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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: Fresh Off The Boat
In real life Eddie Huang is a chef, a difrector, and an attorney just to name a few things. So as you'd imagine shortly after releasing his autobiography…
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S1E1: Young Rock
At this point you'd have to be living under a rock (pun intended) to not know who Dwayne Johnson is. But in this NBC Sitcom we get a little insight as to who…
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S1E1: Roseanne
The idea behind the show "Roseanne" was to have a family sitcom that actually focused itself around a working mother. That idea took shape once show creator…
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S1E1: American Auto
American Auto is a show that was originally in the works as early as 2013 when its creator Justin Spitzer, who had spent years as a writer and producer on "The…
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S1E1: Intelligence
Intelligence is a British workplace comedy set in the UK's Government Communications Headquarters. Created by one of the show's stars Nick Mohammed…
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S1E1: Letterkenny
Letterkenny is the first sitcom we've reviewed that originally got its start on YouTube. The web series, "Letterkenny Problems" was commissioned by Canada's…
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S1E1: Unhappily Ever After
In 1994, executives at the WB network approached "Married... with Children" co-creator Ron Leavitt and asked him to create a knockoff of his prior hit. The…
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S1E1: Superstore
In 2015 former writer for "The Office" Justin Spitzer created a workplace comedy called "Superstore", featuring the employees of a fictional big-box store in…
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S1E1: Rutherford Falls
Rutherford Falls is a Peacock original show that was co created by Michael Schur (Executive Producer on "The Office" and Creator of "Parks and Recreation"…
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S1E1: Arrested Development
Arrested Development first aired on FOX in 2003. There we meet the Bluths, a family that's just as much dysfunctional as it is spoiled and eccentric. This show…
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S1E1: Norsemen
Norsemen is a show that takes a comedic approach when showing us the happenings of an 8th-century Viking village. Originally airing in Norway under the name…
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S1E1: The Tick (2001)
The Tick originally started out as a newsletter mascot for a chain of comic book stores in the Boston area named, New England Comics. The mascot then became…
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S1E1: Superior Donuts
In 2017 Superior Donuts premiered on CBS. The show was an adaptation of a play by the same name that first hit stages in Chicago (and eventually Broadway) 9…
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S1E1: The Muppets
Ever since they were first created by Jim Henson in 1955, The Muppets have been mainstays on both the large and small screens. In 2015, they returned to…
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S1E1: Mulaney
Mulaney was a sitcom where accomplished stand-up comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer, John Mulaney plays a fictionalized version of himself living…
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S1E1: The Simpsons
Ho! Ho! D'oh! For this week's Christmas episode there was only one logical show to cover, The Simpsons. In our first venture into the animated world we meet…
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S1E1: Red Dwarf
Listen up smegheads, this week the guys head deep into space on the mining ship, Red Dwarf. There we'll meet Dave Lister the lowest-ranking of the 169 person…
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S1E1: Parks and Recreation
When Greg Daniels and Michael Schur took time away from The Office to develop a new show it was originally intended to be a spin-off. Instead, Parks and…
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S1E1: The Steve Harvey Show
At one time Steve Hightower and the High Tops were a pretty successful funk group. But times change and bank accounts dry up. Now, Hightower is forced to take…
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S1E1: Thanks
In 1999, CBS decided to develop a sitcom called "Thanks" about a puritan family living in the 1620's. Six weeks after it was first released, CBS no longer…
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S1E1: Dave
Most of the world knows who Lil Dicky is at this point, but how many people know who Dave Burd is? In this scripted sitcom we get a more behind the scenes look…
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S1E1: Mad About You
Married New York couple Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt) are having friends and family over for dinner... On the one night they planned on…
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S1E1: The Crew
In the NASCAR world there's a lot that goes into running a successful professional stock car organization... Unfortunately for Kevin Gibson (Kevin James)…
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S1E1: What We Do in the Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary style show about 4 Staten Island roommates doing their best to get along. Oh, and did we mention they also happen to…
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S1E1: The Addams Family
They're creepy and they're kooky... Gomez and his family are a pretty unconventional to say the very least. Whether it's a functioning hand that isn't attached…
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S1E1: Ghosted
Bureau Underground is a secret government organization that investigates paranormal cases. In order to solve a case they enlist the help of Leroy (Craig…
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S1E1: The Munsters
Herman is just like most leads in a family sitcom. He has a wife and kids, he's lovable, he's funny, he's been alive for hundreds of years. You know, all the…
