Paul Reiser's New Show Yanked by NBC After Only Two Episodes

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 23rd 2011 12:09PM

Did you blink and miss Paul Reiser's big TV comeback on his old 'Mad About You' network? After airing just two episodes, as reported by EW.com, NBC has pulled 'The Paul Reiser Show' off the air.

Reiser played himself on the primetime series, which premiered April 14 to less than 3.5 million viewers. It was added to the Thursday night lineup, following 'Community,' as a replacement for the recently canceled 'Perfect Couples.'

The premise was a reality-sitcom hybrid on which the chatty star conversed casually with people in his life (some real celebs, and some actors portraying his friends -- a formula that spelled success for 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'), but the final product was not well-received by critics.

Larry David and reality megaproducer Mark Burnett ('Survivor') were two of the guests who played themselves.

Reiser, 54, co-created 'Mad About You,' the NBC hit series co-starring Helen Hunt (who won four consecutive Emmys for her performance as Jamie Buchman). The sitcom ran 1992-1999 and made both of its stars household names.

The new show attempted to capture Reiser, now a very rich dad with too much time on his hands, interacting with friends and family. The former standup comic documented one of his parenting moments for Huffington Post last year, defending Jay Leno in a piece about how he explained the NBC vs. Conan fiasco to his befuddled son.

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Sunday 24 April

By mare

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you the hell takes care of Gwyenth Paltrow's kids while she's out trying to make herself a singing star at 38, and a cookbook, and all the other over exposure crap she does? So annoying and talentless, the singing makes me cringe, she sounds like any man on the street would! Please make her stop!

By Barry

I thought he died years ago. missed the show

By taylorndncar

People who watch NBC deserve Paul and all those other lame shows; the TONIGHT SHOW was the last NBC show I watched and that was six years ago,...before NBC convinced me to get cable and never look back...!!!

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