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TV Pilot’s License
Unlock TV's secrets with the TV Pilot's License Podcast! Geoff, Max, and Rich dissect pilots from classics to cult favorites. Expect deep TV reviews, first episode breakdowns, and pilot analysis. We cover must-watch TV, one-season wonders, and cancelled series. Get honest show reviews, funny recaps, and sharp commentary. Need show recommendations? We've got you! Dive into TV history and decide which pilots earn their "license." Comedy, analysis, and passion await. Subscribe for your weekly TV…
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TV Pilot’s LicenseCougar Town: Courtney Cox, Bill Lawrence, Florida Real Estate, and Cocktail Bars
Cougar Town looks so beautiful, if only it were real… Get in, loser! We’re catching the next golf cart to a mythical town full of single older women! From the…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMom: Allison Janey, Anna Faris, Chuck Lorre, And Dark Sitcoms
It’s August 7th so you know what that means! It’s Mother’s Day on TVPL! We bring you the Chuck Lorre Big Bang follow up Moms! Starring Anna Farris, French…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Royals: The Royal Family, E! TV, Filming In Hollywood, and Elizabeth Hurley
Pod save the Queen! Has that been done that one before? Join us as we dust off an E! Original Drama. Did you know those existed? Rich certainly didn’t. This…
TV Pilot’s LicenseBob’s Burgers (FT. Waleed Mansour): Animation Domination, Burger of The Day, And H. Jon Benjamin
Today’s burger of the day: The Waleed Mammoth? It’s Bob’s Burgers week here at TV Pilots License, and we’ve got another friend manning the grill! Welcome to…
TV Pilot’s LicenseNever Have I Ever: Mindy Kaling, Teen Dramedy, John McEnroe, and Celebrity Narrators
What do a first generation American kid, starting high school, developing your first crush, losing a parent, and an 80s tennis legend all have in common? Well…
TV Pilot’s LicenseTV Pilot’s License Trailer
Unlock TV's secrets with the TV Pilot's License Podcast! Geoff, Max, and Rich dissect pilots from classics to cult favorites. Expect deep TV reviews, first…
TV Pilot’s LicenseSmallville: Superman, Super Hero Fatigue, Our Personal Kryptonie, and Tom Welling is the largest High Schooler
What’s that up in your ears? It’s a song! It’s video! No! It’s kinda somewhere in between but also neither! Welcome to Smallville! (Go crows) home of the great…
TV Pilot’s LicenseIndependence Day Special: Revisiting Hulu’s Paradise Starring James Marsden and Sterling K. Brown
The TV Pilot's are taking a holiday! But not without reviewing the new Dan Fogelman (This is Us, Crazy Stupid Love) non-linear drama on Hulu that everyone’s…
TV Pilot’s LicenseDevious Maids: Lifetime TV Shows, Eva Longoria, Susan Lucci, and Soap Operas on TV
There’s dirty, and then there’s dirt, and these maids know the dirt. Welcome to Beverly Hills where the scandals are hot and the maids know it all. In his…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Drew Carey Show: Cleveland, Ryan Stiles, And Game Show Celebrities
This week will answer the age old question Does Cleveland Rock? The answers will SHOCK you. Welcome to a wet and wild trip down the mighty Cuyahoga folks! It’s…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLooking: Jonathan Groff, Murray Bartlett, HBO, and Pride
Let’s take a trip to San Francisco circa 2014 and the pilot episode of HBO’s “Looking!” We look back on the history of this acclaimed series, from its roots as…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThat ’70s Show: Mila Kunis, Rock and Roll, Topher Grace, and Ashton Kutcher
Guys, my dad just gave me the Vista Cruiser and some podcast mics. You know what that means…. A NEW TVPL! Put down your cheese curds and put on your…
TV Pilot’s LicenseDetroiters: Sam Richardson, Tim Robinson, Absurdist Comedy, and Detroit