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S1E1: It‘s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
"The Gang Reviews a Pilot". Dennis, Mac, & Charlie co-own Paddy's Pub, an Irish Bar in Philly. Not a weird concept on paper until you realize how far from…
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S1E1: Yes, Dear
Kim and Greg Warner stick to the books when it comes to raising their newborn. Meanwhile, Kim's sister Christine and her husband Jimmy have a much more relaxed…
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S1E1: Scrubs
John “J.D.” Dorian is one of the residents at Sacred Heart Hospital. There, he's learning that no amount of schooling could prepare him for this. Do these…
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S1E1: The League
Fantasy Football is a big part of today's world, but to this group it's their whole world. To win this league it needs to come before everything. Their jobs, &…
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S1E1: Living Single
In a 90's kind of world can Khadijah James (Queen Latifah), & her friends get the S1E1 guys to give them 5 green-lights? Find out as we review the pilot…
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S1E1: Schitt's Creek
Video Store mogul, Johnny Rose & his family had everything they ever wanted, fame, wealth, success. Now they're living their worst nightmare... THEY'RE BROKE!…
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S1E1: Wings
Joe Hackett owns Sandpiper Air, a single-plane airline based out of Nantucket. Everything for Joe is pretty routine, until his brother Brian finds himself back…
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S1E1: Mama's Family
Thelma "Mama" Harper & Fran, her spinster sister were living with just each other until Mama's son, Vinton & his two kids are in need of a place to stay. Will…
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S1E1: Married... with Children
Al Bundy just wants to be able to have a glass of juice when he wakes up in the morning and to watch the Bulls game after a long day at work. Instead he has a…
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S1E1: The Big Show Show
WEEEEELLLLL IT'S THE BIG SHOW.... Show? The Big Show has countless accomplishments from his time wrestling in the WWE. But did this venture into acting as the…
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S1E1: 3rd Rock From The Sun
A group of aliens are sent to Earth disguised as a humans to experience and report on life here. Not every Tom, Dick, & Harry get a green light from S1E1, but…
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S1E1: My Name Is Earl
Earl was just the guy buying a tall boy at 10am until Carson Daly and being hit by a car taught him a valuable lesson. Karma. A winning scratch ticket can…
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S1E1: Everybody Loves Raymond
Ray's a New York sports writer with a loving wife and three kids. Seemingly a great life if it wasn't for his over intrusive parents and brother who live right…
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S1E1: The IT Crowd
Hello? Hello? This week we cover "Yesterday's Jam", the pilot episode from The IT Crowd. Come listen in and if you're having trouble getting it to play, try…
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S1E1: The Good Place
As it turns out every religion was only about 5% right about what happens when we die. So to find out what it's really like we join Eleanor Shellstrop in her…
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S1E1: That ’70s Show
This week we watched That '70s Show's first episode, "That '70s Pilot" and it immediately took us all back to when we were all 17 years old, driving around…
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S1E1: Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Nostalgia definitely kicked in when we watched Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and as result a couple childhood memories came up as we reviewed its debut episode…
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S1E1: Country Comfort
Well... We'll say this. This episode was BY FAR the most fun we've had recording a show thus far. This week we review the brand new Netflix sitcom Country…
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S1E1: Fawlty Towers
The oldest sitcom we've reviewed thus far! This week we travel back to 1975 to watch the first episode of Fawlty Towers, "A Touch of Class". Do we take a…
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S1E1: Community
Jeff was able to cheat his way to become a lawyer, but now that he's been caught can he find a way to cheat his way through Community College? Listen to this…
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S1E1: NewsRadio
WNYX is New York's #2 news radio station, but is 2nd place good enough to warrant a green light from the S1E1 crew? Check out this week's show as we review the…
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S1E1: Perfect Strangers
Mypos? Meatballs? Meat Post? Where was it that Larry's cousin Balki is from before moving to America? Find out as we review episode 1 of Perfect Strangers…
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S1E1: Home Improvement
Does everybody know what time it is!? This week we enter the world of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor when we review the pilot episode of Home Improvement. (I'd try…
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S1E1: Dinosaurs
The Sinclair family were a pretty standard sitcom family if you disregard the fact that they were Dinosaurs... This week we get prehistoric and dive into…
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S1E1: Friends
The first episode of a show about first episodes! Starting things off with a heavy hitter in the world of television and discussing the pilot episode of…
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S1E1: Trailer
Welcome to S1E1 a new podcast where each week we will be discussing the first televised episode of various sitcoms from over the years. For more information…