Why It Ranks
A show about nothing that changed everything.
Score Breakdown
The Review
Seinfeld rewrote the rules of the sitcom. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld created a show with no hugging, no learning, and no growth — four terrible people navigating the absurdities of everyday life in New York City. The show's innovation was radical: it proved that comedy did not need heart, did not need redemption, and did not need its characters to be likable. George Costanza is the greatest comic creation in television history. The show's vocabulary — 'yada yada yada,' 'not that there's anything wrong with that,' 'master of my domain' — is permanently embedded in the English language.
Fun Fact
NBC executives were so confused by the pilot that their internal memo read: 'Too New York, too Jewish. No segment of the audience will watch.'
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