• The Seinfeld Chronicles

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 46 mins
  • Podcast

The Seinfeld Chronicles

  • Summary

  • "So we go into NBC, we tell them we've got an idea for a show about nothing."

    "Exactly"

    "They say what's your show about? I say nothing."

    "There you go"

    "I think you may have something here..."

    This is the conversation that takes place between Jerry and George in a Seinfeld episode from season 4 called "The Pitch." It was the fictionalized version of the real process that led Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to create one of the biggest and most successful shows in television history.

    Today we travel back to 1988 to witness the origins, creation, and everything that went into the launch of the very first episode of Seinfeld, a pilot dubbed "The Seinfeld Chronicles" that first aired on July 5th, 1989.

    It was a pilot that seemed dead in the water as the network, test audiences, and even some of the cast didn't think it had a chance of success. But little did everyone know what this tiny show about nothing would eventually become...

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