Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC

NBC

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 from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David

Larry David

Lawrence Gene "Larry" David is an American actor, writer, comedian and producer. He is best known as the co-creator , head writer, and executive producer of the television series Seinfeld from 1989 to 1996, and for creating the 1999 HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a partially improvised sitcom in...

 and Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...

, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself

Jerry Seinfeld (character)

Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld is the main protagonist of the American television sitcom Seinfeld . The straight man among his group of friends, this semi-fictionalized version of comedian Jerry Seinfeld was named after, co-created by, based on, and played by Seinfeld himself.The series revolves around...

. Set predominantly in an apartment block on Manhattan

Manhattan

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's Upper West Side

Upper West Side

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 (but shot in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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), the show features a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, in particular best friend George Costanza

George Costanza

George Louis Costanza is a character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld , played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" , "Lord of the Idiots" , and as "the greatest sitcom character of all time"...

, former girlfriend Elaine Benes

Elaine Benes

Elaine Marie Benes is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld , played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine's best friend is her ex-boyfriend Jerry Seinfeld; she is also good friends with George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer...

, and neighbor across the hall, Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer

Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld , played by Michael Richards...

.

Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment

Castle Rock Entertainment

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 and distributed in association with Columbia Pictures Television

Columbia Pictures Television

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 and Columbia TriStar Television

Columbia TriStar Television

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; Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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 has distributed the series since 2002.