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What characters should have received their own Seinfeld spin-offs?

Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld had the correct answer: none. Jason Alexander, who played George Constanza for the sitcom’s entire run, had other ideas. In a 2016 appearance on the Id1ot w/Chris Hardwick podcast, as reported by SlashFilm, Alexander floated two pitches that he believed could have been the next Frasier. Both premises sound like they would have been the next Joey.

First up? “The number one that I thought, through the roof, would’ve been the four parents down at the condo in Florida. That would’ve been unbelievable,” Alexander gushed. “I don’t think (NBC) ever looked at it.”

The likely reason the network never considered the idea: All four parents were insufferable. Jerry’s dad, Morty, was such a blowhard that he got impeached as president of a condo association. His mom, Helen, is a shoplifter...

As "Seinfeld" drew to a close during its ninth and final season, fans of the uproarious sitcom created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David had a hard time accepting that there would be no further squabbling adventures in this rich and deeply petty universe again. Surely, there were spinoffs in development. Maybe a movie! An animated series?

If NBC had decided to keep the "Seinfeld" money train chugging in 1998, it could've drawn from a deep bench of recurring characters that might've been able to carry their own series. There was also the possibility of spinning off a show for one of the four leads, but no one seemed interested in going the "Frasier" route (which proved disastrous for Matt LeBlanc six years later when he segued from "Friends" to the weirdly misconceived "Joey"). Instead, as we all know, when "Seinfeld" ended, all of its characters ceased to be. It's unlikely...

Having the chance to get in on the ground floor of one of the most unique and cult-beloved sitcoms of the 21st century sure would have been cool. Cool, cool, cool.

Despite the sad fact that neither he nor Community ever got their flowers from mainstream America during the show’s initial run, Chicago-born actor and director Danny Pudi’s performance as Abed Nadir, the idiosyncratic, pop-culture-obsessed, fourth-wall-breaking brainiac of the greatest study group in sitcom history, is one of those iconic acting roles that becomes inseparable from the artist who nailed it. Just as no one else could have possibly been as perfect a fit for Frasier Crane as Kelsey Grammer and only Larry David could play Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pudi’s portrayal of Abed is what made the character such an impactful part of Community’s legacy.

However, similar to how Bob Odenkirk came close...

Cosmo Kramer is under arrest! Nah, he’s not really the Smog Strangler, but the cops don’t know he’s not the real serial killer. That’s Tobias Lehigh Nagy, the guy who the police pick up for breaking into a car. The thief shares a backseat in the squad car with Jerry and George, who are trying to prove Kramer’s innocence. And thanks to Jerry and George forgetting to close the door on the police car, the real Smog Strangler gets away.

Clint Howard, brother of director and sitcom royalty Ron Howard, is convincingly creepy as Nagy. And he had a charmed day of filming Seinfeld, he told People. Why was his experience better than any other? Howard revealed why the cast was in an especially good mood that day.

“The day that I did ‘The Smog Strangler’ — the one day that I worked on Seinfeld — it...

Television sitcoms often act as a window into the comedic sensibilities of the era in which they aired. But oftentimes, the shows that made the biggest impression pushed boundaries and subverted expectations, thereby influencing the next wave.

The modern sitcom wouldn't even exist without "The Dick Van Dyke Show." A staple of '60s television, the CBS hit from comedy legend Carl Reiner followed the hilariously chaotic lifestyle of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) trying to make his way as a comedy writer for a variety show, while also trying to juggle his family life. While plenty of jokes exist within its time capsule sensibilities, it holds up much better than you would imagine thanks in large part to Reiner's scripts, Van Dyke's lovable expressiveness, and the presence of comedy icon Mary Tyler Moore as Rob's wife, Laura. Van Dyke and Moore presented a screwball energy to the show...

It's no wonder that "Seinfeld" is one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. It debuted in 1989, when a lot of American audiences were beginning to tire of the old-fashioned sitcom tropes that had dominated the medium since the 1950s. Too many shows were about the suburban domestic experience, the urban single-life experience, or the blue-collar workspace, and the jokes began to become stale across all three. In the late 1980s, though, a trio of hit shows began to actively tear down the old ways, presenting shows about cynical, bitter characters who rarely learned a "moral of the story." The first was 1987's "Married... with Children," a domestic sitcom about losers who hated each other. There was also "The Simpsons," a deeply sarcastic series about the raw ugliness of the domestic struggle. And then there was Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's "Seinfeld," a "show about nothing," wherein the...

