Stuck In Development

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.

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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 on Disney's newest cruise ship, and spend 7 minutes more than they wanted check-in on the latest Twitter v Musk battle.

Come for the analysis, stay for the spice.

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 strange deals between Universal and theatrical exhibitors. 

In news, they also look Bob Chapek’s renewed contract at Disney.

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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 investments from Paramount & Apple.

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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 to our first under-20-minute episode and let us know what you think of this new format!

Before jumping into the mystery topic, the boys spend 5 minutes checking in on Apple's WWDC announcements! 

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.

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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 use its hype to talk about how it's differentiated from other nostalgia sequels (nosquels?), and the impact Cruise tends to have in the creative details of his projects. Lastly, we check in on the current iteration of "peak TV" by discussing the upcoming tent pole releases from the big 4 streamers.

We missed you!

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 revealed projections showing staggering future subscriber losses. Eitan & Carl look at what’s next for the firm and dissect Netflix's plans to create a cheaper AVOD tier.

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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 merger, and play a round of "Imaginary Investor".

This episode was recorded on Monday April 11. Eitan and Carl have been dealing with some personal stuff, but will be back the week of April 25th!