Seinfeld
American television sitcom (1989–1998)
Seinfeld is an American situation comedy television series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, and ran from 1989 to 1998.
| Seinfeld | |
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| Created by | Larry David Jerry Seinfeld |
| Starring | Jerry Seinfeld Jason Alexander Julia Louis-Dreyfus Michael Richards |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 180 (including two-part episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Larry David Howard West George Shapiro Andrew Scheinman Jerry Seinfeld |
| Running time | 21 minutes (syndication), 22 minutes (original) |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | July 5, 1989 – May 14, 1998 |
The show is about four friends in New York City living their day-to-day lives. This show follows a strict policy of "no hugging, no learning" which means the episodes do not end with characters learning a lesson or feature any dramatic scenes such as fighting, arguing, or crying which is why the series is joked about being the "show about nothing".
People
changeMain Characters
change- Jerry Seinfeld (played by himself) - The main protagonist of the show. He is a comedian. He lives in a rented apartment in New York City. Jerry always gets into strange situations and funny events with his friends.
- George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander) - Jerry's best friend. He is very neurotic and always afraid that nobody likes him. He works at many places in the show, first as a real estate agent and later for the New York Yankees baseball team.
- Elaine Benes (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) - Elaine is Jerry's ex-girlfriend. They are still friends and always spend time together. Elaine always has trouble finding a good boyfriend.
- Cosmo Kramer (played by Michael Richards) - He lives in the apartment next to Jerry's. Kramer is very tall and his hair always stands upwards. He is a strange sort of person and always has ideas nobody else has.
Recurring characters
change- Newman (played by Wayne Knight) - The main antagonist of the show who's a very close friend of Kramer, but he and Jerry almost never get along with Newman trying to take Jerry down. Newman is a lazy mailman who works for the United States Postal Service.
- Susan Ross (Heidi Swedberg) - George's girlfriend in season 4 and his fiancée in season 7. George hates being with her.
- Frank and Estelle Costanza (Jerry Stiller, Estelle Harris, and John Randolph) - George's parents, whom he hates.
- Morty and Helen Seinfeld (Barney Martin and Liz Sheridan) - Jerry's parents.