The on-screen rivalry between Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and Newman (Wayne Knight) is one of the funnier aspects of "Seinfeld." Newman lives down the hall from Jerry in the same apartment building, and he works as a mail carrier. For reasons that are never revealed, Newman and Jerry hate each other with a fiery passion. Jerry infamously greeted his neighbor with a "Hello, Newman" that was dripping with loathing and animosity. The character was introduced off-screen and was originally voiced by "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David, but was eventually played by Knight, who gave a sublime comedy performance. Newman first appeared on screen in the season 3 episode "The Suicide". 

Newman was a series semi-regular, appearing in 44 episodes of the show. This was only a small fraction of "Seinfeld," however, seeing as it lasted 180 episodes over the course of its nine seasons. Some of the show's fans felt that Knight, a comedy veteran,...

"Seinfeld" is the perfect example of how a show's popularity can break through the pop culture barrier in surprising ways. The groundbreaking NBC sitcom, which appears on /Film's best sitcoms of all time list, featured all sorts of hilarious weekly scenarios for its comedic ensemble to navigate, but unlike most of those other shows, these protagonists rarely ever learned their lesson by the end of an episode. This kind of approach to comedic television would eventually lead to similar shows with morally flexible characters like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," but it's easy to forget that, at the time, this was the exception, not the norm.

Like some of the best sitcoms, the best thing about "Seinfeld" is that you can turn on just about any episode and understand exactly who these characters are. There's plenty of great choices to recommend to newcomers like "The Soup Nazi," "The Parking Garage,...

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30 Rock is a satirical comedy series created by Tina Fey. The NBC series is set behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show, and it follows its head writer and showrunner, Liz Lemon, as she deals with a new and arrogant boss and eccentric stars. 30 Rock stars Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross, Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, Maulik Pancholy, and John Lutz. So, if you loved hilarious comedy, entertaining stories, and compelling characters in 30 Rock, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a police procedural workplace comedy series created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur. The Fox and, later on, the NBC series is set in New York City.

"Seinfeld" went to some pretty dark places over its run. It sent its main characters to prison for a year. It killed off George's (Jason Alexander) fiancé Susan (Heidi Swedberg), and in a very cold manner, I might add. There was even a -- decidedly bad -- episode where Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) may or may not have been molested by his dentist. Most sitcoms in the '90s kept things safe and sweet, but Seinfeld, his co-creator Larry David, and the other "Seinfeld" writers had no interest in that sort of thing.

Considering how free "Seinfeld" seemed with pushing boundaries, it's surprising to hear about the moments where the NBC execs decided to draw the line. For instance, there was supposed to be a season 2 episode titled "The Bet" or "The Gun," but it was never filmed because NBC found it way too dark. The episode featured perhaps too much gun-related humor,...

Even if you've never seen an episode of "The Big Bang Theory," you probably know the catchphrase of its standout character Sheldon (Jim Parsons): "Bazinga!" First coined by Sheldon in season 2, he says "Bazinga!" to make clear he's telling a joke. (His jokes are so bad that the other characters often can't tell when he's making one.)

Sheldon doesn't actually say the word that much in the show (in fact, he doesn't utter it at all in seasons 6 and 7), but WarnerMedia sure didn't hesitate to trademark the catchphrase as soon as they realized it was becoming popular in real life. You can find "Bazinga!" featured heavily on "Big Bang Theory" T-shirts, posters, memes, and all sorts of fandom merchandise. When another show is doing a parody of "The Big Bang Theory," they'll likely make sure to give its Sheldon stand-in a chance to say the line. 

"Bazinga!" might not...

In Larry David's 1998 comedy bomb "Sour Grapes," Richie Maxwell (Craig Bierko) is just finishing a vacation in Atlantic City with his cousin Evan (Steven Weber). Richie has nearly run out of money, having gambled his budget. He's down to one quarter. On the way out of a casino, he asks Evan for 50 additional cents so he can throw it into a 75-cent slot machine. Evan agrees. A single pull on the machine wins Richie $436,000. This immediately leads to a feature-long argument over who has the legal and moral right to the winnings. Richie was both the one who decided to gamble the money and the one who pulled the handle, but Evan was the one who loaned him the quarters to make it possible. Evan argues that he is at least owed two-thirds of the jackpot.

This leads to a series of increasingly bleak scenarios that prove how horridly desperate both men are.

The FX comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has made a mark in the sitcom space by its penchant for going against all established tropes. The ensemble comedy goes dark in every episode, and every time one hopes that the makers wouldn’t go to a darker space, they double down and go to a space that feels completely off-limits.

