dexter could follow them in the future, especially when Showtime is trying to drum up publicity for its revival.
There also might be a new way for fans to rewatch Dexter online for free. Showtime has just launched a channel on the free streaming service that offers select episodes of its shows for free. Though Dexter is not currently among them, once it leaves Netflix this could open up the possibility of episodes heading there.
As Showtime is a U.S.-only service, as is Peacock, Dexter leaving Netflix in the U.S. seems unlikely to affect its streaming home in other countries. In the U.K., for example, the show streams on NOW TV, and did not appear on the streamer’s list of shows leaving the service in December 2020.
