I just got Netflix and don't see House, Dexter, or Game of Thrones? Weren't these on Netflix?

Netflix Instant Streaming is a severely gimped and limited catalog that routinely gets pruned of stuff when the producers don't want it on there anymore.

Nothing from HBO is on Netflix, unfortunately. A lot of Showtime shows aren't either.

I mainly wanted House. Thought that was on there? I never watched 24 and I saw that all 8 seasons are on there so I'm going to check that out. Spartacus is up there too and I haven't seen that.

As far as I know HBO has never had any of it's shows on Netflix and Dexter use to be on it but was taken down months ago.

How's 24?

Never seen it but the first season of Spartacus is pretty good. You should also take a look at Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.

The Canadian Netflix selection is awful.

Thanks for the suggestions. Anyone seen Bones?

Netflix has time-based contracts...shows are on for that period of time, then disappear. Sometimes it's a year, sometimes more, sometimes less. Their StarzPlay contract is supposed to run out before too long I think, and then it'll be even worse regarding feature length movies. Also, sometimes, for the instant streaming, certain episodes of TV shows will be missing/unavailable for streaming (vs. DVD rental), too. But that doesn't happen too often.

Anyway....I wouldn't call them gimped, exactly. But they're not very current on fictional films and are largely good for catching up on TV shows/documentaires you may have missed .... when they're available. I've seen a lot of shows that way over the past couple years.

The first two seasons of 24 were, imo, the best ones (I liked the 2nd a bit better than the 1st), then go downhill slowly from there.

Edit: I don't watch Bones myself, but I know several people who love the show.

Bones is a great show, so is Dr Who..which is on there as well. White Collar is great, pretty much all the USA shows on there are good. Burn Notice, Monk, Psych etc.

I love White Collar, one of my favorite shows ever.

Yeah I'm starting to really like it too. But I'm only on the 6 episode or so. Man vs Food and Top Gear UK is good as well..but you have to like food and cars. Top Gear is really funny but you have to understand cars.

Lie to Me is also good, I'd recommend that one.

How's the Anime selection?

I'm not an anime expert but they do have a lot of stuff (it feels like to me) on there at the moment. Funmation has a contract with them, so a lot of the stuff they have. A lot of the streaming, it's probably at least a few years old, if not older.

I think I saw some Myiazaki (spelling?) movies on there, so I would check those out. FMA: Brotherhood is on there as well.

Netflix is not as great as it used to be, tbh

It's decent, but not really any better than Hulu or Crunchyroll. Also, they never have subs.

Hikaru No Go was subtitled. But yeah, it's pretty rare, from what I saw at least.
Not that I mind that much personally, but it would be nice if they always had the option of both.

I've watched a different stand-up every day for the past month and it's a decent selection. I especially like Michael Winslow. Great stuff.

On my third episode of 24....love it!

Trailer Park Boys is on Netflix... I can't recommend this show strongly enough. I never had an opinion about Canada before I watched that show, now I want Canadian TV.

I just canceled my subscription. I didn't watch it enough to justify the expense and it seemed like anything I wanted to watch on it was "DVD" only. But it was good for old movies. Check out movies like, "Murder by Death" and stuff. Lots of classics.

Can you get house through the mail?

Not sure, I only have streaming.

24 is amazing!