It’s Going To Be June! So you know what that means, ITS APRIL IN THE D! Turn on your Kid Rock CD and park your garbage truck over at Cramblin-Duvet advertising…
TV Pilot’s LicenseBig Mouth: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Puberty, And Childhood
Welcome to our NBA finals episode! Why you ask? Because it’s PENISES PLAYING BASKETBALL, big dicks shootin’ hoops! If you made this far in the description…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Shield: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, LAPD, Dirty Cops, FX, and TV Dramas
If you’ll be our Michael Chiklis, we’ll be your Tennessee lambs or something like that. It’s the Shield! Who would have thought the LAPD had so much…
TV Pilot’s LicenseGossip Girl: Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, CW, and Underage Drinking
New York City! Home of industry, finance, and inexplicably famous and drunk teenagers? If you can make it at St Jude’s, you can make it anywhere. If you…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Nanny: Fran Drescher, Queens, 90’s Fashion, and Theme Songs
Iconic laughter, Queens, Fashion, and Fran Drescher?!?! What More could you ask for. Buckle up TV Pilot’s License fans because this week the Pilots next stop…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMid-Century Modern: Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane, Will and Grace, and LGBTQ+ Story telling
It’s time for a show that begs the question are we not ALL simply women of a certain age? We’re flying into Palm Springs airport today to visit our Gay Golden…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLethal Weapon: Damon Wayans, Movies Rebooted to TV, and So Many Explosions
What else can we say about the Daymon Wayans, Clayne Crawford Lethal Weapon TV show but *PASHHEEWWWWWWWWWWWW* *BANGBANGBANGBANG* *BWOOOOWWWWMMMMMM*…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Pitt: Hot Doctors, Pittsburgh, ER Lawsuit, and We Interviewed a Doctor!!!
I need 20 pierogis and 50 ccs of Iron City beer to the ER STAT! Welcome to the Pitt! A phrase probably no one wants to hear outside of this context. Join us as…
TV Pilot’s LicenseFirefly: Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon, Space Horses, and Space Westerns?
Hang on to your harness, nerds! We’re hitting the outer rings of the galaxy with Firefly! The number one answer for sci fi fans “which show should have never…
TV Pilot’s LicenseRunning Point: Kate Hudson, Chet Hanks, Justin Theroux, and Sports Comedies
March Madness got you hyped? Us too! But instead of brackets, we're breaking down Netflix's 'Running Point' with Kate Hudson. Think 'basketball drama' meets…
TV Pilot’s LicenseParadise: Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Dan Fogelman, and CHAOS
It’s your one shining moment, listeners! What does that mean? It’s somehow our March Madness Spectacular with PARADISE! The new Dan Fogelman (This is Us, Crazy…
TV Pilot’s LicenseDrive To Survive with James Coker: F1 2025 Season, Ferrari, Guenther Steiner, and Indy Car Racing
The pulse of the mic, the roar of the laptop, the ever present sense of danger from tripping on headphone cords, your mind clears, all that’s left is the light…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLetterkenny: Canadian Hockey, Jared Keeso, Shoresy, and James Bond Thoughts
There is a small town of 5000 people in midwestern Ontario called Letterkenny. These are their problems. Welcome to Letterkenny, a town that welcomes anyone as…
TV Pilot’s LicenseYellowjackets: Ella Purnell, Christina Ricci, and Plane Crash Survival Tactics
Look, it’s hard to be a teenager in any time of year. You have to worry about classes, dating, friendships, parents, parties, college applications, sports…
TV Pilot’s LicenseAlias: Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, Who Had The Best 2001?
