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AJ Wright

AJ Wright

Founder of the Wright On Network, a comic book and pop culture podcast network featuring shows like Outcasters, Straight Outta Gallifrey, and The Huntress Podcast.

Aug 13, 2026

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4:29
I
4:29
went back and I watched the pilot episode of Cheers and of Friends and, you know, what they both have in common.
4:37
They're ensembles where, yeah, sometimes you have leads and maybe there's a couple of characters where they're Their storyline is the lead, but it's a situation where everyone gets to share the ball and they all get to shine.
4:50
And with these pilot episodes, I mean, you know, we grew up where there was a lot of television and there's so many pilots that never seen the light of day.
4:57
So you really got to give it all you got.
5:00
And when I watched the France pilot last night, it was a lot packed in there.
5:06
And he was able to organize that and give everyone their shine time.
9:38
What did you think?
4:29
Mm.
4:29
I went back and I watched the pilot episode of Cheers and of Friends, and you know what they both have in common, they're ensembles, where, yeah, sometimes you have leads, and maybe there's a couple of characters where their storyline is the lead, but it's a situation where everyone gets to share the ball, and they all get to shine.
4:50
And with these pilot episodes, I mean, you know, we grew up where there was a lot of television, and there's so many pilots that never seen the light of day, so you really gotta give it all you got.
5:00
And, uh, when I watched the Friends pilot last night, it was a lot packed in there, and he was able to organize that and give everyone their, their shine time.
5:10
Same thing with Cheers, where, okay, it's this first episode, you know who everyone is.
5:16
Even if, uh, in that pilot episode, if there's a character that didn't get to do much, y- you still went, like, "Whoa, wait a minute, their storyline is right here." And he was, he was able to, I don't know, I guess, get everything you possibly could out of it.
5:30
So even if it didn't make it to air, I think it would've been something that the, the artist was proud of.
9:47
Right.

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