Seinfeld | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by |
Larry David Jerry Seinfeld |
Directed by | |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Jonathan Wolff |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 180 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22-24 minutes |
Production company(s) | West-Shapiro Productions Castle Rock Entertainment |
Distributor |
Columbia TriStar Television (1995–2002) Sony Pictures Television (2002–present) |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
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Original release | July 5, 1989 | – May 14, 1998
External links | |
Website |
Seinfeld is an American sitcom that originally ran for nine seasons on NBC, from 1989 to 1998. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment building in Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City (although taped entirely in Los Angeles), the show features a handful of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, particularly best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). It is often described as being "a show about nothing", as many of its episodes are about the minutiae of daily life.
Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment. In syndication, the series has been distributed by Sony Pictures Television since 2002. It was largely written by David and Seinfeld with script writers who included Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman, Gregg Kavet, Carol Leifer, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Steve Koren, Jennifer Crittenden, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Dan O'Keefe, Charlie Rubin, Marjorie Gross, Alec Berg, Elaine Pope, and Spike Feresten.