its 2020 and Jed & Rob do the now annual Top 50 countdown of best pilot episodes ever (that we have done so far!). Below is the FULL chart so you can see what we’ve done. Let us know what you think on twitter @jedshepherd and @theejellyman!
The Pilot - League Table
The A-Team (19)
Stephen Spielberg’s Amazing Stories (19)
Cowboy Bebop (19)
Planet Earth (19)
Lost (18.5)
Sopranos (18.5)
Sesame Street (18.5)
The Office (UK) (18.5)
The Haunting of Hill House (18.5)
Breaking Bad (18.5)
ER (18.5)
Treasure Hunt (18.5)
OJ: Made In America (18.5)
The Walking Dead (18)
The Good Place (18)
Westworld (18)
Battlestar Galactica (18)
Robotech (18)
Mr.Bean (18)
Dungeons & Dragons (18)
The Incredible Hulk (18)
Dear John (18)
Cobra Kai (18)
Halt! And Catch Fire (18)
Dawson’s Creek (18)
Downton Abbey (17.5)
X-Files (17.5)
Stranger Things (17.5)
24 (17.5)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (17.5)
Mike Tyson Mysteries (17.5)
Crystal Maze (17.5)
Reginald Perrin (17.5)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (17.5)
Bodyguard (17.5)
Making A Murderer (17.5)
Daredevil (17)
Sherlock (17)
People Just Do Nothing (17)
The Simpsons (17)
Orange Is The New Black (17)
Luther (17)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (17)
Flash Forward (17)
Royal Family (17)
The Young Ones (17)
Blindspot (17)
Twilight Zone (17)
The Prisoner (17)
Blacklist (17)
Hill Street Blues (17)
Fraggle Rock (17)
Animaniacs (17)
The Maxx (17)
Derek (17)
Jessica Jones (17)
After Life (17)
Taskmaster (17)
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (17)
The Capture (17)
The Outer Limits (1990s) (17)
Black Books (16.5)
Columbo (16.5)
Black Mirror (16.5)
Atlanta (16.5)
American Gods (16.5)
Knight Rider (16.5)
Gotham (16.5)
Billions (16.5)
Fringe (16.5)
American Horror Story (16.5)
Arrested Development (16.5)
Killing Eve (16.5)
Designated Survivor (16.5)
Life On Mars (16.5)
The Flash (16)
Oz (16)
Seinfeld (16)
Homeland (16)
The Crown (16)
Garth Marengie’s Dark Place (16)
Six Feet Under (16)
Grey’s Anatomy (16)
Blackadder (16)
Line Of Duty (16)
The Killing (16)
Misfits (16)
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee (16)
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected (16)
Mad Men (15.5)
Star Trek (15.5)
Porridge (15.5)
GLOW (15.5)
Green Wing (15.5)
South Park (15.5)
The Americans (15.5)
Rainbow (15.5)
Krypton (15.5)
Friday Night Dinner (15.5)
Kidding (15.5)
Once Upon A Time... Life (15.5)
Bad Blood (15.5)
Prison Break (15.5)
You (15.5)
Sons of Anarchy (15.5)
SeaLab 2021 (15.5)
Cheers (15)
Knowing Me, Knowing You (15)
Hard Knocks (15)
The Exorcist (15)
Mork & Mindy (15)
Marvels Agents of Shield (15)
The Flintstones (15)
Beverley Hills 90210 (15)
Modern Family (15)
Allo Allo (15)
Timeless (15)
Disenchantment (15)
End of the F’ing World (15)
London’s Burning (15)
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (15)
Yes, Minister (15)
The Boys (15)
Euphoria (15)
Elite (15)
Barry (15)
Dickinson (15)
Series of Unfortunate Events (14.5)
Attack On Titan (14.5)
Bottom (14.5)
Family Guy (14.5)
Peaky Blinders (14.5)
Ren & Stimpy (14.5)
Bojack Horseman (14.5)
Scrubs (14.5)
True Detective (14.5)
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (14.5)
Jonathan Creek (14.5)
Murder In Successville (14.5)
Luke Cage (14.5)
Big Little Lies (14.5)
Tom & Jerry (14.5)
Dr.Who (reboot) (14.5)
Man v Food (14.5)
M*A*S*H (14.5)
The Outer Limits (1995) (14.5)
Lost In Space (14.5)
Mid-Morning Matters (14.5)
This Time with Alan Partridge (14.5)
The Mighty Boosh (14.5)
W1A (14)
Supergirl (14)
Red Dwarf (14)
Baywatch (14)
Dr.Who (14)
curb your enthusiasm (14)
Deadwood (14)
Chocky (14)
Ozark (14)
Skins (14)
Home & Away (14)
Neighbours (14)
Art Attack (14)
Kenan & Kel (14)
Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends (14)
Homicide: Life On The Street (14)
Don’t Tell The Bride (14)
Saved By The Bell (13.5)
The Jetsons (13.5)
Murder, She Wrote (13.5)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (13.5)
Scrapheap Challenge (13.5)
Horrible Histories (13.5)
Cracker (13.5)
Titan Games (13.5)
The Gladiators (13.5)
Tales from the Darkside (13.5)
The Office (US) (13)
Twin Peaks (13)
House (13)
Only Fools & Horses (13)
The Wire (13)
Futurama (13)
Smallville (13)
Nightflyers (13)
Raggy Dolls (13)
Whodunnit? (13)
Dexter’s Laboratory (13)
GBBO (12.5)
Pugwall (12.5)
CSI: Las Vegas (12.5)
QI (12.5)
Sharp Objects (12.5)
Round The Twist (12.5)
Scooby Doo! Where Are You? (12.5)
Carnival Row (12.5)
Dark Crystal (12.5)
The IT Crowd (12)
Friends (12)
Everybody Loves Raymond (12)
MacGyver (12)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (12)
Robot Wars (12)
Betty Boop (12)
ALF (12)
Wonder Woman (12)
Total Wipeout (12)
Transformers (11.5)
Gogglebox (11.5)
The Thick Of It (11.5)
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job (11.5)
Celebrity Deathmatch (11.5)
See (11.5)
The Avengers (11)
Heat Vision & Jack (11)
Happy Days (11)
Masterchef Australia (11)
That 70s Show (10.5)
Maniac (10.5)
Russian Doll (10.5)
Archer (10)
Little Britain (10)
Jam (10)
Dad’s Army (9.5)
Quantum Leap (9)
Primeval (9)
Peep Show (8)
Snatch (7)
Big Bang Theory (5)