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9:00 on thursday, 8:00 central. >> name one famous nbc show that aired in that time slot. >> "cheers." >> its a dangerous slot because theyre handing you the biggest audience there is. if that audience starts watching you and goes i hate this and they go oh, wait, youre dead. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know. >> the episode that is super important in the trajectory of "seinfeld" is "the contest." >> i am never doing that again. >> it was predicated on a real contest...

>> we live in a peaceful, prosperous time. but we can make it better. >> leading up to the 80s, there had been a number of shows about people hanging out with each other. "seinfeld" really busts this wide open. its hard to believe at times, but no one forced them to hang out with each other all of the time. >> you know what your problem is? your standards are too high. >> i went out with you. >> thats because my standards are too low. >> whats so unique about the "seinfeld" episode "the pitch" i...

♪ >> im out. >> what? >> yeah, im out. im out of the contest. >> ugly naked guy is having thanksgiving dinner with ugly naked gal. >> "friends "or "seinfeld" you want me to choose? >> i cant answer that. its so subjective. >> challenge accepted. >> contest. a contest? >> "seinfeld" will win, i think. >> giddy up. >> "seinfeld" is smart. >> "seinfeld" is a brilliant half hour of television. >> i loved "seinfeld." >> "seinfeld". >> "seinfeld". >> you come to expect their dickishness. >> all righ...

Doubled its audience while it was airing because people were clearly getting on the phone and going turn it over to channel 4, youve got to see what theyre doing! and thats where i think the ultimate success of the show was born. >> its over? >> youre out? >> oh, my god, the queen is dead. >> in the 90s the world is literally changing overnight. and here are these four people grounded in their adolescence. >> you mean shrinkage? >> yes. >> theyre not trying to be good people. >> and everybody re...

"friends." >> "friends." >> "friends." >> "friends." >> i really appreciated "friends." >> one of the top all-time sitcoms, "seinfeld," yeah. >> are we finished? >> done. >> at the core of every sitcom you do have a family whether it is a blood family or a found family. you know, in the case of "friends" or "seinfeld." >> as new generations emerge from baby boomers to gen x to millennials to gen z, we see those changes reflected in the "friends" sitcom. >> you look back at the rise of the "frien...

You had, in the late 90s, a series of anti-heroes. starting with roseanne. she was still tame, compared to al bundy. >> and now, theres larry david. larry hates me. i dont really care for him, either. >> take this [ bleep ] piece of pie and get it out of my face. >> dont put that pie down. >> a lot of our friend groups. theyre -- theyre borderline toxic. >> because george costanza was based on larry david. >> curb your enthusiasm is actually a continuation of "seinfeld" in spirit. >> your last n...

Life seemed simpler, less threatening. there was probably something just as evil but it didnt seem like it was all coming at us at once as it does now. >> they hold up, dont they? >> except for the hairdos. >> how do you explain to yourself the success of "seinfeld"? >> its like this miracle thing. if you add or subtract one word, it ruins the whole thing. this is like a perfect little joke, these four people, the way we mesh. >> you couldnt have written it out that way. >> no, a lot of luck. an...

Obsessed, that doesnt make a lot of money for their wedding cake. to what if it is still good? do they have a taste of it? >> sandra: i am remembering about a seinfeld episode. like an ancient cake she resist?>> eric: put it in the fe or freezer. there is a new twist and britney spears legal battle against her father. live in los angeles with more on her battle. >> hi, eric. the pop star seems to be gaining more momentum in her legal fight. she now has her personal conservator and her medical te...

A slice of princess diana and prince charles wedding cake is going up for auction. the two married on this day, july 29th, 1981, and served guests a towering fruitcake stand at 5 feet tall and weighing 225 pounds. the auction item was a gift from the queen mother to an employee of her. they recommended eating against that slice. we all saw that episode of "seinfeld" and what happened to elaine. pbs confirmed yesterday that "arthur" will be ending after its 25th season. hes an aardvark that nav...

The 90s with having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday, and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network exec...