Oh my god it’s grad school spies! Welcome to Alias week! We’re sneaking behind enemy lines to watch the Jennifer Garner, Victor Garber and Bradley Cooper…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMan On The Inside: Perfect Pilots, Ted Danson, Michael Schur with Guest Pilot Andrew Kimler
Callin’ out, around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right, for Danson in the street! It’s A Man on the Inside!…
TV Pilot’s LicenseAlly McBeal: Calista Flockhart, Boston, The Oscar Nominations, and David E. Kelley
I’m gonna be Ally McReal with you guys right now, and Ally Appeal to your kinder sensibilities, but I didn’t Ally McFeel like writing an episode description…
TV Pilot’s License3rd Rock From The Sun: Joseph Gordon Levitt, John Lithgow, and Horny Aliens
You know what you could use today? Some Joseph Gordon Levitt-y! Let’s go back to a long, long time ago (1996) in a galaxy far away (Cleveland) to visit our old…
TV Pilot’s LicenseOnly Murders In The Building: Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Companion Podcasting
A podcast about a tv show about a podcast? Marc Maron is salivating. It’s Only Murders in the Building! We’re back in a big way friends, AND we finally…
TV Pilot’s License2024 TV In Review: Jeff Goldblum, American Born Chinese, and Wishes for 2025
It’s that time of year! The end of it! The guys continue the tradition of individually reviewing the pilots of shows that got the old heave ho this year. Geoff…
TV Pilot’s LicenseDance Academy: Australian Accents, Ballet, Teen Dramas, and Korama Danquah
G’Day Mates! Welcome to Dance Academy, the teen drama set in Straya! We have returning champion, first member of the Five-Timers Club Korama Danquah on this…
TV Pilot’s LicenseArcher (Ft. John Machesky): Assassins, Spy names, Malort, and Office Comedies
This week we dive into the best spy agency with the worst possible name, it’s ARCHER! The guys welcome long time friend and co-pilot, actor/Model/Malort…
TV Pilot’s LicenseDrop Dead Diva (ft. JW Crump of Pod Ledom): Lawyers, Body Positivity, Body Horror, and Body Swapping
Ironic this is on Lifetime because this week’s protagonist is big time DEAD! It’s Drop Dead Diva! This week we welcome back returning champion J. W. Crump…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThanksgiving Special: WKRP In Cincinnati, Side Dishes, and Thanksgiving Traditions
Gobble Gobble Podcast freaks! It’s time for a tradition that goes back to our forefathers in 1978, the Turkeys Away Episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. Instead of a…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMoonlighting: Bruce Willis, Detective Agencies, Bankruptcy, and Mike Tyson
If you’re a fan of abstract, format breaking TV welcome to your new favorite episode! It’s Moonlighting, the comedy-drama-action series starring Cybill…
TV Pilot’s LicenseNobody Wants This: Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, and Dating Thoughts
A romantic… comedy…? Well alright if you say so! Your funeral. It’s the new Netflix series Nobody Wants This! A romantic comedy formatted for a full season of…
TV Pilot’s LicenseVeep: Julia Louis Dreyfus, Vice Presidents, Elections, and John Wick
You’ve gotta be veepin’ kidding me! It’s the fast talking, hammer swinging, uninhibited, unscripted, awards darling VEEP! Armando Iannucci, Scottish satirist…
TV Pilot’s LicenseWhat We Do In The Shadows: Taika Waititi, Shalooby’s, and Matt Berry
They walk amongst us, ready to attack at any moment and turn us into lifeless husks, podcast hosts, podcast hosts everywhere. Welcome to beautiful, mythical…
TV Pilot’s LicenseBuffy The Vampire Slayer: Sarah Michelle Gellar, High school drama, and slaying
It’s high time we send you back to the pit of the damned where all vampires spawn from, the San Fernando Valley oooOOOoooOO! That’s right it’s BUFFY THE…
TV Pilot’s LicenseHouse, M.D.: Hugh Laurie, Medical Dramas, Dark Comedy, and Crazy Diagnosis
Doctor doctor, gimme the news, I got a bad case of loving Hugh! It’s HOUSE MD BABY! The pill poppin’, heart stoppin’, chart toppin’ medical procedural. We’ve…
TV Pilot’s LicenseAmerican Horror Story: Ryan Murphy, Connie Britton, and Jessica Lange
G-g-g-ghosts??? D-d-d-d-d-Dylan McDermott??? Grab your popcorn and leave your kids with the neighbors it’s fright night with American Horror Story. The show…
TV Pilot’s LicenseWe Watched SMASH with Drama Pod: Baseball and Theater Kid Energy
5,6,7,8! TVPL heads to The Great White Way with a look back on NBC’s musical theatre drama, “Smash.” To quote Velma Kelly, I can’t do it alone, so we recruited…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLetterboxd Top 4, Sandworms Fight Dune Vs. BeetleJuice, And In-Flight Questions!!!!!
