‘Seinfeld’ At 25…Yada, Yada, Yada…

Twenty five years ago yesterday, July 5, 1989, the show premiered as ‘The Seinfeld Chronicles’ as a one time test on NBC. After it aired, a pickup by NBC did not seem likely and the show was offered to Fox, which declined to pick it up. Rick Ludwin, head of late night and special events for NBC, however, diverted money from his budget by canceling a Bob Hope television special, and the next four episodes were filmed.

Those four episodes aired May 31 June 21, 1990 together with the pilot constituted the first season. These four episodes were highly rated as they followed ‘Cheers’ on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., and the series was finally picked up.

NBC ordered 13 more episodes and the second season aired January to June of 1991 but only 12 episode ran as the scheduled premiere of January 16, 1991 was bumped due to the outbreak of the Persian Gulf war.

Larry David believed that he and Jerry Seinfeld had no more stories to tell, and advised his partner to turn down the order, but Seinfeld agreed to the additional episodes. For the first three seasons, Jerry’s stand-up comedy act would bookend an episode, even functioning as cut scenes during the show.

Here’s fun few minutes of outtakes from the show that take us on location and into the studio at CBS Studio Center in LA. Enjoy and share.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKdv_JyzyQ

This is a video compilation of behind the scenes footage taken from NBC’s Seinfeld set. Includes a variety of raw footage, bloopers, a cast introduction, and…

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