Carlson’s Wishlist, Netflix’s Cowboys Fever, Biden’s Burden

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon roundup of Puck’s latest reporting.

Today, we lead with Matt Belloni’s inside look at the dealmaking behind a new $50M Jerry Jones Netflix docuseries—another sign of the booming market for premium sports docs.

Plus, below the fold: Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby helm a special holiday episode of The Powers That Be, dissecting the stakes behind Tucker Carlson’s new media fundraise and weighing in on the burden Hunter Biden is placing on his dad. Jonathan Handel details SAG-AFTRA’s last-minute decision to delay their strike deadline. And on The Town, Matt chats with Matthew Liebmann about how to capitalize on Gen Z’s particular relationship to movie theaters.

MATTHEW BELLONI

The Jones project, which focuses on the Cowboys’ rise as “America’s Team” in the ’90s, is another sign of the booming market for premium sports docs.

PETER HAMBY & JON KELLY

On a special holiday edition of America’s favorite media readout, Jon Kelly and Peter explain the stakes behind Tucker Carlson’s fundraise and then weigh in on the burden Hunter Biden is placing on his dad. The duo also engages in some rogue casting assignments…

JONATHAN HANDEL

Dissecting the latest SAG-AFTRA moves amid a last-minute deadline extension and Hollywood’s “hot labor summer.”

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Matthew Liebmann, the Chief Innovation and Data Officer at Vista Group, to discuss Gen Z’s relationship with going to the movies. Matthew talks about how much Gen Z is going to movie theaters these days, their favorite franchises and genres, and more.