Hence, it was surprising for Iasip creator Rob McElhenney when other sitcom creators and actors such as Jerry Seinfeld crib about ‘wokeness’ ruining comedy. The Seinfeld star grieved about political correctness affecting comedy, citing a storyline from his own show that he claimed would not be allowed to air today, before McElhenney called him out.

Jerry Seinfeld claimed that political correctness ruined comedy, citing a popular Seinfeld episode Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrosted | Credits: Netflix

It has been a particular grievance of many legacy stand-up comics and actors that ‘wokeness’ has...

What if there was an official Seinfeld point-and-click adventure game from the 1990s that was never released?

That question was the actual premise behind Seinfeld Adventure (The Game About Nothing), a pitch from two successful video-game creators in the early 2020s. Jacob Janerka and Ivan Dixon ignored the advice of common-sense pals and risked the wrath of Larry David’s attorneys by pitching their game directly to the internet at large. Their reasoning? “We want to do this the official way,” they said on the defunct seinfeldgame.com. “However, we believe that pitching to the internet will show the demand for such a game, which will provide a better chance of this becoming a thing than us just sending a cold email.”

Spoiler alert: The Hail Mary ploy didn’t work. But the game looks like it would have been a lot of fun, based on the old-school trailer.

Prospective players could pick Jerry,...

A lot of the writers who worked on great TV shows have complained about getting unhelpful editorial notes from network executives. Like Dan Harmon, who once wrote a Community episode about a guy who pens useless notes that no one pays attention to — that he named after a real-life Sony exec.

But Seinfeld, one of the biggest shows of all time, seemingly didn’t have much of a problem with network interference. After all, it was an executive’s note that reportedly led to the creation of Elaine’s character. In general, Seinfeld didn’t have to put up with a ton of network meddling — and that may be because execs were terrified of giving Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David feedback.

Former Seinfeld writer Carol Leifer recently guested on Jason Alexander’s podcast Really? No Really, and naturally, they discussed their shared history with everybody’s favorite show about nothing.

It's been widely disseminated that "Seinfeld" is "a show about nothing." Creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David famously demanded that the series serve as an anti-sitcom, undercutting the morals and treacly lessons that had come to dominate the genre. Instead, David and Seinfeld wanted the main characters of their show to be shallow, petty, and awful, more or less assuring that they would never learn anything by the end of an episode. One of the show's mandates was "no hugging, no learning." There would be no teary reconciliation, no warmth, and no growth from past mistakes. By the end of "Seinfeld," the main characters would be just as petty and shallow as they were in the first episode.

The "'Seinfeld' is a show about nothing" descriptor has become so well known that the special features on the "Seinfeld" DVD box sets were called "Notes About Nothing." There was...

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

One of the big takeaways from the winter TV awards season is that “The Bear” has lost a bit of its luster after a polarizing third season. This has manifested in a bunch of wins for “Hacks” rather than the Emmys record-breaking FX series, but the one main category the Max series has no contender for is Outstanding...

In 2003, a few years after “Freaks and Geeks” and a few before “Superbad,” Seth Rogen sat in a Hollywood boardroom with his best friend and creative partner, Evan Goldberg. They were barely legal and new to Los Angeles, pitching a teen sex comedy set in ancient Rome called “Gen Ccx.” Rogen doesn’t remember much about the script — it never got made. But something an executive said at the meeting stuck with him for more than two decades.

“I love movies, but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them,” the unnamed exec told them. Twenty-two years later, that tragicomic koan would become the driving force behind “The Studio,” the scorching showbiz satire that stars Rogen as the newly appointed head of a film studio. Rogen recites that line in the first episode of the Apple TV+ comedy, out March 26.

“It was a very humanizing moment,...

Working collaboratively in comedy can be kind of a tricky thing, as everyone seems to have a slightly different way of doing things. One movie or TV series might be extremely collaborative and encourage members of the cast and crew to contribute their own ideas, while another may restrict everyone to following the vision of a single person or a small, select group with a specific vision. Conflicting egos and ideas can make things even messier, like that time a "Seinfeld" guest star learned the hard way that the series was the baby of star Jerry Seinfeld, which meant he wasn't all that eager to hear suggestions.

In the fiercely funny Festivus episode "The Strike," Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) gets hit on by a man wearing a denim vest at dentist Dr. Tim Whatley's (Bryan Cranston) Hannukah party, prompting her to give him her fake number. This leads to a rather...

