The new MTV docu-series Catfish: The TV Show, premiering on November 12^th and based on the critically-acclaimed documentary feature, will focus on couples who have fallen in love online but have never met face-to-face.  With 12 hour-long episodes, filmmakers Yaniv “Nev” Schulman (from the original 2010 film) and Max Joseph are on a quest around the country to tell the stories of these hopeful romantic partners, showing how social sites lead to romance that can blossom, get deleted and evolve in totally unexpected ways.

While at the MTV portion of the TCA Press Tour, Nev Schulman talked about making this show on his own terms, not wanting to know anything about the couples ahead of time, how he never expected the movie to be controversial, and how his life has changed since the film originally premiered at Sundance.  Check out what he had to say after the jump.