No New Animated Hits for the Past Three Seasons

New animated titles are not making the same impact on international markets as older hits such as The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers or Archer

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New animated titles released from the 2016/17 season onwards are most likely to find distribution in English speaking markets, and least likely to succeed in Spanish speaking markets

This mirrors distribution trends for Comedies, expected due to most animated titles being comedies themselves

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The most successful titles have leveraged relationships with Netflix, with Watership Down co-produced by the SVOD and Final Space utilising a Multi-Market deal. Both titles are branded Netflix Originals outside their home market

Our Cartoon President has benefited from an ongoing output deal ViacomCBS has with a variety of services for Showtime commissioned shows

Son of Zorn, cancelled after one season, eventually found a home primarily on Disney owned services across multiple markets

Duncanville from NBCU, released this season, has been one of the most successful recent titles that has not engaged in a multi-market SVOD or output deal