One of Hollywood's most exciting talents working today, Austin Butler has been steadily building his portfolio since working as a background actor in 2005 on the Nickelodeon shows "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide," "Unfabulous," and "Drake & Josh." Butler even appeared in an episode of "Hannah Montana" that also had Larry David. Progressing into guest and recurring roles on a variety of teenage sitcoms and dramas, the actor made an incredible turn-about going from teen idol to highly acclaimed leading man seemingly over night.

While working extensively in both film and television, Butler also received complimentary notices in the theater world, most notably as Don Parritt in "The Iceman Cometh," in a 2018 mounting of the play on Broadway with Denzel Washington. His work ethic during that play impressed the legendary actor so much Washington personally recommended Butler to Baz Luhrmann helping Butler, helping Butler land one of his most distinctive roles.

"Seinfeld" is arguably the greatest sitcom to ever air on network television, so it would follow that its core-four ensemble ranks as one of the most brilliant casts in the history of the form. Over its nine seasons, the "show about nothing" made us howl over such mundane experiences as waiting for a table at a Chinese restaurant, trying to find your car in a parking garage, and ordering soup.

It's impossible to conceive of a better version of "Seinfeld," but fans of the series have likely wondered every now and then what might've happened had show co-creator Larry David opted to play George Costanza, the character based on his real-life friendship with the show's titular star. Though David was a relative unknown to television viewers at the time, he'd performed on "Fridays" and "Saturday Night Live," and was a seasoned stand-up comedian. Seinfeld had only acted in a handful...

No one could ever accuse the 1990s sitcom "Seinfeld" of being a show for the book-averse jocks of the world, but in season 8 the series took its nerdiest turn of all in the episode "The Bizarro Jerry." In the episode, which is easily among the best "Seinfeld episodes of all time," Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) agrees to hang out with her ex-boyfriend, Kevin (Tim DeKay), and two of his friends. They end up being the complete opposites of her other ex-boyfriend, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), and his two best friends, George (Jason Alexander) and Kramer (Michael Richards). When Elaine tries to discuss the whole freaky experience with Jerry, he immediately turns to his love of "Superman" to explain it in a very comic book way: she's met the bizarro versions of her friends! In the end, Bizarro Jerry, Bizarro George, and Bizarro Kramer even get to meet their alternates in one of...

Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm may get a season 13 after all, according to a new update from HBO’s head of comedy. The long-running comedy follows a fictionalized version of David as he crudely navigates the subtleties of social etiquette and normative absurdities. Since its debut in 2000, Curb has received countless award nominations and won two Emmy Awards for its improvisational style and sharp, cringe-inducing humor. Curb Your Enthusiasm also featured several iconic guest stars, from Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer to Michael J. Foxx.

Speaking with Deadline, HBO's head of comedy AmyGravitt revealed that she's talking about a new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm with David. She noted that while the writer-comedian had not yet spoken to HBO about doing another series, she remains open to the possibility and would "love that." Gravitt’s comments came as a surprise, given previous reports suggesting that David was ready to...

For a show that claimed to be about nothing, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld’s creation proved to be one of the biggest hits of the ’90s, and the finale for Seinfeld itself garnered a whopping 76.3 million viewers upon premiere. However, it’s important to note that the bulk of the sitcom’s success arrived in the latter half of its lifespan, particularly after season four.

Seinfeld | Credit: NBC

But this isn’t to say the early seasons didn’t have it perks, which included gems like The Chinese Restaurant, and even though NBC wasn’t initially too thrilled about it, David recognized the show’s potential pretty early on.

One comedy club encounter solidified Larry David’s belief in Seinfeld Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm | Credit: HBO

After a divisive pilot, which almost pushed the show toward cancellation, NBC was apparently breathing down the creators’ necks for the first couple of seasons.

Season 5 was when it all came together for "Seinfeld." It was no longer a cult sitcom that couldn't crack the Nielsen ratings' top 20, but an appointment-viewing smash that finished third for the year overall. The following year, it would become the number one show on the air.

Why did it take so long for "Seinfeld" to break through to the mainstream? For starters, it truly lived up to its reputation as a show about nothing. While we now look at the season 2 episode "The Chinese Restaurant" as one of the greatest sitcom episodes ever, NBC executives sought to bury it because they thought an entire story built around the main characters waiting for a table was too slim of a narrative to appeal to viewers. When your network doesn't believe in your show, it's hard to build an audience.

"Seinfeld" needed to get traction in the popular culture, which shouldn't...

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Going into the 12th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, we all knew it was the end. Gone would be the pants tents, the car pool lanes, the Palestinian chicken, and Larry David would live out the rest of his days beating up Elmo. But even less than one year after the show concluded, word is coming that Larry David may have some ideas for a 13th season.

