40 episodes

Join Scott Johnson & Tom Merritt as they watch all the great TV pilots of all time, so you don't have to! Think of it as Film Sack for TV!

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    • TV & Film
    • 4.7 • 21 Ratings

Join Scott Johnson & Tom Merritt as they watch all the great TV pilots of all time, so you don't have to! Think of it as Film Sack for TV!

    Autopilot S3E12 - Kolchak The Night Stalker

    Autopilot S3E12 - Kolchak The Night Stalker

    Join Scott and Tom as they break down this week's pilot: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter—Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin—who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E11 - TJ Hooker

    Autopilot S3E11 - TJ Hooker

    Join Scott and Tom as they break down this week's pilot: TJ Hooker!

    T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985. The show was then picked up for a further single season by CBS

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E10 - The Incredible Hulk

    Autopilot S3E10 - The Incredible Hulk

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E08 - Magnum P.I.

    Autopilot S3E08 - Magnum P.I.

    Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E07 - Logan's Run

    Autopilot S3E07 - Logan's Run

    The series depicted Logan and Jessica -- pursued by Francis (Randolph Powell) -- traveling in a futuristic hovercraft-like vehicle on a cross-country trek to Sanctuary in a post-apocalyptic America. The domed city was seen only in the pilot and two other episodes, using recycled footage from the film. In a change from the book and film, the television series had the city run by a cabal of elderly citizens; Francis has been promised a life beyond thirty as a city elder if he can bring back the fugitives. Logan and Jessica were joined on their journey by an android named REM, played by Donald Moffat.

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

tochuck123 ,

Another podcast worth your bandwidth

Once again Scott produces a great podcast. Scott and Tom dissect TV pilots and are always entertaining. Great work guys!

Uthaym ,

Love it

It's Tom and Scotty. Two great voices yukking it up on our favourite TV show pilots.

Sammy Huang ,

Pretty awesome podcasts

Enjoying the first three episodes very much. Scott and Tom's discussions about the pilot episodes are very informative and interesting. I wish they will continue to include science fiction pilots in their future podcasts.

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