You pressed your call buttons and we answered! Presenting the first ever TVPL all in-flight questions episode! Join us as we dive into the topics that you, our…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMr. Feeny, Favorite Teachers, TGIF, Back to School, and Boy Meets World
Phillies Nation, stand up! First Always Sunny and now THIS?? Phanatic, come on the pod! That’s right folks, we’re popping into Mr. Feeny’s class for the first…
TV Pilot’s LicenseNFL Kickoff, Fantasy Football, and The League
Fall is here! And you know what that means, time to slightly hate all the friends you hold dear in the pursuit of $400! That’s right y’all it’s The League! The…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Carol King, OUR 100th Episode, We Watched Gilmore Girls With Rosey Blair
Wow Connecticut is so beautiful, I wish it were real. Welcome to beautiful Stars Hollow, where we have another cardigan-clad, cappuccino slugging, friend of…
TV Pilot’s LicenseRob McElhenney, Racism, The Best Gay Bar, and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
The gang makes a podcast! Come take a lovely journey to our friends at Paddy’s Pub, you know, the hottest gay bar in town! We take you back to the long…
TV Pilot’s LicenseLeighton Meester, Jason Momoa, Luxury Resorts, and North Shore
We have a saying here on the island: “leave us a 5-star review!” Aloha friends! This week we’re taking you to the island of O’ahu for some prime-time soap TV…
TV Pilot’s LicenseMy Chemical Romance, Super Heroes, and The Umbrella Academy
Okay… did we know this show had a great reputation? Sure. Did we know that this show was originally created by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance? Definitely…
TV Pilot’s LicenseThe Olympics, Gymnastics, Sports Sabotage, We Watched Make It Or Break It
IT’S OLYMPIC (errr) BIG GAME FEVER Y’ALL! While you watch our ladies and gents pommel some horses and uneven some bars, let’s half tuck in to the ABC family…
TV Pilot’s LicenseShaq, Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys, Olympic Scandals, and HBO’s Arliss
Where on earth can you get Shaquille O’Neal, Jim Palmer, Danny Tartabull, Bob Costas, Deion Sanders, Gary Payton, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Tommy Lasorda, Don…
TV Pilot’s LicenseGay Rights, James Burrows, and Will and Grace
Ring the Jimmy Burrows Alarm™️! We’re back with the smash hit Will & Grace! The show that brought gay comedy to the mainstream after the despicable shunning of…
TV Pilot’s LicenseGlenn Powell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, and Scream Queens
Do you have what it takes to be a sister at Kappa Kappa Tau? Tasteful fashion, a legacy mom, an unquenchable thirst for blood? Welcome to our own syllabus week…
TV Pilot’s LicenseNew York City and Mad Men with Greg Young of The Bowery Boys Podcast
Hey! It’s the Bowery Boys! Today we welcome a podcasting Hall of Famer, 2024 Webby Award Honoree, a history buff to challenge all history buffs, our esteemed…
TV Pilot’s LicenseBusiness Ideas, Nathan Fielder, and Nathan For You
Nathan For Me? Why you shouldn’t have. That’s right, this week we are taking you to the beautiful fictional town of “Los Angeles” where our hero Nathan Fielder…
TV Pilot’s LicenseChad Michael Murray, Basketball, Family Therapy, and One Tree Hill
I don’t wanna try any pod Other than TV Pilots License All I have to do is give reviews like and subscribe It’s One Tree Hill! With such themes as basketball…
TV Pilot’s LicenseCelebrities Starring in Sitcoms, and Reba
We’re 3 nerdy dudes who got one pod, we love TV and don’t shut up with a Yeti mic and a Riverside Subscription It’s REBA! Starring SNL vet Kenan Thompson (aka…
TV Pilot’s LicenseABC Family, Sexy Teens, and Kyle XY
Hold on to your bellybuttons, it’s KYLE XY! Fresh from the gooey forest floor to your living rooms, he’s a deeply confusing teen heartthrob savant! From show…