Speaking with Deadline, Amy Gravitt – who serves as Head of Comedy at HBO – said she is game for more Curb Your Enthusiasm and that things could be headed that way. “[Larry David and I have] been chatting. It seems like he’s got some ideas for me.” That’s just vague enough to pique our curiosity, although considering the breaks between the majority of the seasons, we wouldn’t expect anything firm for quite some time.

If Larry David – who is 77 now – does in...

In 1989, Larry David went from being a stand-up comedian and former writer on Saturday Night Live to the co-creator of a little sitcom named Seinfeld, which he formed with another stand-up, Jerry Seinfeld. The series might have been fiction, but it was based on Jerry and Larry's life, with George Costanza (Jason Alexander) being the stand-in for David, and many characters and stories coming straight from his own reality. As Seinfeld became the most popular show on TV, Larry David was a household name, but at the height of his success, he left the show behind to make a movie calledSour Grapes. It ended up being the biggest failure of his career.

Carol Liefer had an advantage over other prospective Seinfeld writers when she was approached for a job, she told Dana Carvey and David Spade this week on the Fly on the Wall podcast. It wasn’t that she knew Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David from the days when she was a fledgling stand-up comedian (though that didn’t hurt). It was that she had no experience writing traditional situation comedies.

“They didn't want people who'd written for sitcoms before because Larry hated all other sitcoms,” Liefer explained. “They wanted people new to the task. So I was lucky that way. That’s how I got hired.”

Seinfeld and David were familiar with Liefer’s joke-writing skills. As a young comic, she “auditioned at the Comic Strip along with Paul Reiser and Rich Hall,” she said. “Jerry was the Mc, and he put us through the audition. And then when I...

The comedy marketplace is coming off a tough year with few buys and even fewer greenlights as the number of networks and platforms focused on comedy fare shrunk further with Amazon Freevee’s shutdown after Comedy Central, TBS, TruTV and IFC had all gotten out of the live-action scripted comedy business over the last couple of years. The broadcast networks produce a fraction of the comedy output they had just a decade ago, and streamers prioritize noisy dramas over comedies in pursuit of subscriber acquisition and retention.

Amid the pullback, HBO has spent the last year rebuilding its comedy slate after the departure of stalwarts like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Barry. In 2024, the network ordered two comedy pilots from writer-performers, Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company and an untitled Rachel Sennott half-hour, both of which were picked up to series that are currently being written. Additionally, HBO last May gave...

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"Seinfeld" wouldn't be what it is today without Jeremiah Bosgang. Along with former network Vice President Rick Ludwin, who was in charge of NBC's TV specials slate in 1990, network liaison Bosgang oversaw the development of the hit sitcom's earliest seasons. 

According to Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's book "Seinfeldia," Ludwin finagled a short first season for "Seinfeld" after its pilot aired in 1989. Bosgang, meanwhile, was a Second City-trained writer-producer who was green at NBC at the time. During the show's nascent years, he was tasked with unenviable jobs like reporting back to NBC about the quality of each "Seinfeld" script, or trying to figure out how to talk creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David out of going through with "The Chinese Restaurant" -- a now-beloved early episode that showed just how experimental the show's structure could get.

By the time...

Jerry Seinfeld is living proof that comedy pays—big time! From cracking jokes in small clubs to becoming one of the wealthiest comedians ever, his journey is nothing short of legendary. Best known for Seinfeld, the sitcom that redefined television comedy, he turned observational humor into a billion-dollar fortune. His razor-sharp wit and business acumen helped him build a staggering $1.1 billion net worth.

The success of Seinfeld made him a cultural icon, with moments like the famous “No soup for you!” scene still quoted decades later. But Jerry didn’t stop there. His stand-up career has remained strong, and he’s made smart financial moves along the way. From lucrative syndication deals to investments, he has turned laughter into serious cash.

Jerry Seinfeld on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon | Credit: NBC

Whether on stage or behind the scenes, Seinfeld mastered the art of making money, one punchline at a time.

Most of the main "Seinfeld" cast struggled a bit in the years after the show ended. After you've created one of the biggest sitcoms of all times, what's next? Julia Louis-Dreyfus' first attempt at a new sitcom, "Watching Ellie," was cancelled after one season. Meanwhile it took nine years before Jerry Seinfeld could make his cinematic masterpiece, "Bee Movie." And as for Michael Richards? Well, let's not talk about him. 

