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Stuck In Development
Carl Szmutko & Eitan Rovero-Shein
231 episodes
5 days ago
Hosts Carl and Eitan constantly find themselves stuck in the details of what’s developing in media, technology and entertainment. Every week, the two self-described media strategy nerds contextualize what you need to know as the worlds of Hollywood, Orlando and Silicon Valley collide. From your couch to the seat of a 1950s theme park dark ride, Carl and Eitan love talking about the business of anything and everything that could entertain you. Follow us on Twitter @stuckindevpod Follow Carl on Twitter @szmantics Follow Eitan on Twitter @tanchoco
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Hosts Carl and Eitan constantly find themselves stuck in the details of what’s developing in media, technology and entertainment. Every week, the two self-described media strategy nerds contextualize what you need to know as the worlds of Hollywood, Orlando and Silicon Valley collide. From your couch to the seat of a 1950s theme park dark ride, Carl and Eitan love talking about the business of anything and everything that could entertain you. Follow us on Twitter @stuckindevpod Follow Carl on Twitter @szmantics Follow Eitan on Twitter @tanchoco
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Episodes (20/231)
Stuck In Development
219 - Something Wicked Will Not Be Coming This Way: Oscars x YouTube, Branch Shortlists, and Warners' Letter to Shareholders

Carl & Eitan spend most of the episode discussing 2 new developments in the Oscars metagame. First off, the Academy and Google announced that the Oscars telecast will be moving to YouTube in 2029. Next, many of the branches announced their shortlists for below-the-line categories. To round things out (and to move away from awards chatter!), the boys give a quick update on David Ellison's latest attempt to spend Daddy Ellison's money.

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2 weeks ago
38 minutes 25 seconds

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218 - December Can't Stop Won't Stop: Recapping the Globe's nominations, Disney's OpenAI deal, and a quick WBD update

The end of the year refuses to slow down.

In this episode Carl & Eitan give a quick update on the WBD v Paramount saga and break down Disney's deal/partnership/licensing/investment with OpenAI. After that they break down the Golden Globes nominations and share their main takeaways and surprises.

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3 weeks ago
42 minutes 36 seconds

Stuck In Development
217 - This Deal Won't Be A Qwikster - Netflix x Warner Bros. Acquisition

Carl & Eitan dissect – what else? – Warner Brothers' acquisition by Netflix.

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1 month ago
45 minutes 40 seconds

Stuck In Development
216 - Thanksgiving Leftovers: LA Recap, Oscar Movie Season Heats Up, and The Latest on Warner Brothers

Carl and Eitan are back after an Los Angeles trip and a quick Thanksgiving Break.

In this episode they give their review of Universal Studios Hollywood (spoiler: not great), catch up on everything they've watched that has Oscar buzz—including Hamnet, Bugonia, Rental Family, Train Dreams, and Sentimental Value—and give a quick update on where the Warner Brother's Discovery stakes are at!

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1 month ago
43 minutes 25 seconds

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215 - Netflix's Warner Dreams: The WBD Sweepstakes Heat Up, First Award Contender Reactions, and an Abysmal Box Office Weekend

Netflix seems genuintly interested in aquiring Warner Brothers Discovery...but why would they? That's the main question Carl & Eitan explore in this week's episode.

Other topics include their first reactions to The Secret Agent and Frankenstein, as well as a game of "guess the top 5 movies at the box office this past weekend" (spoiler: do these movies even exist?)

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2 months ago
49 minutes 9 seconds

Stuck In Development
214 - The Ellison In The Room: Warner Bros. Acquisition Progress, Apple x F1, Kelce x Six Flags

Warners is for sale (again!), so Carl & Eitan look into the current state of bidding. They also debate the merits of Apple's new F1 deal and take a bemused look at Travis Kelce's Six Flags investment.

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2 months ago
33 minutes 4 seconds

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213 - Netflix's Fall (like, Autumn): Spotify Deal, KPop Demon Hunters in AMC, and Oscar Chances

This really could be Netflix's Fall, with the big streamer dealing and wheeling left and right.

In this episode, Carl & Eitan explore everything the Los Gatos company is being up to, including a deal with Spotify for exclusive video distribution of (some) Ringer podcasts, a deal with AMC to have the mega sensation KPop Demon Hunters 1-weekend release play in world's biggest theater chain screens, and where might there three big bets land in terms of Oscar chances now that they are out of embargo.


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2 months ago
28 minutes 6 seconds

Stuck In Development
212 - The 2026 SID Awards Draft w/ Alex Terrazas & Kevin Sachs

If you know you know. If you don't – Carl & Eitan are joined by Kevin & Alex for their annual fantasy movie awards draft. They discuss the upcoming awards season and dissect each others' picks across 7 rounds.

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2 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes 49 seconds

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211 - Lockjaw's Christmas Adventure: Reviewing One Battle After Another, Oscar Chances, Does Box Office Matter?

Carl & Eitan rave about the latest PTA movie. They share their reviews, their thoughts on its Oscar chances, and break down if box office results will end up mattering for the latest in a string of hits for Warner Brothers Discovery.

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3 months ago
45 minutes 19 seconds

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210 - One Babble After Another: PTA Hype, Kimmel, The Mandalorian & Grogu, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey & the Diplomat

Lots of rambly topics as the boys gear up for One Battle After Another. They check in on the Jimmy Kimmel drama before Eitan gives tepid reviews of the things he is watching.

