The show invented a new form of comedy. Before Seinfeld , sitcoms resolved with a lesson. Seinfeld resolves with four people sitting in a jail cell, reflecting on the first time they met. It is cynical, brilliant, and relentlessly funny.
Seinfeld is often famously described as a "show about nothing," but its nine-season run on NBC from 1989 to 1998 proved that "nothing" could be everything. Created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the series revolutionized the sitcom by focusing on the mundane minutiae of everyday life through the eyes of four narcissistic New Yorkers. seinfeld all episodes
The most absurd. The Butter Shave (George uses a butter sculpture of J. Peterman to masturbate). The Merv Griffin Show (Kramer turns his apartment into a talk show set). The Betrayal (a backwards episode, like Memento ). The Puerto Rican Day Parade (a low-key, mean-spirited episode that caused real-world protests). The series finale, The Finale (S9E23/24), sees the gang put on trial for criminal indifference and sent to prison. The show invented a new form of comedy