Cordkillers 624: Podcasters Get the Remote
Instagram is testing horizontal videos up to 90 minutes long, while Netflix has hired former Apple Podcasts executive Steve Wilson to guide podcast acquisitions. Tom and Brian ask whether podcasters can inherit television, then cover franchise updates, Peacock’s profits, and new routes from creator videos to the living room.
This week on The FULL Experience: Logan’s Run (101 — “Logan’s Run”)
Next week: Logan’s Run (105 — “Man Out of Time”)
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SUPPLY RUN
Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos and expands its TV ambitions, while Netflix hires Steve Wilson for podcast acquisitions. Can either change viewers’ YouTube habits?
https://deadline.com/2026/10/netflix-apple-exec-steve-wilson-podcast-acquisitions-1237205867/
SEARCH PARTY
James Gunn says connected DCU stories need not all build toward the next event.
https://deadline.com/2026/10/james-gunn-critics-continuity-in-dcu-1237172836/
Dune: Part Three gets its final trailer ahead of its December 18 release.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/10/warner-bros-drops-final-trailer-for-dune-part-three/
James Bond casting approaches final screen tests, with Callum Turner and Jack Lowden among the names discussed.
The Rings of Power season-three trailer sets up the One Ring; the season arrives November 11.
Fallout Shelter: The Experiment turns vault life into a competition series, beginning January 13.
https://deadline.com/2026/10/fallout-shelter-release-date-video-game-prime-video-1237171923/
Fox’s Baywatch reboot premieres January 6.
https://deadline.com/2026/10/baywatch-reboot-release-date-fox-1237182588/
The Batman Part II resumes filming, with Steven Soderbergh helping Matt Reeves; its February 2028 date holds.
https://deadline.com/2026/10/robert-pattinson-says-the-batman-part-ii-is-filming-again-1237173078/
Carrie gets a second season that will move beyond the novel.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/carrie-renewed-season-2-amazon-1236920319/
BURIED TREASURE
Brian watches Norm and discusses its use of Norm Macdonald’s audiobook. Tom recommends Netflix’s Korean medical drama Doctor X and its rule-breaking surgeon.
SCANNING THE HORIZON
The Odyssey lifts Comcast’s theatrical revenue, Peacock posts another profitable quarter, and broadband and cable TV lose subscribers.
https://deadline.com/2026/10/comcast-earnings-the-odyssey-peacock-profit-nbcuniversal-1237170487/
DirecTV adds four NHL team channels for viewers in their home territories.
Tubi and TikTok’s Creatorverse Incubator backs 12 creators developing 10 series.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tubi-tiktok-series-1236931373/
CHATTER
A listener remembers Tom Skerritt, whose voice had become their mental picture of Tom.
Belfry adds Viki and explains how viewing progress, subscription prices, and household lists can help plan which services to keep.
https://belfry.tv/bundles/viki
A listener gets whiplash from the Logan’s Run pilot’s rapid escape and upgraded weapon; the FULL Experience takes up the discussion.