The Paul Reiser Show

Just the other day, you might have read this among the musings on Yidio: "We'd lay serious money on the show not lasting beyond this season." The show in question is "The Paul Reiser Show," and guess what: we were right. Not only did the show not last past this season, it has been pulled from NBC's schedule after just two episodes! It takes very poor ratings for a show to be pulled after just two weeks, but the 0.

"My Two Dads" it ain't. As we reported last week, after shrugging off social media in general in an article for The Huffington Post, Paul Reiser found the premiere week ratings for his NBC comedy "The Paul Reiser Show" were pretty awful. Turns out they've only gotten worse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reiser is staring in the face of some seriously gruesome ratings for his new show in its second week.

Actor and comedian Paul Reiser, who is probably best known for his long-standing series "Mad About You" and from the wayback machine "My Two Dads," just got his first dedicated TV series in over ten years. And there's one part of the TV biz that he apparently just doesn't want to be a part of - social media. Reiser, whose relevance to younger audiences may be at this point pretty much slim to none (except for maybe his on and off role on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), penned an article for "Huffington Post" (which, as a blog, would tec

As the holiday season winds down, the hype surrounding the new shows debuting in January begins. Mid-season replacement shows are not always doomed. Look at "The Office," which debuted in March 2005 on NBC and became a mega hit. In the next few days, we'll take a look at some of the mid-season replacements for 2011, beginning with "The Paul Reiser Show" on NBC. What its about: Paul Reiser plays himself, an actor who hasn't had a hit television series since the 90s.