Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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| Genre |
Talk show Comedy |
| Created by | Jerry Seinfeld |
| Directed by | Jerry Seinfeld |
| Starring | Jerry Seinfeld |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 59 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jerry Seinfeld |
| Running time | 6–23 minutes |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
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| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV |
| Original release | July 19, 2012 – present |
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| Related shows | Seinfeld |
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is an American web series talk show created, directed and hosted by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, distributed by digital network Crackle. The series premiered on July 19, 2012.
Episodes feature Seinfeld introducing a vintage car selected for a guest comedian, followed by a drive to a pre-selected café or restaurant for coffee. Episodes diverge from the format spontaneously, as when Michael Richards implores Seinfeld to take a side street, when Seinfeld returns after coffee with Carl Reiner to join him for dinner with Mel Brooks—or when car trouble arises. As of May 2015, the series had been streamed nearly 100 million times.
The show's ninth season premiered on January 5, 2017. That same month it was announced that the series would migrate from Crackle to Netflix, with the ninth season being the final one to premiere on Crackle. Twenty-four new episodes will stream on Netflix in 2017 and 2018, with all previous episodes made available on the streaming service.
Seinfeld has stated that the roots of the concept traced to a DVD extra he made for his 2002 documentary Comedian along with a later trip he made after purchasing an old VW Beetle in New Mexico, subsequently filming the return trip to the east coast with a friend. Later describing the birth of the series Seinfeld said the series birth was "an experiment"—as "kind of a guess."
Prior to development of the series, Seinfeld was told by leading social network advisers, including those at Facebook and Yahoo, that a show length exceeding five minutes had little chance of success on the web.Howard Schultz, coffee magnate and Chairman of Starbucks, turned down the opportunity to sponsor the show.Acura eventually sponsored the show, giving Seinfeld creative license with creating the commercials and product placements.
Episodes are estimated to cost roughly $100,000, with guests being paid in cash and the initial raw shoot lasting on average three-and-a-half hours, which is then edited over a two-week period down to a 12–20 minute episode. The process uses a lean production staff, involves a minimum of network interaction, and is designed as an edited and unscripted talk show without an audience that can be comfortably watched on a smart phone.
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