Cordkillers 607: Iger Management
Disney’s Bob Iger reflects on the empire-building acquisitions that reshaped the company, the deals that got away, and the principles that guided his run. Plus, Netflix heats up Hot Ones, King of the Hill returns, Comcast splits itself again, and California turns down the volume on streaming ads.
This week on The FULL Experience: V: The Original Miniseries
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Supply Run
Bob Iger reflected on his Disney tenure, including the acquisitions of Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Fox, while noting that James Bond was one of the major targets that got away. He also said Disney once came close to acquiring Twitter and internally discussed a possible Apple merger, but neither deal came together.
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Search Party
Netflix ordered Hot Ones: Extra Heat, a location-based spinoff of Sean Evans’ spicy interview show, launching after Netflix’s live Home Run Derby stream on July 13.
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King of the Hill returns for Season 15, with all 10 new episodes debuting July 20 on Hulu.
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Prime Video renewed Invincible for a sixth season, continuing the animated superhero story of Mark Grayson and his complicated family legacy.
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The trailer is out for Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun, based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel, ahead of its October 23, 2026 theatrical release.
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Netflix released the trailer for Alley Cats, starring Ricky Gervais as a very grumpy cat, arriving August 7.
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Dutton Ranch has already been renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+.
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 will arrive on Disney+ and Hulu on July 29.
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A24 is bringing Backrooms back to theaters starting July 3 with 15 minutes of bonus footage in Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition.
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Buried Treasure
Brian: Toy Story 5
Tom: The Bear
Scanning the Horizon
Comcast announced plans to split over the next year into two companies: one for broadband and wireless, and another for media assets including NBCUniversal and Sky, following its earlier Versant cable-network spinoff.
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Peacock Premium Plus is now available as an add-on through YouTube Primetime Channels.
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Netflix now requires each non-child profile to have its own associated email address, with the permanent sign-in change rolling out beginning June 15, 2026.
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Toy Story 5 posted the best Tuesday box office of 2026 with $23.7 million, pushing the Disney/Pixar sequel past $200 million domestic in five days.
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The US Justice Department and the International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Network seized nearly 400 domains used to distribute unauthorized World Cup streams across multiple countries.
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A California law banning streaming ads from being louder than the video content they accompany takes effect July 1.
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Chatter
Steve Fodor wrote in with a story about seeing Mel Brooks live in Los Angeles, later hearing his own laugh in Judd Apatow’s documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!, and choosing to believe Brooks’ praise for “the greatest, biggest laugh” was meant for him.
A listener shared a data visualization comparing IMDb rating distributions by movie genre.
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Ryan in Minneapolis sent in a giant pile of future Do Your Weird Thing ideas, including The West Wing, the Adam West Batman series, Detective Munch’s many cross-show appearances, Jeremiah, Jericho, Major Dad, Sports Night, and various spinoff-of-spinoff rabbit holes.
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