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Emily Horgan

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38 articles published · Writing since September 23, 2020

Emily is an independent media consultant. She has a background in television, driving content distribution strategies for kids IP that support success across businesses including consumer products, publishing and gaming. For What's on Netflix, Emily covers Netflix's kids library, content strategy, and recaps quarterly earnings reports.

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Kpop Demon Hunters Creators Kick Off European Tour With New Revelations At Kilkenny Animated Emily Horgan 4 min read Netflix News

KPop Demon Hunters Creators Kick Off European Tour with New Revelations at Kilkenny Animated

Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans gave a deep and generous overview of what went into making the hit Netflix movie.

‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Ends Historic Netflix Top 10 Run: How It Became The Streamer’s Biggest Ever Hit Emily Horgan 9 min read Netflix News Netflix Top 10 Reports

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Ends Historic Netflix Top 10 Run: How It Became the Streamer’s Biggest Ever Hit

A look back at KPop Demon Hunter's monumental journey in the Netflix top 10s and how it became…

No Plans For ‘Bad Dinosaurs’ Season 2 At Netflix Emily Horgan 3 min read Netflix News

No Plans for ‘Bad Dinosaurs’ Season 2 at Netflix

Despite picking up lots of viewing across the world, Netflix has opted not to give the show any…

Netflix Q1 2024 Earnings: Observations, Analysis And Kids Highlights Emily Horgan 6 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q1 2024 Earnings: Observations, Analysis and Kids Highlights

It’s that time again, Netflix earnings. Generally, all’s well in the house of TUDUM. Advertising continues to be…

Netflix Q4 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways And Top Kids Performers Emily Horgan 6 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q4 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways and Top Kids Performers

Netflix earnings just hit —it feels like they come along quicker every time. Not to mention that in…

Netflix’S Biggest Flex Of 2023: Partnering With Pixar 2.0 Emily Horgan 5 min read Netflix News

Netflix’s Biggest Flex of 2023: Partnering with Pixar 2.0

Netflix's new partnership with Skydance Animation is one of the biggest wins for the streamer in 2023.

Nine Takeaways From The Recent Netflix Data Viewership Dump Emily Horgan 8 min read Netflix News

Nine Takeaways from the Recent Netflix Data Viewership Dump

Out of nowhere, Netflix dropped the most insane data dump of content performance across more than 18,000 titles,…

Netflix Q3 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways And Kids Performance Emily Horgan 7 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q3 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways and Kids Performance

Gabby's Dollhouse is the big winner for Netflix in Q3 2023!

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Netflix Q2 2023: Earnings Notes And Biggest Kids News Takeaways Emily Horgan 6 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q2 2023: Earnings Notes and Biggest Kids News Takeaways

XO, Kitty and Nimona were among the highlights for the quarter.

Ten Things About The Gabby’s Dollhouse Franchise Strategy That Just Make Sense Emily Horgan 12 min read Netflix News

Ten Things About the Gabby’s Dollhouse Franchise Strategy That Just Make Sense

This time last year, I mused on behalf of What’s on Netflix about whether Gabby’s Dollhouse could be…

Netflix Q1 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways And Biggest Kids Headlines Emily Horgan 8 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q1 2023 Earnings: Key Takeaways and Biggest Kids Headlines

Netflix earnings hit this week and new co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters “are really pleased with the…

Just How Big Is ‘Cocomelon’ On Netflix? Emily Horgan 4 min read Netflix News

Just How Big Is ‘CoComelon’ on Netflix?

With season 7 of CoComelon now added to Netflix, we look at how big CoComelon has become.

Netflix Earnings Q4 2022 Review: Bye Reed Hastings + Kids Content Performance Emily Horgan 8 min read Netflix News

Netflix Earnings Q4 2022 Review: Bye Reed Hastings + Kids Content Performance

Thoughts and the biggest kids takeaways from Netflix's Q4 2022 results.

Netflix Q3 2022 Review: Ad Tier, Subscriber Numbers And Kids Headlines Emily Horgan 7 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q3 2022 Review: Ad Tier, Subscriber Numbers and Kids Headlines

Out with the ‘Shrinking Quarters’ and in with the Ad Tier.

