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The Paul Reiser Show

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The Paul Reiser Show
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GenreSitcom
Created byPaul Reiser
Developed by
  • Paul Reiser
  • Jonathan Shapiro
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Paul Reiser
  • Jonathan Shapiro
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseApril 14 (2011-04-14) –
April 21, 2011 (2011-04-21)
Chronology
RelatedMad About You

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

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Sitcom

Sitcom

A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms.

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser is an American actor, comedian, and television writer. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. More recently, he has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are located at Comcast Building in New York City. The company also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza and Chicago at the NBC Tower. NBC is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks, having been formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network," in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting.

2010–11 United States network television schedule

2010–11 United States network television schedule

The 2010–11 network television schedule for the five major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers prime time hours from September 2010 through August 2011. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2009–10 season. As in previous years, the schedule omits the Public Broadcasting Service.

Premise

The semi-autobiographical sitcom stars Paul Reiser as a former television star who has not worked on a television series in several years. While he has enjoyed spending quality time with his family during this break, he feels he needs something 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

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Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser is an American actor, comedian, and television writer. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. More recently, he has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Ben Shenkman

Ben Shenkman

Benjamin Shenkman is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the comedy-drama series Royal Pains and the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America, which earned him both Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.

Omid Djalili

Omid Djalili

Omid Djalili is a British actor, comedian, and writer.

Duane Martin

Duane Martin

Duane Martin is an American actor. He began his career while appearing on numerous of television sitcoms before portraying Robert James on the UPN/CW 39 sitcom All of Us (2003-2007) and also starring on the FOX 26 police-procedural series L.A.'s Finest as Detective Ben Baines. Martin also appeared in many films throughout his career including White Men Can't Jump (1992), Above the Rim (1994), The Inkwell (1994), The Faculty and Woo, Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Ride or Die (2003), and The Seat Filler (2004).

Amy Landecker

Amy Landecker

Amy Lauren Landecker is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Pfefferman on the Amazon comedy-drama series Transparent (2014–2019), as well as her supporting roles in films Dan in Real Life (2007), A Serious Man (2009), All Is Bright (2013), Project Almanac (2015) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017).

Development and production

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

NBC announced a pick-up of the series in mid-May.[11] Also announced were the 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 the new name The Paul Reiser Show.[17] The show premiered on April 14, 2011, replacing Perfect Couples.[18]

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Spec script

Spec script

A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned and unsolicited screenplay. It is usually written by a screenwriter who hopes to have the script optioned and eventually purchased by a producer, production company, or studio.

HBO

HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based at Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan's West Side district. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs as well as made-for-cable movies, documentaries, occasional comedy and concert specials, and periodic interstitial programs.

Television pilot

Television pilot

A television pilot, in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity.

Spina bifida

Spina bifida

Spina bifida /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfɪdə/ is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy. There are three main types: spina bifida occulta, meningocele and myelomeningocele. Meningocele and myelomeningocele may be grouped as spina bifida cystica. The most common location is the lower back, but in rare cases it may be in the middle back or neck.

Upfront (advertising)

Upfront (advertising)

In the television industry, an upfront is a gathering at the start of important advertising sales periods, held by television network executives and attended by major advertisers and the media. It is so named because of its main purpose, to allow marketers to buy television commercial airtime "up front", or several months before the television season begins.

Perfect Couples

Perfect Couples

Perfect Couples is an American sitcom television series that was originally broadcast by NBC. The half-hour romantic comedy was co-created by Jon Pollack and Scott Silveri and produced by Universal Media Studios. A sneak preview of the series aired on December 20, 2010, and officially premiered on January 20, 2011, as a mid-season replacement for the 2010–11 television season. The show was filmed in Los Angeles.

Reception

The show did not receive good ratings. The premiere episode received ratings lower than those for the premiere of Perfect Couples, the show it had replaced.[19] Reuters reported that the show's premiere was "NBC's lowest rating 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 demise by doing an Internet search before getting an email confirming the show's official cancellation hours later.[22]

The show was also negatively reviewed, with Metacritic reporting a rating of only 38 out of 100.[23] Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave the show a D+, writing that it was best summarized by 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 the trappings of Curb but misses almost all of the soul".[24] Alan Pergament, the TV critic for The Buffalo News, also drew comparisons to Curb Your Enthusiasm (going so far as to call it a "direct steal") and to the drama Men of a Certain Age, but noted that Reiser's "good guy" personality was not as good a fit for the format as Larry David's arrogance was for Curb.[25]

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Perfect Couples

Perfect Couples

Perfect Couples is an American sitcom television series that was originally broadcast by NBC. The half-hour romantic comedy was co-created by Jon Pollack and Scott Silveri and produced by Universal Media Studios. A sneak preview of the series aired on December 20, 2010, and officially premiered on January 20, 2011, as a mid-season replacement for the 2010–11 television season. The show was filmed in Los Angeles.

