Pilot Program

Fly the friendly skies as Chase and Pierce watch the first episodes of TV shows old and new on our journey to find the perfect pilot.

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Our gift to you: A new episode of Pilot Program is out now! Chase and Pierce watched Anthony Bourdain’s first show, A Cook’s Tour, and talked about bad house music from the early 2000s.

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Dun-Dun-Dun-Duuuun! For episode 28 of Pilot Program, we go back to 1970 for the very first episode of Monday Night Football! How much has sports broadcasting changed in 54 years? And is the game any good?

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Episode 27 of Pilot Program is up now! It’s one of Chase’s favorite shows of all time, 2014’s You’re The Worst. Will Pierce like it too?

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Chase and Pierce hop back in time (and across the pond) for this episode of Pilot Program as we revisit John Cleese’s classic British sitcom, Fawlty Towers.

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For our 25th show, we’re watching one of our favorites, 2007’s Mad Men. Join us for this spoiler-heavy episode where we can’t stop talking about how good the writing is.

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@kuhpunkt You’re right. We forgot that. A pitfall of talking about a show neither of us had seen in over a decade, and only rewatching the pilot.

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For episode 24 of Pilot Program, we took a little trip to the island of 2004’s Lost, one of the most celebrated (and also one of the most divisive) shows in TV history. Does its intricate mysteries hold up on a rewatch? Hear what Chase and Pierce think.

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We finally got a piece of the Pi…lot Program! On this episode, Chase and Pierce watched the classic 1975 sitcom, The Jeffersons. We had a lot of fun on this one, and hope you will too.

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We don’t want to set the world on fire. We just want to let you know that episode 22 of Pilot Program is out now and that we talked about 2024’s Fallout TV show with @Bobbypease and @jamizich!

Listen to it here: https://t.co/JxDOlB9nRy

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We welcome our first guest to Pilot Program, our friend Steve, as we dive into a classic show from the late '90s -- Paul Feig and Judd Apatow’s seminal Freaks And Geeks.

Listen now: https://t.co/eO7GB4UAM6

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Every 10 episodes is anime?! That’s what we’ve decided here on Pilot Program. And for episode 20, we’re watching 2015’s One-Punch Man. Is this show a one-trick pony, or is there more to this show than just brute strength?

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Oh right, we do teasers of the episodes now. Here you go. Hope everyone’s avoiding the bookings this weekend!

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Happy 4/20! Bit of happy accident, but we’ve got a new episode today — 2016’s Desus & Mero (the one on Vice). Listen as we break down the show’s ESPN-style roots, dunking on Eminem and the hosts’ professional breakup.

https://t.co/L5kVgE0QYa

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Episode 18 of Pilot Program on 2024’s Shogun is now live. It’s a very cool show with one little thing that bothers both our hosts. Tune in and find out what it is.

https://t.co/qT8555rJTb

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Listen up, sucka! Pilot Program Episode 18 on 1983’s The A-Team is out now. Listen in as we break down this two-part pilot.

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It’s Pilot Program’s sweet sixteen…th episode, and to celebrate, we watched the 2018 Irish comedy, Derry Girls! It’s on Netflix (Derry Girls, not our podcast), so check it out, then listen in.

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We’re back! After the WGA strike and some scheduling issues, Pierce and Chase have returned to talk about TV pilot episodes. We’ve got a great one for you today: 1959’s The Twilight Zone!

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You can learn more about the unions’ suggested guidelines (and the strike in general) here: https://t.co/te7P7FILlY

We look forward to the unions having their demands met, so we can get back to making the show we love. Thanks for your understanding.

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Pilot Program supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike. The unions have posted guidelines about rewatch-style podcasts like ours, and while neither of our hosts are union members, to show our solidarity, we will be putting our show on hiatus until the strike is over.