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3 months ago
37 minutes 20 seconds

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209 - The ABCs of TV in 2025 : Jimmy Kimmel, Emmys Recap, and Ellison's Expansion Plans

Carl & Eitan explore the three big developments from last week that represent the status of TV and its cultural and political role in 2025: ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel after pressure from the FCC and its affiliates, a terrible (according to Eitan) Emmys broadcast with relatively good winners, and Ellison's master plan to take over both Warner Bros Discovery and TikTok.

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3 months ago
56 minutes 31 seconds

Stuck In Development
208 - A Fest in Venice: Fall 2025 Film Festival Recap (Venice, Telluride & Toronto)

Carl & Eitan deliberate the early awards chances of the buzziest films at Venice, Telluride & Toronto.

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3 months ago
31 minutes 18 seconds

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207 - Epic Demon Hunters: Netflix's Licensing Strikes Gold & Reviewing Universal's Newest Theme Park

Carl & Eitan do one of the rare "2 topics and 2 topics only" SID episodes this week.

They begin by breaking down the success of KPop Demon Hunters, including the winners and losers of the deal. Who do you think deserves more questioning: Netflix for not having the film in theaters for (way) longer, or Sony for having sold it in the first place?

Then, Eitan shares his in-depth review of Epic Universe, Universal's newest theme park. He walks through the good, the bad, and the ugly. (Spoiler: It's mostly...good?)

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4 months ago
49 minutes 29 seconds

Stuck In Development
206 - Forced Decision to Leave: Park Chan-wook's WGA Drama, The Naked Gun & UFC Rights

Carl & Eitan run through a variety of topics this week. They dive into the WGA's aggressive move to boot Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar; discuss the critical success of The Naked Gun; and look forward (...) to the new patriotic duty of subscribing to Paramount+ to watch UFC matches.

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4 months ago
28 minutes 57 seconds

Stuck In Development
205 - Follow the Yellow Streaming Road: Wizard of Oz at the Sphere, and Disney's plans for ESPN and Hulu

Turns out The Sphere in Las Vegas is not good for all types of shows. Eitan & Carl begin this week's episode mostly cringing at how bad the screening of The Wizard of Oz at the newest strip landmark went.

Then, they spend the rest of the episode in Disney Streamingland, breaking down the Mouse's announcements around their plans for ESPN's new direct-to-consumer offering, as well as their decision to phase out Hulu as a standalone app while keeping it as its own subscription offering. Confusing? You bet!

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5 months ago
29 minutes 29 seconds

Stuck In Development
204 - Fantastic Fascism? (First Steps?): Eddington, Fantastic Four, Late Show & Colbert Cancellation Gossip, and Media M&A Updates

After checking back in on Pedro Pascal's summer at the box office, the boys drill into the bizarre news of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's cancellation. They discuss the implication of this cancellation on the Skydance/Paramount merger and also rubberneck at Warner Bros. Discovery's latest naming announcement.

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5 months ago
27 minutes 33 seconds

Stuck In Development
203 - Overrated Shows and Underrated Noodles: Emmys Nomination, Superman, and F1 rights

Join us as Eitan and Carl break down the Emmys nominations (spoiler alert: they are disappointed at how many nominations 2 shows got), share their reactions to James Gunn's Superman, and discuss if Apple's decision to get the F1 rights is a good one (the actual Formula 1 rights, not the movie, which is already theirs. Anyway).

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5 months ago
33 minutes 6 seconds

Stuck In Development
202 - If You Ain't First at the Box Office, You're Last: F1, The Odyssey Teaser Talk & Apple Executive Shakeups

Carl & Eitan run through a number of topics, including F1's exciting box office performance, the (too early?) release of Nolan's The Odyssey teaser and new blood in Apple's executive layer. They also may now be a food podcast?

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5 months ago
36 minutes

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201 - Box Office Receipts: Exploring a Weird Summer Blockbuster Slate

If you had told us a year ago that this summer would include installments of Jurassic World, Mission Impossible, Fantastic Four, Superman, John Wick, Lilo & Stitch, How To Train Your Dragon, and Megan, as well as original Pixar, Celine Song, and Brad Pitt movies...we would have told you it would be a MONSTER summer.

More than halfway through it... it's anything but.

Join Carl and Eitan as they explore how things are looking and where things might have gone wrong.

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6 months ago
38 minutes 51 seconds

Stuck In Development
200 - The Media Moments That Made Us: Celebrating our 200th Episode!

Carl & Eitan reflect upon a lifetime of books, movies and moments that led to the creation of Stuck in Development.

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6 months ago
50 minutes 47 seconds

Stuck In Development
Hosts Carl and Eitan constantly find themselves stuck in the details of what’s developing in media, technology and entertainment. Every week, the two self-described media strategy nerds contextualize what you need to know as the worlds of Hollywood, Orlando and Silicon Valley collide. From your couch to the seat of a 1950s theme park dark ride, Carl and Eitan love talking about the business of anything and everything that could entertain you. Follow us on Twitter @stuckindevpod Follow Carl on Twitter @szmantics Follow Eitan on Twitter @tanchoco