Jason Alexander, who played arguably the show's standout supporting character George Costanza, has never landed a role even close to the same level. That's not to say he's a failure of course; he's still had countless roles in TV, film and theater. He's one of those actors who will stop by your favorite show for an episode or two, and no viewer will ever be upset to see him there. My personal favorite surprise Jason Alexander appearance is when he...

Last night, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David was courtside for the L.A. Lakers’ latest headline-making drama. He just had to get out and stretch his legs, didn't he?

Right now, the NBA world is alight with discussion over the clash between Lakers star LeBron James and the sport’s most outspoken and incendiary pundit, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. Prior to the Lakers’ meeting with the New York Knicks at the Crypto.com arena yesterday, James confronted Smith on the court about how Smith has covered and commentated upon the career of James’ son and teammate Bronny. Today, basketball players and sports commentators alike are alight with hot takes regarding the relationship between sports media and the athletes themselves, which must be a huge relief to David whose history of sitting courtside at Lakers' games suggests that the outrage would usually be directed at him.

No,...

“Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like an armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.” This profound line by Tyrion Lannister appears to have become the mantra for all Bollywood Nepo-babies. When Khushi Kapoor’s Pia brands herself as the ‘poster princess of privilege and entitlement,’ it is in line with the same confessional spirit that Ananya Pandey and Sarah Ali Khan channeled in “Call Me Bae” and “Murder Mubarak,” respectively. But absolution cannot come if you do it half-heartedly. To follow Tyrion’s advice, you would need to embrace all of your fallacies. Privileged and entitled? Sure. But there is one other fallacy that seems to have escaped them. The fact that in ‘Nadaaniyan’ (2025), they cannot act to save their lives.

Pia Jaisingh(Khushi Kapoor) is, quite self-admittedly, a thoroughly spoiled brat. Her family is shown to be affluent.

When it debuted, there truly was nothing else in the world quite like "Seinfeld." The "show about nothing" followed four New Yorkers as they struggled with forging their careers, finding love, and managing their various neuroses, and one of the things that really made it sing was the comedic chemistry between the four leads. While the show was ostensibly about comedian Jerry Seinfeld, playing a fictionalized version of himself à la the show's creator, Larry David, his friends Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George Costanza (Jason Alexander), and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) all bring their own unique comedic sensibilities, making it so much more. 

Originally Elaine wasn't supposed to be one of the four leads, however, as the pilot that originally got picked up by NBC was going to mostly be about the three guys, with an occasional female fourth in the role of a waitress named Claire (Lee Garlington). In...

"Seinfeld" might've needed a few seasons to catch on with television viewers, but one element of the show that was a knockout from day one was Michael Richards' wildly idiosyncratic portrayal of Cosmo Kramer. An unapologetically intrusive neighbor who bursts into Jerry's apartment without knocking, helps himself to whatever is in the refrigerator or pantry and makes wild assertions about any topic that happens to be on his or someone else's mind, Kramer was the show's most reliable generator of belly laughs early on and became the series' first breakout character.

Like the other three main characters on the sitcom, Kramer was based on a person from Jerry Seinfeld and series co-creator Larry David's life. It didn't take long for journalists to discover the existence of Kenny Kramer because he was determined to cash in on his quasi-celebrity, but this also complicated things for the show. While Kenny Kramer,...

We’ve once again staggered into March by the skin of our teeth. Another awards season, confronted and conquered, the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards still ringing in our ears like the sonic remnants of Blue Angels flyover. But lo! There’s no rest for the wicked. The calendar begins anew right now, with a bumper crop of freshly hand-picked Don’t-Miss Indies for March. So! Whether you’re in the full bloom of Spring or grinding out the last gasps of winter, get ready–there’s a lot more to watch.

I Love You Forever

When: March 9, March 13 (Film Independent Presents)

Where: Film Independent Theater, Theaters,

Directors: Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani

Cast: Sofia Black D’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Jon Rudnitsky, Cazzie David

Why We’re Excited: Rom-com tropes are subverted in a big, big way in I Love You Forever–screening as part of Film Independent Presents on March 13. Law student...

"Seinfeld" is one of the most influential sitcoms in television history, overcoming incredible odds after its pilot was hated by test audiences, and just barely received high-enough ratings to warrant a second season renewal. It took several years for the show to become the top of water cooler conversations across the country, but not only did its cultural rise pave the way for future comedy series like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Girls," but it also skyrocketed the careers of its stars, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus going on to be an 11-time Emmy winner for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Veep," while co-creator Larry David's follow-up "Curb Your Enthusiasm" received critical acclaim for the two decades it was on. 

