By Miguel Mike Medina
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Seinfeld is not just any ordinary TV sitcom series. The show debuted 37 years ago on NBC. The show’s future didn’t look great, but the risk paid off. People at the network rallied behind Seinfeld.
Co-created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the show is still admired and watched by millions of viewers. Everyone is still getting paid because of reruns. Now, Sony Pictures Television, the show’s distributor, has renewed its licensing agreements with Netflix and Paramount.
Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, will have Seinfeld in its catalog for the next five years. Paramount will have cable rights for the next three years. Seinfeld was going to expire on Oct 1, but that’s no longer happening due to the renewal.
After losing out on Friends and The Office, Netflix needed to step up its game. The streaming giant needed a sitcom that would fill the void. That’s where Seinfeld landed on their lap. Seinfeld may have ended in 1998, but 2026 feels like a rebirth for the show. Many viewers who use Netflix have tuned in to watch Seinfeld for the first half of the year.
Seasons 1, 3, and 6 are some of the seasons that viewers are enjoying every episode of. The sitcom has impeccable writing, one-line jokes, and some of the supporting and recurring roles have been iconic. David and Seinfeld are masters at focusing on the little nuances of line delivery as well as facial expressions.
Without great writing, a show won’t go the distance. NBC was the Yankees of that era. Aside from Seinfeld, the network had great sitcoms such as Friends, Frasier, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and many more. We will never forget the “Must-See TV” motto.
Miguel Mike Medina is the publisher of The MMM Journal. He can be reached at medinamiguelmike@gmail.com and themmmjournal@gmail.com
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