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The S1E1 Podcast
Join us every week where we’ll be picking a different sitcom and judging it solely on its very first televised episode. In doing so we’ll be challenging ourselves to erase any knowledge of future episodes so we can deliver an unbiased opinion. At the end of each show we’ll tell you if this is a show we would green light or cancel. Tune in to find out which mega shows wouldn’t make the cut, what forgettable mistakes we give a pass, and who started exactly where they should be.
Episodes
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S1E1: It's Garry Shandling's Show
"It’s Garry Shandling’s Show" was a sitcom that aired on Showtime from 1986 to 1990 where Garry Shandling plays a fictionalized version of himself living in a…
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S1E1: Corner Gas
"Corner Gas" is a sitcom that aired from 2004 to 2009 on CTV. The premise centers around Brent Leroy (played by show creator Brent Butt), who runs the town's…
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S1E1: The Building
"The Building" is a CBS sitcom that premiered in 1993. It was created, written, and executive-produced by Bonnie Hunt. The show centers on Bonnie Kennedy a…
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S1E1: 227
"227" is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1990, spanning five seasons and 116 episodes. Created by C.J. Banks and Bill Boulware, it was adapted from a…
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S1E1: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1990 to 1996. The show was produced by Quincy Jones and Warner Bros. Television and introduced…
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S1E1: Gary Unmarried
"Gary Unmarried" aired on CBS from 2008-2010. Created by Ed Yeager, the show starred Jay Mohr as Gary Brooks, a recently divorced painting contractor…
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S1E1: $#*! My Dad Says
"$#*! My Dad Says" was a sitcom that aired on CBS from 2010-2011. Inspired by the popular Twitter feed created by Justin Halpern, the series starred William…
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S1E1: Salute Your Shorts
Salute Your Shorts is a sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from 1991-1992, set at the fictional Camp Anawanna. The show follows a group of teenage campers…
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S1E1: Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is sitcom that ran from 1996-2000 on NBC. In it Brooke Shields starred as Susan Keane who begins a journey of self-discovery after leaving her…
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S1E1: Florida Girls
Florida Girls is a Pop TV original sitcom that aired in 2019. The show follows the lives of four women living in a small, working-class town in Florida…
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S1E1: Two and a Half Men
"Two and a Half Men" is a CBS sitcom that aired from 2003 to 2015. The show was created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, and became one of the most successful…
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S1E1: The George Carlin Show
"The George Carlin Show" is a sitcom that aired on Fox from 1994-1995. The show centers around George O'Grady, a curmudgeonly New York City cab driver in his…
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S1E1: Dads
"Dads" is sitcom that aired on FOX from 2013-2014. The series stars Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi who play two successful video game developers in their 30s…
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S1E1: The Grinder
The Grinder is a sitcom that aired on FOX from 2015–2016 starring Rob Lowe as Dean Sanderson, a TV actor famous for playing a lawyer who returns to his…
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S1E1: Gilligan’s Island
"Gilligan’s Island" is a sitcom that aired on CBS from 1964-1967. The show follows the comedic adventures of seven castaways who become stranded on a deserted…
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S1E1: Alice
"Alice" is a sitcom that aired on CBS from 1976-1985. The show is based on the 1974 Martin Scorsese film, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". The story follows…
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S1E1: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is a sitcom that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977. The show starred Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards, a single, independent woman…
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S1E1: Joanie Loves Chachi
"Joanie Loves Chachi" is an ABC sitcom that aired from 1982-1983. It was a "Happy Days" spin-off that followed Joanie Cunningham and Chachi Arcola to Chicago…
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S1E1: The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch is a sitcom that aired from 1969 to 1974. It begins with Mike Brady, a widowed architect with three sons marries Carol who has three daughters…
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S1E1: Charlie Hoover
"Charlie Hoover" is a short-lived 1991 Fox sitcom. The series starred Tim Matheson as Charlie Hoover and Sam Kinison as Hugh, a wild, outspoken manifestation…
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S1E1: Whitney
"Whitney" is a semi-autobiographical comedy created by and starring Whitney Cummings that aired on NBC from 2011–2013. It follows Whitney, a photographer, and…
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S1E1: The Charmings
"The Charmings" was an ABC sitcom that aired from 1987-1988. The show followed the adventures of Snow White and Prince Charming, who after a thousand year…
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S1E1: St Denis Medical
St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary-style sitcom that premiered on NBC in 2024. The show is set in an underfunded hospital in Oregon, where overworked doctors…
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S1E1: Maron
"Maron" is a semi-autobiographical sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron. It spanned four seasons on IFC airing from 2013 to 2016. The show follows a…
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S1E1: The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996. The show is about a police station in the fictional English town of Gasforth. The…
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S1E1: Laverne & Shirley
"Laverne & Shirley" is a sitcom that aired from 1976 to 1983. This "Happy Days" spin-off follows the antics of Laverne DeFazio (played by Penny Marshall) and…
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S1E1: Come to Papa
"Come to Papa" is a sitcom that aired on NBC from June 3rd to 24th, 2004. The show follows the life of Tom Papa, a New Jersey newspaper reporter who attempts…
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S1E1: My Mother The Car
"My Mother the Car" is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1965-1966. The show is about a man named Dave Crabtree (Jerry Van Dyke), who discovers that his deceased…
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S1E1: Shifting Gears
"Shifting Gears" is an ABC sitcom that premiered in 2025. The show follows the story of Matt Parker (Tim Allen), a widower who owns a restomod shop. One…
