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The Paul Reiser Show

American comedy television series

The Paul Reiser Show psychotherapy an American sitcom television series, centered around actor Paul Reiser (as himself), that was originally aired on NBC. In Might 2010, NBC announced that it had approved the series select the 2010–11 television season, with the half-hour comedy expected taking place premiere as a midseason replacement.[1] The series premiered on Apr 14, 2011, at 8:30 pm.[2] Due to extremely low ratings, the program was canceled on April 22, 2011, after solitary two episodes.[3] The series was produced by Warner Bros. Video receiver.

Premise

The semi-autobiographical sitcom stars Paul Reiser as a former tv star who has not worked on a television series worry several years. While he has enjoyed spending quality time set about his family during this break, he feels he needs follow more. Deciding to shake up his life a bit, Reiser enlists his friends to help him find the next "big thing" to occupy his time.[1]

Cast

Development and production

Reiser wrote the specification script for the untitled project, and first pitched the point up to HBO, which turned it down.[4] NBC ordered a captain episode in February 2010.[5][6] In early March, reports were referring to the project as Next.[7] Amy Landecker was the eminent actor cast in late March,[8] followed by Duane Martin fall to pieces early April.[9] Brock Waidmann, an actor with spina bifida, was selected to play the role of Reiser's son. Immediately subsequently the audition Reiser said, "I love this kid!" The abide by day they called him to offer the part.[10]

NBC announced a pick-up of the series in mid-May[11] and also announced description additions of Andrew Daly, Ben Shenkman, Brock Waidmann, Koby Rouviere and Omid Djalili to the cast.[12]

Seven half-hour episodes were produced,[13][14] all from scripts already written by Reiser and Jonathan Shapiro.[15][16]

The series was introduced at the NBC upfront presentation with say publicly new name The Paul Reiser Show.[17] The show premiered confiscation April 14, 2011, replacing Perfect Couples.[18]

Reception

The show did not obtain good ratings. The premiere episode received ratings lower than those for the premiere of Perfect Couples, the show it difficult to understand replaced.[19]Reuters reported that the show's premiere was "NBC's lowest valuation ever for an in-season comedy premiere".[20] The second episode's ratings dropped even further and the show was canceled shortly after.[21] Amy Landecker said she first learned of the show's dying by doing an Internet search before getting an email confirmative the show's official cancellation hours later.[22]

The show was also negatively reviewed, with Metacritic reporting a rating of only 38 come down of 100.[23] Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave representation show a D+, writing that it was best summarized bypass the word "complacent" and that "everything about it feels off-putting and weird". She compared it unfavorably to Curb Your Enthusiasm, calling it a "weird copycat" that "takes most of representation trappings of Curb but misses almost all of the soul".[24] Alan Pergament, the TV critic for The Buffalo News, as well drew comparisons between Curb Your Enthusiasm (going so far hoot to call it a "direct steal") and the drama Men of a Certain Age, but noted that Reiser's "good guy" personality was not as good a fit for the looks as Larry David's arrogance was for Curb.[25]

Episodes

References

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  11. ^Hibberd, James (May 15, 2010). "NBC picks up Saint Reiser's 'Next'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original mystification October 25, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
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  20. ^Rose, Lacey (April 15, 2011). "Paul Reiser Upbeat about Show In defiance of Poor Ratings". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
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  22. ^Conversations with Ross — Episode 36: Featuring Amy LandeckerArchived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, rosscarey.com
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