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NEWS ABOUT: Seinfeld

Seinfeld stories: 15 news summaries

 'Kramer' Parodies Racist Rant 

Curb episode jokes about comedian's tirade

Nov 17, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Richards makes fun of the racist fit that derailed his standup career on the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show has a black character deceive Richards—playing himself—as part of a ruse by Larry David. Richards corners the character and begins to scream: "If only... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • comedy • racism • Michael Richards

around the dial

 Sitcoms Adapt to Find Success 

New comedies borrow from drama, reality TV

Oct 5, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, sitcoms ruled the television landscape. Their stellar ratings and cheap production costs made them unstoppable in the ‘90s, but their success was also their undoing: With so many options, viewers tired of the format. TV moved on to serious dramas and trashy reality programming. Now, the sitcom,... More »

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television • The Office • Seinfeld • sitcom • How I Met Your Mother • Nurse Jackie

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 'Pathetic' Seinfeld 
 Reunion Invades Curb 

HBO show resuscitates Larry David's other brainchild 10 years later

Oct 4, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm will go farther than usual to satisfy your Seinfeld craving, but it's hardly the real thing—nor is it meant to be. The eagerly awaited reunion arc kicks off with Jerry Seinfeld himself deeming the very idea "desperate" and "pathetic,"... More »

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entertainment • television • cable TV • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • network television • sitcoms • Jason Alexander • improvisation

(Newser) - It jiggles. It droops. It covers naughty parts. Let's face it, fat is funny, especially when a guy knows how to work it. Super Tremendous lists the funniest fat men:
  • Jason Alexander: His George Costanza character on Seinfeld revealed the tragic life of "a short, stocky, slow-witted bald
... More »

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Saturday Night Live • The Office • Seinfeld • Ricky Gervais • comedian • John Belushi • Chris Farley • Jason Alexander • John Candy • George Costanza

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t worried that reuniting with George, Elaine, and Kramer might be considered double-dipping, Entertainment Weekly reports. “There was a little part of me that said, ‘Do we really want to tamper?’” he says, emphasizing that the Seinfeld cast's upcoming appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm... More »

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entertainment • television • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • reunion • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

OPINION

 Fall TV: 
 What to 
 Watch, 
 Skip 



Critics hit press preview tour

Aug 12, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - TV critics got a taste of fall at the Summer TV Press Tour. They pooled their thoughts on the good, the bad, and the ugly for the Los Angeles Times. The bad:
  • The Beautiful Life: TBL: Ashton Kutcher rambled; Elle MacPherson said nothing. And why the “superfluous
... More »

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television • Larry David • Seinfeld • Ashton Kutcher • Jason Schwartzman • Ted Danson • Elle MacPherson • Gordon Ramsay • television program

(Newser) - So what are Kramer, George, Jerry, and Elaine up to 11 years after Seinfeld went off the air? Larry David says fans can get an idea of how the characters turned out on the seventh season of his Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, reports the Star-Ledger. He shed more details... More »

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HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Curse? Don't Be Absurd: Larry David 

Whatever Works star gets prickly

Jun 4, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you ever run into Larry David, don't bring up the Seinfeld curse. Scott Raab, who interviewed David for Esquire, learned the hard way. "It was the most absurd, silliest, stupidest thing to say that there was a curse," said the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody... More »

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entertainment • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Michael Richards • Woody Allen • Whatever Works • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Cast Together Again  


Mar 5, 09 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not quite a reunion of the Beatles, but maybe the TV equivalent. The Seinfeld stars—Jerry, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards—will appear together in a series of episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall, reports Entertainment Weekly'. If you're rusty on Seinfeld trivia, remember... More »

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television • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

 Seinfeld Returns 
 to NBC With 
 'Marriage Ref' 
 Reality Show 

Comedian sees something funny about marriage

Feb 26, 09 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld is returning to network TV after an 11-year-break with a show mining marriages for comedy gold, Variety reports. The comedian is the creator and executive producer of the upcoming NBC reality series The Marriage Ref, which will feature opinionated celebs giving lighthearted marriage advice to couples going through... More »

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reality TV • NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Seinfeld • comedian

At Ill. Capitol,
It's a Festivus Miracle!

Teen augments
holiday display with 'Seinfeld' homage

Dec 25, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Illinois state capitol's holiday decorations this year include a Nativity scene, a menorah—and a Festivus pole, courtesy of a teenage Seinfeld fan. Michael Tennenhouse  visited for the Blagojevich impeachment hearings, stumbled on the holiday displays, and got to thinking. "Religious displays should not be in public buildings,... More »

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Seinfeld • Springfield • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Festivus

 Larry David, Curb Returning

Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm coming to HBO early next year

Jul 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Irascible Larry David will be bringing Curb Your Enthusiasm back for a seventh series, reports Reuters. New episodes of the edgy comedy are expected to air early next year, more than a year after last year's series ended in November 2007. HBO bosses says the Seinfeld creator is—you guessed... More »

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television • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • sitcom

 Seinfeld: Still a Classic? 

Two critics battle over the show about nothing

May 4, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Does the sitcom "about nothing” still evoke something—like laughs? Two TV critics revisited Seinfeld and emerged with different takes on the nutty New Yorkers. David Noonan argues that great actors—including an awesome string of small-part oddballs—still make the comedy sparkle. "They add a deep and... More »

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television • Jerry Seinfeld • Seinfeld • comedy • stand up comedy • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom

Mental Patients Benefit From Larry David Therapy

TV's finest imbodiment of social dysfunction helps cure the mentally unwell

Oct 24, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - However difficult Larry David might be, don’t call him unhelpful. The comic misfit's cringe-worthy gaffes turn out to be just the tonic for schizophrenics suffering from paralyzing social anxieties. A University of North Carolina grad student noticed his stubbornly  uncommunicative patients respond well to sitcoms, especially “Curb Your... More »

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television • mental health • schizophrenia • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

Larry and
Laurie Curb Their Marriage

Enthusiasm star, environmental activist split after 14 years

Jun 6, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crotchety Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David has split with wife Laurie, a global warming activist, after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was "very amicable," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • television • divorce • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Laurie David • An Inconvenient Truth

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