Among the greatest accomplishments of "Seinfeld," however, was its ability to introduce new phrases and sayings into everyday usage, thanks to the combined observations of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld.

Larry David is rightfully considered one of the biggest names in the comedy business. The creator of two iconic shows in the form of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the 77-year-old genius has faced his fair share of obstacles, bringing his hilarious visions to life.

Elaine, George, Kramer, and Jerry from Seinfeld | image: NBC

However, from the BTS of Seinfeld, one of the most memorable involved cutting New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner from the show. Despite securing a cameo appearance from the billionaire businessman in the Season 7 finale, David ultimately removed the scene, claiming Steinbrenner’s performance was so awkward that it ruined the episode.

George Steinbrenner’s cameo was never aired on Seinfeld Larry David | Credits: CBS

For the Season 7 finale, the Seinfeld team invited George Steinbrenner to play himself in a cameo. The scene featured Steinbrenner interrupting Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Costanza at a restaurant, ranting...

As far as maligned series finales go, few sitcoms can match up to "Seinfeld." After nine critically acclaimed seasons, the hit NBC show ended with the gang tossed into prison for an entire year. That may sound bleak, but it gets worse: Even before the downer conclusion, the finale is basically an hour straight of the show trashing its main four characters. Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer are all terrible people, the finale argues, and frankly we should all feel bad for liking them.

The finale has plenty of defenders, myself included. We can appreciate how the show suddenly pulls us out of the gang's perspective, showing us how they come across from the outside looking in. Still, the finale's detractors outweigh its fans, so much so that creator Larry David essentially apologized for it with his "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ending. There, Larry also got sent to prison, except this...

With the show continuing to find new audiences in the streaming era and influence current sitcoms, it's safe to say "Seinfeld" is one of the greatest comedies of all time. Created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the show ran for nine seasons from 1989 to 1998, depicting the misadventures of a fictionalized version of Seinfeld and his friends. Each episode was relatively self-contained, with Jerry and his friends running into various misanthropic antics involving dating, their careers, and living in New York City. For a show seemingly about nothing, the phrases, terms, and scenarios throughout "Seinfeld" have entered the modern lexicon as a testament to the show's legacy.

While many of the show's 180 episodes are enduring classics, there are a handful that are just a cut above the rest (with some stinkers mixed in occasionally). From giving each of its main ensemble perfectly inane storylines to thoroughly quotable scenes, these episodes...

Thanks to fresh snowfall and newly expanded terrain, ski season remains in full swing in Park City, Utah. And with spring vacation planning underway, the Hollywood-adored mountain resort is luring discerning industry travelers eager to carve the powder-packed slopes and soak up the town’s European-style ambiance.

Serving as home base (at least up until 2027) for the Sundance Film Festival, where studio titans hobnob up and down Main Street, Park City has grown exponentially over the past 10 years. But even with the sharp rise in new residents especially since Covid, this idyllic mountain town manages to feel down-to-earth.

“The allure of Park City is how accessible it is as a ski town and only a short drive from Salt Lake City,” says Tiffany Layne, founder of Lavon Private Luxury, a bespoke travel curator catering to Hollywood executives who seek the ultimate in fine-tuned experiences. “One of the best perks of...

When Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld co-created Seinfeld in 1989, they likely had no idea the groundbreaking sitcom would go on to redefine television comedy. The show, which debuted in The Seinfeld Chronicles that same year, became a cultural phenomenon over its nine-season run, influencing countless TV shows that followed.

Larry David | Credits: CBS

With its signature “show about nothing” premise, Seinfeld focused on the small, absurd moments in everyday life, delivering endless opportunities for sharp, often hilarious commentary. However, even after 17 years since Seinfeld aired its finale, co-creator David remained as elusive as ever when it comes to discussion about the beloved series. In a 2014 interview, David declined to reveal his favorites from the show.

Larry David refused to answer his favorite character from his hit show Seinfeld

In 2014, Seinfeld co-creator Larry David sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone. While ranking the Top 100 characters of the NBC show...

It's important to remember that the four lead characters of the popular sitcom "Seinfeld" — Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards) — are not good people. Most of the plots of "Seinfeld" episodes stem from their petty grievances, neurotic complaints, and unsophisticated discomforts. The central quartet were insensitive, callow, rude, self-indulgent, and weak-willed. They weren't ever presented as aspirational or even admirable. This spring from a mandate laid out by the series' co-creators Seinfeld and Larry David, namely: the show was to feature no hugs and no lessons. It was to be about nothing. This was to be a sitcom completely devoid of morals and sentimentality.

