Funnily enough,Netflixhad actually acquired the streaming rights toSeinfeldtwo years ago, reportedly paying more than $500 million to secure all 180 episodes for five years afterSeinfeldleft Hulu, Amazon Prime Video UK, and the other services that had the show for all these years. The news will seeSeinfeldmove in withJerry Seinfeld’s comedy specialsfor the streamer, which will bookend the series at least until Jerry’s Pop-Tart movie premieres.
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ConsideringSeinfeld’s massive cultural impact, Netflix delivered its official trailer in tune with the series’ signature humor, being quite proud of the chance it’ll be taking on the young comedic talents of Seinfeld and Larry David starting October 1. “This is the first time we’ve taken a risk of this nature, going all-in on nine seasons at the jump”, read Netflix’s very real press release, a sentiment that was echoed by Jerry, who complimented the company by admitting “It takes a lot of guts to trust two schmucks who literally had zero experience in television when we made this thing.” Truly as meta as it gets forSeinfeld.
The press release does captureSeinfeld’s story of unlikely success, which went from barely being picked up by NBC in 1989 to garnering a cult-like following that made it the most successful TV series the world had seen beforeFriends. Although isn’t hasn’t aged perfectly,Seinfeldholds up fairly well by retaining all the charm of being “a show about nothing” that produced jokes that are still the stuff of memes up to this day, in large partdue toSeinfeld’sunique cast of characters.
Seinfeld’s arrival on Netflix could spell a streaming revival for the show, since aside fromJulia Louis-Dreyfus being new to MCUand all of her recent work, most have continued working in smaller roles, with Jerry Seinfeld mostly focused on stand-up comedy, writing, and producing works likeComedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Seinfeld’s full nine seasons will be exclusively available on Netflix starting August 07, 2025.
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