Messy TV talk, sharp franchise instincts.
Nothings On treats entertainment coverage like a messy couch conversation with the mic already rolling. Daryl Taylor, Donnie Salvo, and occasional guests bounce through trailers, renewals, cancellations, franchise strategy, Star Trek, and whatever complaint gets the room moving.
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Nothings On is a long-running TV-and-movie podcast with the energy of a group chat that learned how to record. It is loud, informal, and frequently sideways. Daryl Taylor and Donnie Salvo use entertainment news as a reason to argue, remember, complain, and crack each other up. The show covers the business end of television without turning into homework. Network renewals, time slots, uncertainty, and the fate of spinoffs all become material for quick practical reads and running commentary. Then the conversation veers. A Buffy revival rumor can turn into a point about casting, age, sex appeal on television, and how much a legacy actor matters to audience interest. A G.I. Joe discussion can become a miniature pitch for a smaller, comic-inspired version of the franchise. Trailer Talk gives the feed another lane, with Furious, Dune 3, Spider-Man BND, and performer reactions handled through excitement, skepticism, and stray pop-culture detours. Star Trek Academy episodes show the more fan-specific side of the podcast. Those conversations still joke around, but they also pick at character logic, continuity, writing choices, and whether a revival honors what came before. The texture is the main event. Introductions get stepped on, impressions wander through the cold open, and the clean topic often arrives after a few jokes have already taken over. It is not trying to sound slick. That looseness is part of the point. Nothings On works best when one person’s gripe turns into a shared riff and then into an actual argument about how Hollywood handles familiar properties. The show suits listeners who like entertainment coverage with personality, not a carefully balanced panel. It has enough industry awareness to track renewals and franchise strategy, and enough comic mess to keep the conversation from feeling processed. The result is blunt, nerdy, and knowingly ragged around the edges.
Made for: Best for comedy-minded TV and movie fans who enjoy blunt industry chatter, genre arguments, and hosts who treat tangents as part of the fun. It especially suits listeners already fluent in franchises, network shows, trailers, and pop-culture shorthand.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the lived-in panel chemistry: entertainment news becomes a riff, then a gripe, then a surprisingly specific take. The show keeps the rough edges instead of sanding them into standard review-show polish.
Comedian Donny Salvo and not comedian Darrell Taylor talk about tv and movies in their own special way.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Daryl Taylor and Donnie Salvo turn screen criticism into funny, detail-minded arguments about what stories promise and where they go wrong.
Nothings On podcast turns television and movie coverage into a lively running argument, with Daryl Taylor and Donnie Salvo needling each other while taking the material seriously.
Road House's romance gets rewritten mid-conversation, and you get to second-guess the fix.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A brisk, banter-heavy sweep through TV renewals and cancellations.
Nothing's On starts in a flurry of quotes, jokes, and insults before settling into the renewal talk that anchors the middle stretch. Daryl Taylor and comedian Donnie Salvo keep the pace lively as they spar over age and voice texting, then move across CBS, ABC, and Fox to sort…
A loose first Trailer Talk spin that leans on chemistry and an easy pop-culture flow.
Trailer Talk comes across as a loose first run, with Daryl Taylor and Gil Colon steering the talk through a few glitches and into an easy exchange about the movies and trailers they want to cover over the coming year.
A Nova Scotia pasta argument gives way to Buffy talk and a loose, unruly farewell.
Nothing's On starts with a burst of familiar catchphrases, then lets Daryl Taylor's Nova Scotia introduction slide into a debate over whether the province can handle spaghetti, chicken parmesan, bolognese, and lasagna.
A relaxed movie debate sharpens into a comics-first case for GI Joe.
Nothings On 559 uses an Oscars conversation about Sinners as the way into a broader, more useful argument about franchise filmmaking. Daryl Taylor and Donnie Sabo start with a possible split vote, then drift toward GI Joe, where the real question becomes how to build something…
A focused Star Trek Academy discussion makes the Doctor's emotional growth the main point of debate.
The Life of the Stars gives Daryl Taylor and Colin a clear frame for debating Star Trek Academy's split story. Tareema's move from the War Academy toward Starfleet, after saving classmates in a violent clash with marauders and pirates, sits beside Sam's choice of a play and its…
A Nova Scotia pasta bit slides into a loose Buffy revival debate about casting, continuity, and familiar faces.
Nothing's On opens in throwaway mode, letting a string of quoted one-liners loosen the room before it locks onto the great non-issue of whether Nova Scotia can support spaghetti, chicken parmesan, spaghetti bolognese, and lasagna.
A relaxed comedy review argues Road House takes its biggest hits from missing emotional connective tissue.
This Nothings On review sees Road House as a brawler with a nagging story problem: Dalton is built to be almost untouchable, while the relationships around him need stronger connective tissue.
Tiny debates, treated with heroic seriousness.
Daryl Taylor and Donnie Savo riff on pop culture references and personal anecdotes in a chaotic, comedic podcast episode.
Hosts Darrell Taylor and Donnie Savo engage in comedic banter and catchphrases before starting their podcast episode.
A chaotic, nonsensical monologue mixing pop culture references and absurdist humor.
Darren Taylor and Donnie Salvo introduce a comedic episode of Nothing's On, joking about work and family.
The hosts of the TV and movie entertainment podcast 'Nothing's On' engage in chaotic banter before introducing themselves.
Hosts Daryl Taylor, Maggie, and Joel deliver a spoiler review of the 2024 Road House remake.
Hosts Daryl Taylor and Donny Salvo discuss TV and movie news in a comedic, conversational style.
On Nothings On, Daryl Taylor, JK Woodward, and Colin Coffery review Strange New Worlds season 4 and its upcoming six-episode final season.
The show opens with a burst of voices, insults, and jokes before the real topic settles in.
Trailer Talk starts with a wobble.
The show opens with a heap of movie and television lines.
["Nothing's On 559 opens with the canceled Buffy revival, Hulu's ownership of the property, and Disney's habit of letting cancellation news leak through Sarah Michelle Gellar instead of issuing a clean announcement.", "From there Daryl Taylor and Donnie Sabo move to NBCUniversal ending Access Hollywood and to Tyler Perry selling his 25% BET+ stake under the Paramount-Skydance umbrella.", "The middle of the episode covers Aaron Pierre as John Stewart in Man of Tomorrow, Max Landis's failed GI Joe treatment at Paramount, and the case for Larry Hama and other comic writers as a better brain trust.", "Listener mail closes with FX's The Beauty, Ashton Kutcher's effect on attention around the show, and a Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning note that calls the movie a B."]
The hosts of Nothing's On introduce a regular episode, addressing criticism of their Star Trek-themed episodes and announcing comedian Tati Salvo as a guest.
Daryl Taylor and Colin pick through the eighth episode of Star Trek Academy.