Paul Reiser Gets a New Show (Premiering Tonight), Says No Thanks to Social Media. Good Luck With That, Paul.

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 technically qualify as social media) kvetching about the endless feedback loop of the internet.

"It used to be you offer up an artistic endeavor -- a show, a movie, a book, a performance -- and the appropriate reviewer would weigh in, hopefully with nice things to say," said Reiser.

"Now everyone has something to say. Everyone has comments, and then everyone else, it seems, has some response to those comments. Then the commentors start talking to each other and they agree and disagree and argue and throw nasty words around and endless chatter chatters forth," said the actor and comedian

"I'll tell you right now: I'm not going to get involved."

While we're fairly certain Reiser's going to do just fine with his latest show given his long-term track record (and we've listed him as one of the 10 new spring shows you'll want to check out), we can't help but think it's pretty stupid today to spend the time you have to promote your news show bitching about how inane social media is.

In an era where show after show, from "Glee" and "Community" to "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Walking Dead," have harnessed the power of connection to build their audiences, professing an unwillingness to interact with your fans seems profoundly inane.

Maybe Reiser has the kind of built in audience that doesn't need to be reminded who he is, or maybe his audience is older and doesn't even care about newfangled Tweeters and FaceSpacing. Maybe, but we're not betting on it.

While Reiser may have the Midas touch in the past, we can't help but wonder if his Luddite approach to fan interaction will take away the audience he will need to make the new midseason replacement show a success....

"The Paul Reiser Show"premieres tonight at 8:30 p.m. on NBC.