TV Pilot's License

It’s your first day at a new school AND your 16th birthday AND YOU’RE A WITCH?! Oh brother. Don’t worry, TVPL is here to help you overcome these challenges on this week’s episode covering the pilot of the TGIF classic, Sabrina the Teenage Witch! We’ve got talking cats, celebrity cameos galore and an unexpected connection to the greatest comic book movie ever made (Madame Web, duh.) So grab your spell books and listen now! Be sure t...

Grab your AirPods pledge! You’re going to recite word for word this entire TVPL about GREEK.

Prepare your secret handshake folks, it’s GREEK WEEK. This ABC sitcom about a brother and sister in different stages of college life. Casey, the older sister is on track to be president of her sorority if there’s no speed bumps. Rusty an engineering major is trying to add a little bit of spice to his seemingly nerdy college track by ...

What do you do with a sexy doctor

What do you do with a sexy doctor

What do you do with a sexy doctor

Put him on a cruise ship

Welcome to DOCTOR ODYSSEY week! From the world of 911 and Ryan Murphy we took the plunge on this Greys Anatomy meets The Love Boat crossover we didnt know we needed. This show has everything, big shiny boats, unrequited crushes, a water slide, shrimp overdoses, broken dicks, a beach party dance off, a Gram...

Get in that transfer portal recruits because you’re the new red shirt at blue Mountain State. That’s right this week. We are covering Animal house set at a division one football powerhouse school, from the creative team of Eric falconer and Chris Romano.

Blue Mountain State is a spike TV original and even more unique. it is a narrative scripted show. The guys talk college football traditions, fraternity life, the NCAA athle...

It’s our 150th episode spectacular!

We locked Rich in a closet for 3 days until he counted all 150 episodes and we’re so glad we did! It’s a special moment here at TVPL and that requires a special pilot. Some call it the perfect pilot. It’s Cheers! The Boston based barroom sitcom that is one of the most successful and lauded shows in history.

We get the lowdown on the Charles Brothers and our old pal Jimmy “I’m Himmy” Burrow...

Everywhere you look

Everywhere you look

There’s a pod

There’s a pod

a pilot to break down

It’s Full House week y’all! Let’s head over to San Francisco to meet 1987's goofy new family. We talk parenthood, The Beach Boys, physical comedy, kids on curtains, hosing down babies, bribing children and more!

Join us and Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron, and of course, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.

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You’ve seen Hospital… You’ve seen BIG Hospital, but have you seen… lil itty bitty Hospital??

Here’s a medical procedural for the little guys. It’s Private Practice! The spin off of Grey’s Anatomy starring the departure of surgeon Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) joining a small prac...

Happy Labor Day!

Sorry for this bleak reminder but, we’re going back to The Office. Turn in your WFH laptops and get a new ID card. This week we’re clocking in at Dunder Mifflin for our shift on the sales desk.

From the mind of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant comes an American re-imagining by now comedy power writer Greg Daniels. Admire the documentary film style that has its claws so deep in Hollywood studios you can har...

That’s CHARLES to you buddy. And this Charles? Well… let’s just say he’s in charge!

It’s Chuck week babyyy everyone’s favorite cut of meat and probably some people’s favorite tv show. Chuck is the brainchild of Josh Schwartz (the OC, Gossip Girl) and stars Zachary Levi as a computer repair man who is brainwashed with government secrets. His world is flipped upside down when his ex roommate Matt Bomer is revealed to be a recently...

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 Stewart, Allison Janney, Sadie Calvino, Matt Jones and more. Chucks next CBS multicam venture kept its network comedy dominance going for 10 years. We show you how it came to be, how many people watched, and how the script did at setting the scene, and establishing that all im...

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 week it’s The Royals, imagine Riverdale but with the British Royal Family and get this! They’re HOT and DO DRUGS?? From the mind of Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill), it’s a political drama framed around Hamlet.

So put down your Big Ben and pick up your Big Bong to watch Eliz...

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 your ears Waleed Mansour, you know him from Dropout, you know him from Awesomely Awful, you’re about to know him from the We’re Dead podcast from him and Rekha Shankar (first episode available now!)

Bob’s Burgers of course is the FOX hit animated series now on its 15th se...

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, nothing unless you’re Mindy Kaling!

Welcome to beautiful Sherman Oaks California! Go Fighting Gallerias! It’s Never Have I Ever. The coming of age Netflix teen comedy.

Enjoy this Mindy’s Project with us as we talk high school awkwardness, comedy writing forms, the ...

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." Com...

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 meteor shower that brought us such infamous anomalies as Lex Luthor, Clark Kent, and Lana Langs absolutely obliterated parents. We touch down at the turning point in the ages old Superman story that brings him to Earth but through the lens of a teen drama. One might say ...

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 talking about.

Sterling K Brown is the Secret Service head to James Marsden’s outgoing president. After Marsden is discovered dead, Brown has to find out who did it… with a massive twist. Grab your snacks and call in sick to work, you’re going to want to solve this mystery....

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 follow up to the smash hit Desperate Housewives, Marc Cherry and now exec producer Eva Longoria are bringing you along for a SOAPY ride.

Starring Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Roselyn Sanches, Dania Ramirez, Edy Ganem, Rebecca Wisocky, Susan Lucci, Grant Show, and my god so many more...