Pilot season
Subject in TV & Film
Pilot season has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including Good Hang with Amy Poehler, SmartLess. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon HammAmerican actor known for playing Don Draper on Mad Men
Hamm recounts that in the year he landed Mad Men he had tested at the network for seven different projects.
“I was the other guy in everything. And in fact, the year I got Mad Men, I had tested, when we used to do that, seven times”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Jon Hamm (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 28:11
Stephen ColbertAmerican comedian and host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colbert said he rarely tested for network roles because he was really a writer who needed to write for himself.
“I, it turned out, had to write for myself. Because I was ostensibly an actor, but I was really a, it turned out I was probably a writer who needed to write for himself”
SmartLess: "Stephen Colbert" (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 37:14
Podcasts
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · 1 episode
- SmartLess · 1 episode
Episodes
Jon HammGood Hang with Amy Poehler · Apr 28, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Amy Poehler talks with Jon Hamm about his path to acting, landing and ending Mad Men, SNL, 30 Rock, the Loser's Lounge, Bad Bunny, and Shoresy.
"Stephen Colbert"SmartLess · Apr 6, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Stephen Colbert joins the SmartLess hosts for their 300th episode to discuss sketch-comedy beginnings, the end of his Late Show, and Lord of the Rings fandom.