As such, it made perfect sense for the star characters to end the show in prison. In the two-part finale, called "The Finale", the four of them witness a man getting carjacked at gunpoint and choose to mock the victim's weight rather than help.

The classic NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" has a lot of great episodes, and everyone has their favorites. Some appreciate the silly, crowd-pleasing chaos of something like the now-legendary "The Contest," while others like some of the more underrated episodes, like "The Opera" or "The Stall." But what about the folks behind "Seinfeld"? We already knew that Jason Alexander thought his best moment as his character, George Costanza, was in the Season 3 episode "The Red Dot." With that in mind, let's talk about the favorite episodes of the man behind Jerry Seinfeld himself — Jerry Seinfeld!

In a Reddit Ama back in the mid-2010s, the stand-up comedian and actor -- who played a fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom -- was asked about his favorite episode of the series. In response, he shared two that he loved for very different reasons: the Season 7 episode "The Rye" and the Season 8 episode "The Pothole.

There isn't a more rigidly formulaic television genre than the sitcom. Over a tightly telescoped span of 22 minutes, writers must introduce, escalate and resolve a situation, all while giving audiences the belly laughs that have hopefully made the show appointment viewing. They typically only have a week from table read to filming, which leaves the production some room for adjustments, but little in the way of experimentation. It's all got to be on the page.

Even for a show like "Seinfeld," where the cast maintained a high degree of spontaneity throughout each episode? Where Kramer's (Michael Richards) abrupt entrances seem to throw off the entire gravity of Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) apartment? Where Elaine's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) signature shoves feel like they come out of nowhere? Where the banter takes so many unpredictable twists and turns that the actors appear to be consistently off-guard?

If you're not familiar with how sitcom production works,...

Nine seasons of Seinfeld is already a testament to the sitcom’s success, and the most evident reason why fans loved it is because of the story’s relatable scenarios. This is why Larry David was so furious when NBC decided to cut off one iconic episode—but this did not happen as he threatened to leave the show if they wouldn’t release it.

Seinfeld’s The Chinese Restaurant / Credits: NBC

Season 2 gave us The Chinese Restaurant episode, the story that the network found too boring and plotless. The viewers’ reaction towards it said otherwise, and we’re just so glad David and his team fought to keep it.

Larry David looks back on the Seinfeld episode that almost didn’t make it

The Chinese Restaurant was a special episode of Seinfeld as it brought changes to the show’s direction and established why it’s “a show about nothing.

"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan was this year's recipient of the Writers Guild of America's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement — an annual lifetime achievement award that honors the best of the best in television writing.

In his acceptance speech (reported on by Variety), Gilligan shared some mixed thoughts on the legacy of his most famous work so far. Citing the prevalence of bad guys in the current political landscape, he feels it's time to take a break from antihero protagonists like his own teacher-turned-meth cook lead, Walter "Heisenberg" White (brilliantly played by Bryan Cranston). Gilligan explained:

"Walter White is one of the all time great bad guys. But all things being equal, I think I'd rather be celebrated for creating someone a bit more inspiring. In 2025 it's time to say that out loud, because we are living in an era where bad guys, the real life kind,...

“Saturday Night Live” celebrated its 50th anniversary with a three-and-a-half-hour Sunday night primetime special, because there were too many stars to fit into 90 minutes.

Lorne Michaels’ sketch comedy institution has been part of the fabric of American culture for so long that it can be easy to take for granted how unique its run has been. “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” served as a star-studded reminder of how singular the show is — how long it’s been relevant, how many stars it has produced and how many catchphrases it has embedded into the collective vocabulary. The special was a cavalcade of sketches, celebrity guests and “SNL” history that celebrated the past while keeping an eye on the present.

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the show with a rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” which Simon performed on the show with Paul McCartney in 1976.. Then 16-time host Steve Martin got to do the monologue,...

It was a massively star-studded affair at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday evening (February 16) held at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Saturday Night Live celebrated it’s 50th anniversary with hundreds of stars who have appeared on the show over the years.

From music stars like Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Cher, to actors like Ayo Edebiri, Emma Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy.

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The late-night sketch show’s special featured many returning sketches, with past and present SNL cast members reprising their characters, and even several celebrities who have hosted reprising their characters!

We have gathered every celebrity, cast member and more’s looks from the red carpet and you can see over 200 below…

Abby Elliott

Adam & Jackie Sandler

Adria Arjona & Jason Momoa

Aidy Bryant

Alex & Hilaria Baldwin

Alex Moffat & Caroline Kingsley Moffat

Al Franken

Al Sharpton

Amelia Dimoldenberg...