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A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

9 Seasons
180 Episodes
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Comedy
episode image The Contest
9.5/10 (9625 votes)

#1 The Contest

S4:E11
Nov 18, 1992

George's mom lands in the hospital; a contest begins among Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine, involving a naked woman and an attractive man.

episode image The Opposite
9.5/10 (7398 votes)

#2 The Opposite

S5:E22
May 19, 1994

George changes his life by going against his instincts; Kramer plugs his book on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."

episode image The Soup Nazi
9.5/10 (7719 votes)

#3 The Soup Nazi

S7:E6
Nov 2, 1995

Cooing between Jerry and his girlfriend irritates George; Elaine runs afoul of a soup vendor; Kramer loses Elaine's armoire to muggers.

episode image The Outing
9.4/10 (7079 votes)

#4 The Outing

S4:E17
Feb 11, 1993

Elaine's prank leads a reporter to believe Jerry and George are a gay couple.

episode image The Marine Biologist
9.2/10 (6313 votes)

#5 The Marine Biologist

S5:E14
Feb 10, 1994

A writer hits a woman in the head with Elaine's electronic organiser; George lies to impress a woman.

episode image The Hamptons
9.0/10 (5408 votes)

#6 The Hamptons

S5:E21
May 12, 1994

In the Hamptons, George's date sunbathes topless; Kramer steals lobsters; and a handsome doctor compliments Elaine, or does he?

episode image The Bizarro Jerry
9.0/10 (5080 votes)

#7 The Bizarro Jerry

S8:E3
Oct 3, 1996

Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.

episode image The Abstinence
9.0/10 (4604 votes)

#8 The Abstinence

S8:E9
Nov 21, 1996

George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.

episode image The Yada Yada
9.0/10 (4959 votes)

#9 The Yada Yada

S8:E19
Apr 24, 1997

George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.

episode image The Merv Griffin Show
9.0/10 (5165 votes)

#10 The Merv Griffin Show

S9:E6
Nov 6, 1997

Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.

episode image The Limo
8.9/10 (5998 votes)

#11 The Limo

S3:E19
Feb 26, 1992

Jerry and George take a limo meant for another, whose agenda includes more than just getting in from the airport.

episode image The Airport
8.9/10 (5222 votes)

#12 The Airport

S4:E12
Nov 25, 1992

On a flight to NYC, Jerry has a first-class time, but Elaine suffers in coach. Meanwhile, Kramer and George try to hit the right airport.

episode image The Race
8.9/10 (5046 votes)

#13 The Race

S6:E10
Dec 15, 1994

Jerry dates a woman whose boss has a grudge against him; Elaine dates a Communist whose ideology spreads to George and Kramer.

episode image The Switch
8.9/10 (4907 votes)

#14 The Switch

S6:E11
Jan 5, 1995

George suspects that his girlfriend is bulimic; Jerry dates a woman who has a friendlier roommate; Elaine loans out her boss's tennis racket.

episode image The Jimmy
8.9/10 (4852 votes)

#15 The Jimmy

S6:E19
Mar 16, 1995

A gym member teams with George in business and makes a date with Elaine to see Mel Torme; Jerry suspects his dentist of hanky-panky.

episode image The Little Kicks
8.9/10 (4623 votes)

#16 The Little Kicks

S8:E4
Oct 10, 1996

Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.

episode image The Chicken Roaster
8.9/10 (4720 votes)

#17 The Chicken Roaster

S8:E8
Nov 14, 1996

George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.

episode image The Betrayal
8.9/10 (5339 votes)

#18 The Betrayal

S9:E8
Nov 20, 1997

Flashbacks trace the evolution of Jerry, George and Elaine's disastrous trip to a wedding in India, and Kramer's desperate need to barter for a birthday wish.

episode image The Puffy Shirt
8.8/10 (5190 votes)

#19 The Puffy Shirt

S5:E2
Sep 23, 1993

Jerry's appearance with Bryant Gumbel is not the expected career boost for Kramer's girlfriend; but George gets a new career after moving back with his parents.

episode image The Rye
8.8/10 (4548 votes)

#20 The Rye

S7:E11
Jan 4, 1996

George's parents meet Susan's; Elaine fears her enthusiasm may have scared off the musician she's dating; Kramer drives a hansom cab, but feeds his steed bad fuel.

