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 hardly make a comedy show in a different style. We get a nobody-turned-somebody cast led by Steve Carrell and future stars John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak, Oscar Nunez, Leslie David Baker, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, and Melora Hardin.

Could this show be made today? Let’s find out.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 murdered spy. The series stars Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster and so many more. So if you don’t like this episode, have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 big bad comedy brain of Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Shrinking, Ted Lasso) and dynamite performances by Courteney Cox, Busy Phillips, Christa Miller, Dan Byrd, Brian Van Holt, Ian Gomez, and Josh Hopkins.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 important sitcom patter.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 Elizabeth Hurley, Williams Moseley, Alexandra Park, Tom Austen, Merritt Patterson, and Jake Maskall.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 season starring H. Jon Benjamin (see our Archer Episode for more), Kristen Schaal (see our What We Do in the Shadows episode) Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman and John Roberts. Join us as we talk pilot structure, early character development, the history of the show, and of course, what Waleed loves most about the show!

Hosts:

Waleed Mansour

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 search to find Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and the 1981 Wimbledon Men’s Finals!

Strap on your backpack, prepare your bully insults in the mirror, and get ready for your journey to popularity.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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 podcast fix!

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 it paved the way for the explosion of superhero teen dramas that came after.

In any case join us to explore small town Kansas with a DC twist, starring Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack, Sam Jones III, John Schneider, Annette O’Toole and more.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman

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.

Hosts

Geoff Kerbis

Max Singer

Rich Inman