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On July 5, 1989, “The Seinfeld Chronicles” premiered with a whimper on NBC. Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, it centered on the mundane life of a standup comedian and his eccentric friends. The self-proclaimed “show about nothing,” rebranded as “Seinfeld” when its remaining four first season episodes finally aired almost a year later in 1990, was championed by critics and ignored by audiences. Yet momentum continued to gain, and soon the series was dominating the ratings, collecting Emmys and entering the cultural lexicon with its popular catchphrases. Let’s take a look back at 30 of its greatest episodes, ranked worst to best.

Though Jerry was front-and-center, “Seinfeld” succeeded thanks to its supporting cast: best friend and ne’er do well George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and wacky neighbor Kramer (Michael Richards). Self-centered, back-biting and inconsiderate, these merry misfits were made for each other. The wide variety of oddball side players,...

On July 5, 1989, “The Seinfeld Chronicles” premiered with a whimper on NBC. Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, it centered on the mundane life of a standup comedian and his eccentric friends. The self-proclaimed “show about nothing,” rebranded as “Seinfeld” when its remaining four first season episodes finally aired almost a year later in 1990, was championed by critics and ignored by audiences. Yet momentum continued to gain, and soon the series was dominating the ratings, collecting Emmys and entering the cultural lexicon with its popular catchphrases. In honor of its 30th anniversary, let’s take a look back at 30 of its greatest episodes, ranked worst to best.

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Though Jerry was front-and-center, “Seinfeld” succeeded thanks to its supporting cast: best friend and ne’er do well George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and wacky neighbor Kramer (Michael Richards). Self-centered,...

Exclusive: Netflix has slotted February 15 for the premiere of Larry Charles’ Dangerous World Of Comedy, a four-part series from the creative mind behind comedic classics such as Borat and Brüno.

Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy features the legendary writer-director examining comedy around the world. From Russia, China, India, Iran, Nigeria Turkey and more, Charles travels to the unlikeliest of places and speaks to the unlikeliest of comedians to unearth just how dangerous and how meaningful the world of comedy can be, according to the official logline.

The series is executive produced by Larry Charles and Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, under their Roam Pictures nonfiction label.

“‘I am grateful to Netflix for giving me the opportunity to tell this honest and harrowing and heartbreaking story of comedy in the face of war and violence and death,” Charles said. “Comedy as a tool of rebuilding, as an instrument...

Amy Sherman-Palladino is best known for creating “Gilmore Girls” and her current hit show, Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” But did you know she actually got one of her first big breaks writing during the original run of “Roseanne” for six seasons (1990-1994)? Sherman-Palladino (with Jennifer Heath) earned her first and currently only Emmy nomination in 1992 for Best Comedy Writing for the episode “A Bitter Pill to Swallow.” Coming full circle, Sherman-Palladino 26 years later will now have to compete against the “Roseanne” revival at the 2018 Emmys.

Sherman-Palladino earned the original “Roseanne” its Only Best Comedy Writing nomination. “A Bitter Pill to Swallow” deals with Becky (Alicia Goranson) asking Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) to take her to get birth control and her less than excited reaction. It was as funny as it was insightful, giving audiences a glimpse of the lightening quick and hilarious dialogue which would become “Roseanne’s” signature.

UTA has signed writer, director and producer Larry Charles. Charles is best known for his collaborations with Larry David in television and with Sacha Baron Cohen in features. Charles was a writer-producer on NBC’s Seinfeld, co-created by David, and has served as director/producer on David’s followup series, HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Charles won an Emmy (with Elaine Pope) for writing an episode of Seinfeld and shared a best comedy series Emmy for the NBC sitcom with the…...

Hollywood legends Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher shared an undeniable bond their whole lives. Subscribe now for an inside look at Hollywood’s legendary mother-daughter duo – only in People.

Bonded in life and death, Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds worked together many times over the decades, including on the 2001 TV movie These Old Broads. The film revolves around three feuding former Hollywood stars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins) who share an agent (Elizabeth Taylor). These Old Broads was co-written by Fisher as a starring vehicle for her mother and good friends MacLaine and Taylor, but also as...

Seinfeld certainly had its provocative moments (see: “sponge-worthy”). So it’s hard to imagine that there was any subject too controversial for the hit comedy. But one topic did manage to cross the line: guns.

The cast and crew refused to shoot what would have been the show’s ninth episode, “The Bet.” The second season episode, written by Borat director Larry Charles, followed the friends making a bet whether or not Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Elaine Benes would purchase a gun for protection. The narrative was inspired by a firearm purchase made by Seinfeld writer Elaine Pope.

Charles told Screen Crush...

Academy Award-winning actresses Susan Sarandon and Marisa Tomei are in negotiations to join the cast of Paramount Pictures' untitled remake of the 1966 romantic comedy Alfie for director Charles Shyer. The project begins shooting in September. The contemporary update, penned by Shyer and Elaine Pope, stars Jude Law as Alfie, a womanizer forced to rethink his superficial existence. Sarandon would play Lizzie, a bored suburban housewife who has weekly rendezvous with Alfie because her husband has no interest in sleeping with her. Tomei would play Julie, a single mom who is Alfie's most steady girl. She calls the whole thing off when she finds evidence that Alfie is cheating. Sienna Miller and Nia Long also star in the project, which was based on Bill Naughton's play. Sarandon, repped by ICM, most recently starred in the original telefilm Ice Bound. She is in production on Miramax Films' Shall We Dance? opposite Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Tomei, repped by UTA and manager Sue Leibman, most recently appeared in Anger Management.

Jude Law has got Caine on the brain . Michael Caine, that is. A week after announcing that he would produce a remake of Sleuth with himself in the Caine role, Law is now negotiating with Paramount to take on the lead role in the updating of another Caine flick, Alfie. Variety reports that Charles Shyer (The Parent Trap) will direct and co-write the flick (with Elaine Pope), for which Law will receive a career-best $10 million. Caine received his first Oscar nomination for the 1966 Alfie, in which the charming but hapless Alfie offers up his observations on sex, women and relationships directly to the audience, a concept which Shyer will retain for the remake.