episode image The Parking Garage
8.7/10 (6009 votes)

#21 The Parking Garage

S3:E6
Oct 30, 1991

Saturday at the mall with the gang, none of whom bothered to note where the car was parked.

episode image The Tape
8.7/10 (5117 votes)

#22 The Tape

S3:E8
Nov 13, 1991

George is hot for a potential baldness remedy, and for Elaine after she plays a joke on Jerry.

episode image The Subway
8.7/10 (5398 votes)

#23 The Subway

S3:E13
Jan 8, 1992

A beauty picks up George; Jerry makes friends with a naked guy; Kramer is tipped off about a hot horse; Elaine gets stuck en route to a lesbian wedding.

episode image The Bubble Boy
8.7/10 (5416 votes)

#24 The Bubble Boy

S4:E7
Oct 7, 1992

A weekend is kaput, partly because of George's driving.

episode image The Junior Mint
8.7/10 (4875 votes)

#25 The Junior Mint

S4:E20
Mar 18, 1993

Jerry can't remember the name of his date, and he observes a splenectomy.

episode image The Fusilli Jerry
8.7/10 (4330 votes)

#26 The Fusilli Jerry

S6:E21
Apr 27, 1995

Jerry's mechanic "steals" his lovemaking technique; someone's license plates enhance Kramer's image; Mrs. Costanza gets an eye job.

episode image The Calzone
8.7/10 (4296 votes)

#27 The Calzone

S7:E20
Apr 25, 1996

George gets his boss, George Steinbrenner, hooked on calzones, then loses his supplier; Kramer warms to clothing fresh from the dryer.

episode image The Nap
8.7/10 (4021 votes)

#28 The Nap

S8:E18
Apr 10, 1997

George crafts a place to nap at work; a new beau gives Elaine a mattress, which Kramer promptly soils; Jerry's kitchen is redesigned against his will.

episode image The Serenity Now
8.7/10 (4674 votes)

#29 The Serenity Now

S9:E3
Oct 9, 1997

George goes to work for his father; Jerry's girlfriend wants to see his emotions; Kramer adopts a suburban feel at home; Elaine prompts two Jewish men to renounce their faith.

episode image The Strike
8.7/10 (4589 votes)

#30 The Strike

S9:E10
Dec 18, 1997

Kramer returns to work after his 12-year strike is settled; Jerry dates a woman whose appearance fluctuates; George gives holiday gifts in his co-workers' names to a fraudulent charity.

episode image The Frogger
8.7/10 (4252 votes)

#31 The Frogger

S9:E18
Apr 23, 1998

George buys an arcade game to preserve his high score; fear of a serial killer adversely affects Jerry's social life; Elaine eats Peterman's slice of wedding cake from the nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

episode image The Chinese Restaurant
8.6/10 (5867 votes)

#32 The Chinese Restaurant

S2:E11
May 23, 1991

Jerry, Elaine and George stop for a quick Chinese dinner before a showing of Plan 9 From Outer Space on the big screen. However, while waiting a really long time to get a table, Jerry sees a woman whose name he can't recall; George needs to use a phone he can't have and Elaine needs food, more than those seated ahead of them.

episode image The Boyfriend (1)
8.6/10 (5328 votes)

#33 The Boyfriend (1)

S3:E17
Feb 12, 1992

Jerry becomes friends with baseball's Keith Hernandez, who has a history with Kramer and would like a future with Elaine.

episode image The Implant
8.6/10 (4457 votes)

#34 The Implant

S4:E19
Feb 25, 1993

Jerry adopts Elaine's opinion about a woman he's seeing; then Elaine changes her mind.

episode image The Pilot (1)
8.6/10 (4435 votes)

#35 The Pilot (1)

S4:E23
May 20, 1993

Kramer wants to audition for Jerry and George's pilot; and the network president becomes obsessed with Elaine.

episode image The Stall
8.6/10 (4356 votes)

#36 The Stall

S5:E12
Jan 6, 1994

George is charmed by Elaine's new boyfriend; Kramer thinks Jerry's new girlfriend is his phone-sex mate.

episode image The Fire
8.6/10 (4345 votes)

