TV Pilot's License

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 is New York City and The Nanny! This week the boys discuss: Their Favorite Theme Songs, Fran as The Nanny, Niles the butler, Charles Shaughnessy, and who would star in a Nanny Reboot.  So make sure your seatbacks are up, your podcasting devi...

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 Girls, and triumphant return of the multicam with Mid Century Modern! It’s got all the staples of a true classic Multicam sitcom: A theme song, firm scene breaks, a big dumb dumb and EXPOSITION BABYYYY! Not to mention an absolute rockstar pr...

What else can we say about the Daymon Wayans, Clayne Crawford Lethal Weapon TV show but *PASHHEEWWWWWWWWWWWW* *BANGBANGBANGBANG* *BWOOOOWWWWMMMMMM* *VRRRRRROOOOOM* *GIGGGAGIGGAGIGGA* *SKEEEERRRRRRRRRTTTTTT* *BLAPBLAPBLAPBLAP* Guess you gotta listen to find out! Hosts Geoff Kerbis Max Singer Rich Inman

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 we strap to the gurney and wheel into arguably one of the most chaotic shows of all time. From the mind of ER and JAG alum R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt takes us to a mid city hospital run by ER star Noah Wale, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Ka...

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 been cancelled?” Well here’s something you might not have known, our nerdlings, the pilot we watched was unaired and for good reason! So enjoy us breaking down a painful 90 minute pilot with the kinks not even remotely worked out! We discuss...

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 'did Chet Hanks just...act?' Yep, we went there. Join Max and Geoff as they slam dunk into the latest Netflix hit, exploring all the crucial questions: Could we run a professional sports team? (Spoiler: Probably...

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 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...

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 at the top of your computer, letting you know your webcam is on. It’s time to give the people what they’ve come to see, It’s podcast time! Welcome to Formula 1: Drive to Survive Week here at TVPL and boy do we have a fun one for you. This w...

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 long as they like chorin’ or scoring’, druggin’ or sluggin’, and tweakin’ for the weekend. Come see the cult TV hit that began from a small YouTube video series in 2013. A show that encapsulates a language somehow foreign and familiar...

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, getting to those sports, building fires, filtering ground water, hunting, group dynamics, maybe even cannibalism, surviving the canadian wilderness, coming back and keeping dark secrets from your friends, family, journalists and after all that,...

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 thriller! Stick around for goofs, high kicks, some trivia, and all around fun. Hosts Geoff Kerbis Max Singer Rich Inman

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! We’re going to take you back to the distant past of December 2024, I can almost see it now. Let’s take it over to Netflix for the latest Mike Schur sitcom!  Let’s see here Ted Danson as a spy, nice… Mary Elizabeth Ellis as his daughter, al...

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 this week. It’s been an Ally Ordeal, but it’s my job on the podcast and we made an Ally McDeal. This pilot was pretty Ally Surreal, excellent Ally Reveals, a few characters really Ally McSteal the show. Enjoy the rest of your day and remember...

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 extraterrestrial pals from 3rd Rock from the Sun. We’ve got the TV lead debut of John Lithgow, and the explosion of Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt into network TV stardom. Also incredible performances from the ic...

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 remembered to pick Max up from soccer practice (sorry buddy). Join us as we deep dive on the original cast of Wizards of Waverly Place Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez reunited for a murder mystery now greenlit for its fifth seaso...

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 gives us the Greek God Gab of Netflix’s KAOS, Max takes us to the dark world of Parish from AMC, and Rich rounds us out with the woulda coulda shoulda of the year with American Born Chinese from Disney+ It’s a cancellation spectacular!

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 week who loves this show heaps. Airing on the Australian Broadcasting Company, this show starred Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Tim Pocock, Thom Green, Dena Kaplan and more. Join us as we dive into the mediocre pilot that set off a show that act...

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 spokesman John Machesky! You can catch him in the new series Cowboy Dreams dropping 12/19 on the Vigloo app! Archer is the FX animated hit from Adam Reed which started as a character that embodies the sauve lifestyle he wanted. A little bit James...

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 (past episodes Nick Arcade and JEM!) to your ears. He brought us this lovely show with a terrific cast including Brooke Elliott Jackson Hurst, Brooke D’Orsay, Margaret Cho and Ben Feldman. We talk fat politics in TV, legal procedurals, act...

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 pilot, we went with the the episode that cemented WKRP’s place in sitcom lore. We cover how the show was made, the importance of this episode in the overall success fo the show, and of course, the insane Les Nessman report on the scene. Enj...

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 Shepherd as Maddie Hayes, professional supermodel who is fleeced by her investment advisor leaving her with the controlling share of a shady detective agency. This is an historical TV moment because we get introduced to future movie superstar Bruce...

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 and a rare new show pilot for the podcast. An ambitious project for sure, but where does it fall in the great pantheon of Rom Coms? Starring the incredible Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, right off the bat you have an entire pilot dedicated...

You’ve gotta be veepin’ kidding me! It’s the fast talking, hammer swinging, uninhibited, unscripted, awards darling VEEP! Armando Iannucci, Scottish satirist, created this originally about the English government and let it explode in the world of the vice presidency in the US. Headed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as the fictional VEEP Selina Meyer, and backed up by improv and acting powerhouses Tony Hal...

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 Staten Island where we get to meet our way cool creatures of the night, its What We Do In the Shadows! The FX comedy powerhouse from the minds of New Zealand’s goofiest brains. This dream team of Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement and Paul Simms,...

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 VAMPIRE SLAYER, the high school Van Nuys Van Helsing with a name fit for a paper towel mascot. We’re tackling the beloved franchise adopted by Joss Whedon. Break out star Sarah Michelle Gellar brings Buffy to life with a core cast of Alyson Hannig...