How 'Seinfeld' paved way for future sitcoms
This 'show about nothing' was actually all about re-inventing comedy for the TV universe
03 October 2021 - 00:00
Thirty-two years after its pilot episode aired to a reception that would, at best, be described as "meh" — and 23 years after its season finale was watched by 76-million people in the US— Seinfeld, "the show about nothing," has arrived on Netflix in a record-breaking $500m (R7.5bn) licensing deal...
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