Reuters

Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.

Metacritic

Metacritic

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged. Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and is owned by Fandom, Inc. as of 2023.

The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. The A.V. Club was created in 1993 as a supplement to its satirical parent publication, The Onion. While it was a part of The Onion's 1996 website launch, The A.V. Club had minimal presence on the website at that point.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired television writer and producer in Los Angeles, and for one season, New York City. Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as his manager and best friend Jeff Greene, Susie Essman as Jeff's wife Susie, and J.B. Smoove as Larry's house mate Leon Black. It often features celebrity guest stars, many of them playing fictionalized versions of themselves, including Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, and Jon Hamm.

The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News

The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York. It recently sold its headquarters to Uniland Development Corp. It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. On January 29, 2020, the paper reported that it was being sold to Lee Enterprises.

Men of a Certain Age

Men of a Certain Age

Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ray Romano and Mike Royce, that ran on TNT from December 7, 2009, to July 6, 2011. The hour-long program stars Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the realities of being middle aged. It won a Peabody Award in 2010. On July 15, 2011, TNT cancelled the series after two seasons spanning 22 episodes.

Larry David

Larry David

Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he created and stars in as a fictionalized version of himself. He has written or co-written the story of every episode since its pilot episode in 1999.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Bryan GordonPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroApril 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)2J56043.372[26]
Paul is asked to host a new game show produced by Mark Burnett, but his friend Larry David is given the same offer. Meanwhile, Brad is upset that Fernando may have tricked him to get a better school project for their children's class.
2"The Playdate"Daniel SternPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroApril 21, 2011 (2011-04-21)2J56062.377[27]
Paul is asked to look after his son's playdate. Henry Rollins holds a grudge against Paul feeling he is responsible for him not getting a film role. Habib helps Paul get a screaming cat from under his backyard.
3"The Generator"[28]Helen HuntPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroNever AiredNoneNone
4"The Batting Cage"[2]Peter LauerPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroNever AiredNoneNone
5"The Old Guy"Don ScardinoPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroNever AiredNoneNone
6"The Genrator"Beth McCarthy MillerPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroNever AiredNoneNone
7"The Shave"Dennie GordonPaul Reiser & Jonathan ShapiroNever AiredNoneNone

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Bryan Gordon

Bryan Gordon

Bryan Gordon is an American film and television director, writer and producer who is primarily known for directing comedy television shows.

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser is an American actor, comedian, and television writer. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. More recently, he has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett is a television producer who is the former Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group. He created and produced the reality shows The Apprentice, Survivor, The Voice, and Shark Tank.

Larry David

Larry David

Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom Seinfeld, on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons. He gained further recognition for the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he created and stars in as a fictionalized version of himself. He has written or co-written the story of every episode since its pilot episode in 1999.

Daniel Stern (actor)

Daniel Stern (actor)

Daniel Jacob Stern is an American actor, artist, director, and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Marv Merchants in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Phil Berquist in City Slickers (1991) and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), the voice of adult Kevin Arnold on the television series The Wonder Years, and the voice of Dilbert on the animated series of the same name. Other notable films of his include Breaking Away (1979), Stardust Memories (1980), Diner (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), Coupe de Ville (1990), and Very Bad Things (1998). He made his feature-film directorial debut with Rookie of the Year (1993).

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Lawrence Garfield, known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore band Black Flag from 1981 to 1986. Following the band's breakup, he established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, and formed the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 to 2003 and in 2006.

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.

Peter Lauer

Peter Lauer

Peter Lauer is an American music video and television director.

Don Scardino

Don Scardino

Donald Joseph Scardino is an American television director and producer and a former actor.

Dennie Gordon

Dennie Gordon

Dennie Gordon is an American film and television director. Her directorial television credits include Party of Five, Sports Night, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Grounded for Life, The Loop, White Collar, Burn Notice, Hell on Wheels, Waco, The Office and other series. She has also directed the feature films Joe Dirt, New York Minute and What a Girl Wants.

Source: "The Paul Reiser Show", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 10th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paul_Reiser_Show.

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