Bad Pilots

After Darren Star wrapped up Sex and the City, but before he made Emily in Paris, there was Cashmere Mafia. Special guests Jorge Vasconez (videographer, editor, burgeoning TikTok star) and Krista Hessy (video producer,  Aidan's girlfriend) join the fellas for an analysis of ABC's failed drama that quickly devolves into a conversation about SATC—and how it screwed up our expectations of dating.

It's called Mulaney. Like Seinfeld. They're both comedians. And they both have shows. Get it??  Special guest Ben Kaplan joins Dan and Aidan to figure out why a comedian they love so dearly couldn't crack the sitcom formula.

It’s Lord of the Flies meets Survivor with a western twist. What could go wrong?? Well, a kid could drink bleach, that’s what. Tamara Khandaker, host of the Global podcast "Wait There’s More", helps Dan and Aidan unpack a series widely considered to be one of the most traumatizing and controversial reality shows ever created.

For a show as enduring, hilarious, and universally beloved as The Simpsons, it has a pretty weak pilot. Make no mistake, it’s not bad—it’s just not great, especially compared to the show’s following eight seasons or so (season six being the pinnacle of television). Writer and Comedian Steve Cooke joins Dan and Aidan for a stroll down memory lane as they attempt to distill what made America’ favourite cartoon family so appealing in the first place.

Your classic hospital drama with a hefty side of gabagool. Becca LaFortune joins the boys to discuss Italian stereotypes, Tik Tok trends, sexy mods for The Sims, and one of the most boring network medical procedurals of all time, The Mob Doctor.

If you have fond memories of cocaine fuelled benders set to Zeppelin while partying so hard that literal buildings collapse on you, then boy are you in for one heavy dose of nostalgia. Artists/producers Michael Powell and Michael Goldchain are in the figurative booth with Dan and Aidan to break down HBO’s massive Scorsese & Mick Jagger backed flop, Vinyl.

Toronto. The 6ix. The place where Drake and Margaret Atwood are from. Aidan and Dan explore the city they call home through the lens of the short-lived Toronto installment of the massively popular Real Housewives reality TV franchise. Luckily, they are joined by longtime friend, producer at Entertainment Tonight Canada, and Real Housewives superfan, Will Reid.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Kingslayer himself, plays an immortal Dutch pilgrim-turned-homicide detective in this 2008 primetime procedural from FOX. Aidan and Dan are joined by special guest Kira Charron, who once proudly studied media at Western University. Please note: there are two very different shows titled New Amsterdam—this is the one with an immortal Dutch homicide detective.

From the creator of Arrested Development comes a surprisingly unfunny animated sitcom with an even more surprising all-star cast (Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Maria Bamford, Nick Kroll, Will Forte, Kenan Thompson). After premiering early 2009, the show was yanked off the air by FOX after just four episodes. Special guest Sasha Kalra joins Aidan and Dan as they attempt to make sense of the highly offensive and undeniably different Sit Down Shut Up.