‘My Father’S Dragon’ Netflix Animated Movie: Everything We Know So Far Emily Horgan 5 min read Netflix News

‘My Father’s Dragon’ Netflix Animated Movie: Everything We Know So Far

The new animated movie from Cartoon Saloon hits in November 2022!

Netflix Kids Q2 2022 Review: ‘The Sea Beast’ &Amp; Canceled Netflix Animation Projects Emily Horgan 6 min read Netflix News

Netflix Kids Q2 2022 Review: ‘The Sea Beast’ & Canceled Netflix Animation Projects

The highs and lows from Netflix's Q2 earnings and what's happening for Netflix kids and animation!

Netflix Animated Kids Shows Coming In 2022 &Amp; Beyond Emily Horgan 13 min read Coming Soon to Netflix

Netflix Animated Kids Shows Coming in 2022 & Beyond

Netflix continues to invest heavily in their animated lineup for kids and below we’ll take a look at…

Netflix Kids Q1 2022 Review: Highlights And Trouble At Netflix Animation Emily Horgan 5 min read Netflix News

Netflix Kids Q1 2022 Review: Highlights and Trouble at Netflix Animation

Anyone catch headlines about the recent Netflix earnings call? Pretty tame this time around, right…?  I DON’T THINK SO! Unless…

‘Gabby’S Dollhouse’: Dreamworks’ Next Big Franchise On Netflix? Emily Horgan 5 min read Netflix News

‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’: Dreamworks’ Next Big Franchise on Netflix?

Independent media analyst Emily Horgan dives into how Gabby's Dollhouse could be one of Netflix's biggest kids franchise…

Netflix Kids 2021 Year In Review: Biggest Hits And What’S Next Emily Horgan 7 min read Netflix News

Netflix Kids 2021 Year in Review: Biggest Hits and What’s Next

It’s fair to say that Netflix seemed bullish about their kids offering in 2020. Content from their stable…

Netflix Q4 2021 Earnings Insights On Netflix’s Kids’ Strategy Emily Horgan 4 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q4 2021 Earnings Insights on Netflix’s Kids’ Strategy

Emily Horgan, an independent media analyst is back with another rundown all of the big news from Netflix’s…

Moonbug Entertainment’S ‘Blippi’ Joining ‘Cocomelon’ On Netflix In January 2022 Emily Horgan 2 min read Netflix News

Moonbug Entertainment’s ‘Blippi’ Joining ‘CoComelon’ on Netflix in January 2022

Moonbug Entertainment, the company behind CoComelon, is bringing another one of their core franchises to Netflix, Blippi. Blippi:…

Biggest Kids Movies &Amp; Shows Of 2021 According To Netflix’S New Top 10S Emily Horgan 5 min read Netflix News

Biggest Kids Movies & Shows of 2021 According to Netflix’s New Top 10s

Netflix in recent weeks has launched a new website that will release weekly Top 10 lists of the…

Netflix Q3 2021 Earnings Insights On Netflix’S Kids’ Strategy Emily Horgan 6 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q3 2021 Earnings Insights on Netflix’s Kids’ Strategy

Emily Horgan, an independent media analyst, returns to walk us through all the big news from Netflix’s Q3…

Ludacris Netflix Kids Series ‘Karma’S World’: Everything We Know So Far Emily Horgan 2 min read Netflix News

Ludacris Netflix Kids Series ‘Karma’s World’: Everything We Know So Far

One of the upcoming kids’ animated series we’re most excited for is Karma’s World, a musical-oriented show that’s…

Netflix Animated Movies Coming To Netflix In 2021 &Amp; Beyond Emily Horgan 11 min read Coming Soon to Netflix

Netflix Animated Movies Coming to Netflix in 2021 & Beyond

Welcome to our big preview of the upcoming list of animated feature films set to debut on Netflix…

Netflix Q2 2021 Earnings Insights On Netflix’s Kids Strategy Emily Horgan 4 min read Netflix News

Netflix Q2 2021 Earnings Insights on Netflix’s Kids Strategy

Following the Netflix Earnings call yesterday, here are a few thoughts from a kids’ perspective.  Before diving in,…

How The Netflix Jr. Youtube Channel Built Its Impressive Viewership Emily Horgan 7 min read Netflix News

How The Netflix Jr. YouTube Channel Built Its Impressive Viewership

We welcome back Emily Horgan, a now regular contributor on Netflix to talk about Netflix’s often underreported success…