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S1E1: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
"Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" is a sitcom that aired from 2012 to 2013. The show follows the life of June (Dreama Walker), a Midwestern girl who…
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S1E1: The Office
"The Office" is a sitcom that follows the everyday lives of employees working at Dunder Mifflin, a mundane paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The show…
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S1E1: Gavin & Stacey
"Gavin and Stacey" is a British sitcom that first aired in 2007. Created by James Corden and Ruth Jones, the show revolves around the long-distance…
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S1E1: The Conners
"The Conners" is sitcom that serves as a direct continuation of the beloved series "Roseanne". It premiered in 2018, following the cancellation of "Roseanne"…
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S1E1: Rodney
"Rodney" is an ABC sitcom that aired from 2004-2006. The show stars Rodney Carrington as a fictionalized version of himself. The series is set in Tulsa…
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S1E1: Quintuplets
"Quintuplets" is a FOX sitcom that from 2004-2005. The show starred Andy Richter and Rebecca Creskoff as Bob & Carol Chase, the parents of teenage quintuplets…
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S1E1: Him & her
"Him & Her" is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Three from 2010-2013. The show stars Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani as Steve and Becky, a lazy…
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S1E1: George
"George" is an ABC sitcom that was co-produced by Tony Danza and premiered in 1993. The show starred former professional boxer George Foreman as George Foster…
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S1E1: Hot In Cleveland
"Hot in Cleveland" is a TV Land original sitcom that aired from from 2010-2015. The show follows three fabulous but down-on-their-luck women from Los Angeles…
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S1E1: Hardball
"Hardball" was a 1994 sitcom that aired on Fox. The show centered around the Pioneers, a fictional American League baseball team struggling to stay out of last…
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S1E1: The Middle
"The Middle" is an ABC sitcom that aired from 2009 to 2018. The show revolves around the Heck family, who live in the fictional town of Orson, Indiana. It…
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S1E1: The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project was a sitcom created by and starring Mindy Kaling that aired on Fox from 2012 to 2015 and later transitioned to Hulu, where it continued…
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S1E1: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is a 2015 Netflix sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. The show follows the life of Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper), a…
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S1E1: The Hotwives of Orlando
The Hotwives of Orlando is a 2014 Hulu Original comedy series. The show spoofs on reality shows like The Real Housewives, focusing on a fictional group of…
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S1E1: Splitting Up Together
"Splitting Up Together" is a comedy series that aired on ABC from 2018 to 2019. The premise revolves around a married couple, Lena (Jenna Fischer) and Martin…
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BONUS: Comparing Pilots, Ghosts (UK) vs Ghosts (US)
We have a special bonus episode this week. Due to us now covering both the original UK and US adaptation versions of "Ghosts" we thought it would be fitting to…
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S1E1: Ghosts (US)
"Ghosts" is a sitcom that premiered on CBS in 2021 that was adapted from the British series of the same name. The story centers on Sam Arondekar (Rose McIver)…
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S1E1: Death Valley
"Death Valley" is a comedy horror mockumentary series that aired on MTV in 2011. The show follows the Undead Task Force (UTF), a newly formed division of the…
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S1E1: Struck By Lightning
Struck by Lightning is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979. The plot revolves around Ted, a modern-day science teacher who inherits an inn…
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S1E1: Holliston
"Holliston" is a horror-comedy television series that aired on FEARnet from 2012-2013. The show revolves around two down and out aspiring filmmakers, Adam and…
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S1E1: Stark Raving Mad
“Stark Raving Mad” is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1999-2001. The show stars Tony Shalhoub as Ian Stark, an eccentric horror novelist known for his…
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S1E1: English Teacher
English Teacher is an American comedy drama television series created by Brian Jordan Alvarez for FX. Alvarez stars as Evan Marquez, a high school teacher in…
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S1E1: Head of the Class
“Head of the Class” is a sitcom that aired from 1986 to 1991 on ABC. The show centers around a group of academically gifted students, and their laid-back…
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S1E1: Mr. Robinson
“Mr. Robinson” is an NBC sitcom that had a very brief run in August 2015. The show stars Craig Robinson as Craig, a musician who picks up a job as a high…
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S1E1: The Inbetweeners
“The Inbetweeners” is a British sitcom that aired from 2008 to 2010 on E4. The show follows the misadventures of four suburban teenagers at the fictional Rudge…
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S1E1: Mrs. Brown's Boys
“Mrs. Brown’s Boys” is a sitcom created by and starring Brendan O’Carroll who plays Agnes Brown, a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch who loves meddling in the lives…
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S1E1: Melissa & Joey
“Melissa & Joey” is a sitcom that aired on ABC Family from 2010 to 2015. The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Melanie “Mel” Burke, a local politician and former…
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S1E1: Amen
“Amen” is a sitcom that aired from 1986 to 1991 on NBC. The show stars Sherman Hemsley as Ernest Frye, the Deacon at the First Community Church, who also works…
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S1E1: 30 Rock
30 Rock is a sitcom created by Tina Fey that aired on NBC from 2006-2013. Set behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show. The series follows Liz…
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S1E1: Selfie
“Selfie” is a sitcom that aired in 2014. The show stars Karen Gillan as Eliza Dooley, a sales representative obsessed with achieving fame through social media…
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S1E1: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
“The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” is a 2010 black comedy television series created by and starring David Cross that aired on IFC (US), & More4…