![]() ![]() This deserved wave of popularity translates at the start of Season Five into a bigger budget (for more ambitious storytelling) and an even greater creative freedom – a tool that Seinfeld has always considered vital to its anti-traditional narrative success. With a prime location and several big Emmy wins for last year’s collection (for Richards, David’s writing, and as the Outstanding Comedy Series), Seinfeld shot up to the #3 most watched show of the ’93-’94 season – the lowest it’ll be for the remainder of its run – making it a legitimate sensation with a stature that has maintained to this day. First, let’s note that the series is now a success on every front, and perhaps surprisingly, this high qualitative mark exists in tandem with its commercial ascent, as the show, after proving its worth during the strong and forward-moving fourth season, was chosen to inherit the coveted Cheers spot: the linchpin of NBC’s Must See TV Thursdays. But as suggested last time, there are also a few other reasons that I find Season Five more qualitatively comparable to (if not more elevated than) the year prior. While many fans find the former of those two – the show’s fourth season – to be the series’ finest representation, my sentiments are more evenly divided, believing that Season Five may actually have more of a claim to the otherwise arbitrary “peak” label because it generally exists at the same figurative height as its predecessor, but gets to stand situationally tall right before the show’s first recognizable descent in quality – making it the true climax of this hallowed era. ![]() In past seasonal commentaries, I’ve made known my belief that Seinfeld’s third season ushered in a three-year-long “Golden Age” (an impressive stretch) that launched with the series’ funny, premise-connected first full season and culminated in a two-year comedic peak represented by both Seasons Four and Five. Seinfeld stars JERRY SEINFELD as Jerry Seinfeld, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS as Elaine Benes, MICHAEL RICHARDS as Cosmo Kramer, and JASON ALEXANDER as George Costanza. Where does a comedian get his material? From everyday life. I’m happy to report that the entire series has been released on DVD. ![]() Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday and the continuation of our series on the best episodes of Seinfeld (1989-1998, NBC), one of the most popular and critically lauded American sitcoms ever produced. ![]()
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