Failure To Launch

Failure To Launch

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Failure To Launch episodes

  • 104 - Work It

    We're breaking one of our rules by reviewing Work It, as a series was commissioned from this pilot. However, a) it was cancelled after 2 episodes, and b) this is the most misogynistic half-hour of television since Chris Brown was on The View.

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, David Shaw, Alex Malone

    Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr
  • 103 - Aquaman

    Smallville, despite never being more than a mediocre show, managed to run for 10 seasons thanks to the popularity of Superman. Here's what happens when you do basically the same thing, but replace Metropolis with a bunch of fish.

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, Fabian Lapham, Alex Malone

    Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 3 min
  • 102 - Where's Rodney?

    Rodney Dangerfield was a slobbish, alcoholic, kinda misogynistic standup comic, and as such, the ideal magical-teleporting-life-coach for a 13-year-old boy. At least, that's what Hanna-Barbera thought when they produced the 1990 pilot for "Where's Rodney?"

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, Fabian Lapham, Alex Malone

    Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    48 min
  • 101 - Wonder Woman

    The inaugural episode of Failure to Launch, the podcast that examines TV shows that never made it to air, is here!

    Sometimes, it's quite difficult to put your finger on why a given TV pilot doesn't work. This episode covers David E. Kelly's attempt to resurrect Wonder Woman in 2011, and as such, wasn't one of those times.

    This week's notable bit player: Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men In Tights).

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, Fabian Lapham, Alex Malone

    Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 11 min

About Failure To Launch

From the publisher's feed

We're all familiar with the idea of a pilot episode, the one-off test run of a series to see whether or not it could ever work as a television show. But what happens to the shows that never make it past that stage? Usually they're cast aside and disappear from the public eye forever, doomed to fade into obscurity.