#37 The Fire

S5:E20
May 5, 1994

George embarrasses himself at a kids' birthday party; Jerry heckles back at a heckler.

episode image The Engagement
8.6/10 (3985 votes)

#38 The Engagement

S7:E1
Sep 21, 1995

Jerry reneges on his pact with George to be more like "grown-up men"; Newman takes care of a barking dog that keeps Elaine awake.

episode image The Wink
8.6/10 (3955 votes)

#39 The Wink

S7:E4
Oct 12, 1995

George's involuntary winking is misinterpreted by many, and prompts Kramer to seek a favor from Yankee Paul O'Neill; Jerry tries to hide his distaste for meat from Elaine's cousin.

episode image The Caddy
8.6/10 (3863 votes)

#40 The Caddy

S7:E12
Jan 25, 1996

Kramer sues Elaine's friend for sinking his golf career; George's apparent work ethic impresses his bosses.

Cast & Chracters

character image Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor: Jerry Seinfeld
character image George Costanza

George Costanza

Actor: Jason Alexander
character image Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer

Actor: Michael Richards
character image Elaine Benes

Elaine Benes

Actor: Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The highest rated episode of Seinfeld is "The Contest" (S4E11) with a rating of 9.50.

This episode received 9,625 votes.

It aired on November 18, 1992.


The lowest rated episode is "The Highlights of 100 (1)" (S6E14) with a rating of 6.90.

This episode received 3,382 votes.

It aired on February 2, 1995.

The highest rated episode is "The Stake Out" (S1E2) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 6,044 votes.

It aired on May 31, 1990.


The lowest rated episode is "Male Unbonding" (S1E4) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 5,391 votes.

It aired on June 14, 1990.

The highest rated episode is "The Chinese Restaurant" (S2E11) with a rating of 8.60.

This episode received 5,867 votes.

It aired on May 23, 1991.


The lowest rated episode is "The Baby Shower" (S2E10) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 4,657 votes.

It aired on May 16, 1991.

The highest rated episode is "The Limo" (S3E19) with a rating of 8.90.

This episode received 5,998 votes.

It aired on February 26, 1992.


The lowest rated episode is "The Dog" (S3E4) with a rating of 7.10.

This episode received 4,874 votes.

It aired on October 9, 1991.

The highest rated episode is "The Contest" (S4E11) with a rating of 9.50.

This episode received 9,625 votes.

It aired on November 18, 1992.


The lowest rated episode is "The Wallet" (S4E5) with a rating of 7.90.

This episode received 4,049 votes.

It aired on September 23, 1992.

The highest rated episode is "The Opposite" (S5E22) with a rating of 9.50.

This episode received 7,398 votes.

It aired on May 19, 1994.


The lowest rated episode is "The Stand-In" (S5E16) with a rating of 7.60.

This episode received 3,804 votes.

It aired on February 24, 1994.

The highest rated episode is "The Race" (S6E10) with a rating of 8.90.

This episode received 5,046 votes.

It aired on December 15, 1994.


The lowest rated episode is "The Highlights of 100 (1)" (S6E14) with a rating of 6.90.

This episode received 3,382 votes.

It aired on February 2, 1995.

The highest rated episode is "The Soup Nazi" (S7E6) with a rating of 9.50.

This episode received 7,719 votes.

It aired on November 2, 1995.


The lowest rated episode is "The Friars Club" (S7E18) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 3,454 votes.

It aired on March 7, 1996.

The highest rated episode is "The Bizarro Jerry" (S8E3) with a rating of 9.00.

This episode received 5,080 votes.

It aired on October 3, 1996.


The lowest rated episode is "The Money" (S8E12) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 3,347 votes.

It aired on January 16, 1997.

The highest rated episode is "The Merv Griffin Show" (S9E6) with a rating of 9.00.

This episode received 5,165 votes.

It aired on November 6, 1997.


The lowest rated episode is "The Chronicle (1)" (S9E21) with a rating of 7.60.

This episode received 3,193 votes.

It aired on May 14, 1998.

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Jennifer Crittenden Production Producer
Jerry Seinfeld Production Executive Producer
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Larry Charles Production Producer
Larry David Production Executive Producer
Marjorie Gross Production Producer
Max Pross Production Producer
Nancy Sprow Production Producer
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