Stuck In Development

Don’t Worry Darling and Avatar have dominated film discourse over the past few weeks, so Carl & Eitan took it upon themselves to report on each film from the front lines of their AMC recliners. In this episode, they also touch on NBC’s newly-minted one-year deal to bring the Golden Globes back to TV in 2023.

There is an Inside Out 2 in development? A Magic Mike 3!?  Carl and Eitan start the episode talking about the latest contract mishap in the House of Mouse, with Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling reportedly not coming back to reprise their roles in Inside Out 2.  Later, they chat about the announcement that Magic Mike 3 going theatrical instead of directly to HBO Max, with Eitan using it as a s...

Throughout their first 94 episodes, Carl and Eitan have talked about theme parks countless times. From their love to solve the logistical puzzles they represent to their favorite rides and even what their perfect day at Disneyland looks like (check episode 8 for that one). Throughout those conversations, something they've never done is explore in-depth the role they represent within Disney's busin...

As Tom Cruise and Paramount continue to shatter records, Carl and Eitan look at two high-stakes new releases: Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , and Warner Brothers' Don't Worry Darling. Both properties threaten to tank their respective studios, but the latter has even Wilder cultural implications. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @stuckindevpod

After two weeks away, Eitan needs to be caught up on everything that happened in the world of entertainment! The news list is long and varied: a potential MoviePass renaissance,  Netflix's pricing for their ad-supported tier, yet another plane WAWW, and AMC's latest APE-driven business decision.

In the early days of streaming, Hulu was an idyllic neutral zone between the major TV networks and studios. Fifteen years later, it’s a lame duck. Despite having best-in-class originals and content from FX, the service fits awkwardly within Disney’s distribution portfolio. As major competitors such as Netflix and HBO Max evolve to fit a changing market, it’s unclear what will happen next for Hulu....

HBO Max and WarnerDiscovery took the Hollywood news-cycle hostage for a week. It didn't let it take even a bathroom break.  In this week's episode, Carl and Eitan dissect all the twists and turns the newly created content behemoth went through over the last 7 days. They touch on the canned Batgirl movie, the curious case of the disappearing HBO MAX originals, and the not-so-great earnings rep...

For Stuck in Development's 90th episode (thank you, everyone!!), Carl and Eitan deliver a quintessential SID episode: a mix of business strategy (including some ARPU calculations), Holywood <> Silicon Valey dealmaking, a movie review, and an AUA around a feature AMC is using to try to lure viewers back into theaters. In the first of two main topics today, they start by exploring Netflix's de...

Nick Sparks returns to SID to guide Carl & Eitan through the future of college football. Major conference realignments and new NIL rules have up-ended the existing power structures, ultimately affecting the negotiation power of universities within the sports media distribution landscape. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @stuckindevpod

Do Carl and Eitan ever disagree? If they do, is it ever strongly? This episode answers this question. Multiple times.  In this week's episode, the boys spend most of their time checking in. From its updated UX, to the news about a potential comeback into Amazon Prime Channels, this top-tier streamer leads Eitan and Carl into uncharted waters: strong disagreements. In other topics, they touch...

This episode may as well be your grandmother’s Facebook feed, because it is jam-packed with Minions content (despite the fact that neither Carl or Eitan have had the chance to catch up with this weekend’s Minions: The Rise of Gru ) . The two use the record-breaking success of the new film to reassess the premium video-on-demand (PVOD) fever that swept studios in summer 2020 and resulted in some st...

Netflix finally announced the introduction of a cheaper, ad-supported plan a couple of weeks ago. Now what? In this week's episode, Eitan and Carl explore everything involved in Netflix's decision and the biggest considerations it faces. They start by giving a quick introduction to programmatic advertising, before jumping into the reasons why it should be a great player, if not THE player in the a...

Carl & Eitan talk baseball (Eitan’s favorite sports topic) and sports media rights (Carl’s favorite sports topic) as they walk through the pricing strategy of NESN’s new DTC offering for Red Sox fans. In news this week, they debate the effect of Lightyear ’s dismal box office performance on the future of Pixar’s placement in the Disney portfolio, and they take a look at announced streaming inv...

Driven by a schedule-constrain creative rush, Carl and Eitan introduce a new episode type: The Mystery Topic! From time to time, especially during weeks when time is short, one of the boys will prepare a topic to get the other's live reaction.  For this first one, Eitan runs Carl through some viewership numbers that compare two major streaming releases. Curious about Carl's reaction? Listen t...

Carl, Eitan and guest Ariela Rudy Zaltzman feel the need – the need for watching Tom Cruise fly at high speed! Before dissecting the critical and box office success of Top Gun: Maverick , they check in with a slate of new releases including Disney’s Obi-wan Kenobi and Bo Burnham’s Inside outtakes. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @stuckindevpod

After a month long hiatus, we are back! Life got in our way, but we are very excited to jump right back into things. After a quick side trip into a month-worth of WAWWs where Eitan shares an inexplicable newfound love for watching cartoon musicals during flights, we dive into the man, nay the legend, of the hour: Tom Cruise. While this episode was recorded before we watched Top Gun: Maverick, we u...

For years, Carl and Eitan have been fighting an uphill credibility battle. In their professional circles, they’ve been the town loons proffering doomsday prophecies about Netflix’s business model. Unfortunately, the boys were right. Now that almost every Hollywood studio has reorganized around streaming and pumped billions of dollars into fleeting and brand-diluting original content, Netflix has r...

After a 1-episode run where the boys recorded together from the same location, Carl and Eitan are back on different sides of the country. Even with the geographical distance, they were both able to catch Everything Everywhere All at Once in theaters and they have thoughts. Same thoughts? You'll have to listen to find out! In the news, they check in with the finally-closed Warner Brothers Discovery...

After over a hundred hours of recording, Eitan & Carl finally found a chance to record together in person! They chat about Elon’s massive Twitter investment, grade Disney’s ultimate response to Florida’s abhorrent “Don’t Say Gay” law, and – of course – perform an autopsy on the bloated corpse of The Slap Oscars. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @stuckindevpod

This week, Carl, Eitan & guest Kevin Sachs recorded themselves reacting live to the Oscars devolving into chaos.

Ah, the week before the Oscars. Could CODA really pull an offset? Do "for your consideration" campaigns actually help the chances of any movies to get an award? Is earnestness truly out in Hollywood? Carl and Eitan dig into all these questions. On non-Oscar news, they check in on the latest Disney corporate gossip before moving on to this week's 'main' topic, Netflix's incoming crack down on passw...

Carl's in a poor mood this week as he and Eitan catch up on Disney's newest astral and terrestrial developments. 

In this special episode, Carl and Eitan are joined by Roman Milan from the All Sequels Go To Heaven podcast to talk wrestling and all the aspects that make it a unique form of entertainment in the current over-caffeinated world of content. Roman walks the boys through US wrestling's history, from its roots as a purely regional business, the emergence of WWE, the evolution of its business models, a...

Another week, another new term that Carl & Eitan can use to describe a very specific early-2020s media business trend. After a bizarre format experiment, the two spend this week clearing out their news inboxes. They start off with a requisite chat about the Oscars before chatting about the Uncharted box office and Skydance Animation’s successful coup to steal Brad Bird from Disney. Follow us o...

In this strangely produced and edited episode, the boys follow the old adage of "when life gives you lemons (lemons being one co-host's travel plans being impacted by a snowstorm), record 6 individual sections and edit them together to come up with a surprisingly coherent and effective episode." In terms of topics, the boys explore ViacomCBS's new/old name, MoviePass' creepy potential comeback, th...