Netflix layoffs affect four scripted TV directors and three managers
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Netflix’s ongoing layoffs have reached its scripted television division, with four director-level executives and three managers among those leaving. The departures come as the company contends with slower growth and stronger competition, and looks for new series to match the cultural impact of earlier hits.
The directors are Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Carolina Garcia and Andrew McQuinn; the managers are Dan Evans, Jason Pan and Aaron Davidson. They join film executives Doug Belgrad and Sheroum Kim. The cuts are expected to affect about 1,000 employees, or 6% of Netflix’s global workforce, making this its largest round of layoffs in four years.
- Seven scripted television executives are leaving Netflix.
- The layoffs are expected to affect about 1,000 staff.
- The cuts amount to roughly 6% of Netflix’s global workforce.
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Netflix makes television programmes for its streaming service, including scripted series developed by its television division. Executives and managers in that division help choose projects, oversee production and guide programmes through development.
The named departures include four scripted television directors and three managers, alongside previously reported film executives. They are part of wider job cuts affecting about 6% of Netflix’s global workforce, as the company responds to slower growth and stronger competition.
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Netflix’s television division has lost several development and production executives as part of a wider round of redundancies affecting about 1,000 employees, or roughly 6% of its global workforce. The departures identified across the reports include directors Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Andrew McQuinn and Carolina Garcia, as well as manager Jason Pan. One report also names managers Dan Evans and Aaron Davidson; the other does not mention them. Netflix did not comment on the departures, according to one outlet, and the reports say affected staff had been notified.
Garcia, who joined Netflix in 2016 after working at 20th Century Fox Television, had overseen original series and worked on shows including Stranger Things. The reports describe her responsibilities in different detail: one also credits her with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Atypical and lists deals with several production companies and creators. Lang McMullen joined in 2021 after a career at Disney and Warner Bros, and was later promoted to an overall deals role for series. Oh arrived the same year, following senior positions at Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Fox. McQuinn joined in 2018 after working at ABC Signature; his Netflix credits cited in the reports include Griselda, American Primeval and Zero Day.
The cuts extend beyond television. The reports also name film executives Doug Belgrad and Sheroum Kim as departing. Netflix’s co-chief executives have said product, technology, legal and human resources would bear the largest impact, although programming has also been affected. The job reductions are described as the company’s largest round in four years, amid slower growth and intensifying competition.
The changes come as Netflix seeks further major series successes. One report frames the cuts against a recent run of programmes with broad cultural impact, while also noting strong viewership for limited series I Will Find You and His & Hers and declines for some returning shows. The reports differ in how much they say about the television executives’ work and backgrounds: one provides more context on Garcia’s deals and credits, while the other identifies Evans and Davidson but gives less detail on Garcia’s remit.
Where outlets differ
One report names Dan Evans and Aaron Davidson among departing managers; the other does not.
The reports give different levels of detail about Garcia’s work: one lists creator and production-company deals and additional series credits, while the other focuses on her original-series role and selected shows.
Lang McMullen’s Disney tenure is given as 12 years in one report and 11 years in the other; the second also mentions six years at Warner Bros Television.
One report adds Netflix’s recent programming performance and search for another breakout hit; the other concentrates on staff departures and executive biographies.
One report says affected employees had already been notified; the other reports that Netflix declined to comment.
More coverage
- Variety — Netflix TV Layoffs Include Director of Original Series Carolina Garcia, Who Exits After 10 Years
- The Hollywood Reporter — Netflix TV Executives Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Carolina Garcia and Andrew McQuinn Among Layoffs
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Originally published by Deadline as “Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Andrew McQuinn & Carolina Garcia Among Netflix TV Execs Impacted By Layoffs”.