Seinfeld season 8

Seinfeld (season 8)
Seinfeld (season 8)
Season 8
	DVD cover
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 19, 1996 –; May 15, 1997
Season chronology
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	List of episodes

Season eight of Seinfeld, an American comedy television series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, began airing on September 19, 1996, and concluded on May 15, 1997, on NBC.

Production

Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures Television and Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television) and aired on NBC in the US. The executive producers were Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, and Howard West with Tom Gammill and Max Pross as supervising producers. Bruce Kirschbaum was the executive consultant.^[1] This season was directed by Andy Ackerman.

The series was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side; however, the eighth season was shot and mostly filmed in CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California.^[2] The show features Jerry Seinfeld as himself, and a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, which include George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, portrayed by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards, respectively.^[3]

The departure of Larry David from the production and writing team led to Seinfeld himself taking almost complete creative control of the show. As a result, the show began to remove itself from the 'show about nothing' format it had begun life as, and took a far more absurdist, surreal stylistic turn. Regardless of the change, the show still stood at the top of the ratings for the entire season.^[4] It is also notable as being the first season where Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up routines are not present. Seinfeld cites that this is due to him being too busy writing episodes to create additional stand-up material.^[5]

Due to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's off-screen pregnancy, her character had to spend the latter half of this season hiding her belly behind furniture and laundry baskets.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date ^[6]	Prod. code ^[7]	U.S. viewers (millions)
135	1	"The Foundation"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	September 19, 1996	801	33.7^[8]
136	2	"The Soul Mate"	Andy Ackerman	Peter Mehlman	September 26, 1996	802	33.2^[9]
137	3	"The Bizarro Jerry"	Andy Ackerman	David Mandel	October 3, 1996	803	31.6^[10]
138	4	"The Little Kicks"	Andy Ackerman	Spike Feresten	October 10, 1996	804	32.2^[11]
139	5	"The Package"	Andy Ackerman	Jennifer Crittenden	October 17, 1996	805	30.1^[12]
140	6	"The Fatigues"	Andy Ackerman	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	October 31, 1996	806	30.3^[13]
141	7	"The Checks"	Andy Ackerman	Steve O'Donnell and Tom Gammill & Max Pross	November 7, 1996	807	32.0^[14]
142	8	"The Chicken Roaster"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	November 14, 1996	808	34.1^[15]
143	9	"The Abstinence"	Andy Ackerman	Steve Koren	November 21, 1996	809	34.4^[16]
144	10	"The Andrea Doria"	Andy Ackerman	Spike Feresten	December 19, 1996	810	29.7^[17]
145	11	"The Little Jerry"	Andy Ackerman	Jennifer Crittenden	January 9, 1997	811	34.5^[18]
146	12	"The Money"	Andy Ackerman	Peter Mehlman	January 16, 1997	813	37.3^[19]
147	13	"The Comeback"	David Owen Trainor	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	January 30, 1997	812	33.5^[20]
148	14	"The Van Buren Boys"	Andy Ackerman	Darin Henry	February 6, 1997	814	33.8^[21]
149	15	"The Susie"	Andy Ackerman	David Mandel	February 13, 1997	815	32.0^[22]
150	16	"The Pothole"	Andy Ackerman	Steve O'Donnell and Dan O'Keefe	February 20, 1997	816	33.8^[23]
151	17	"The English Patient"	Andy Ackerman	Steve Koren	March 13, 1997	817	31.3^[24]
152	18	"The Nap"	Andy Ackerman	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	April 10, 1997	818	32.2^[25]
153	19	"The Yada Yada"	Andy Ackerman	Peter Mehlman and Jill Franklyn	April 24, 1997	819	31.6^[26]
154	20	"The Millennium"	Andy Ackerman	Jennifer Crittenden	May 1, 1997	820	29.3^[27]
155	21	"The Muffin Tops"	Andy Ackerman	Spike Feresten	May 8, 1997	821	31.1^[28]
156	22	"The Summer of George"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	May 15, 1997	822	29.8^[29]

References

^ "The Seinfeld Crew and Credits at Seinfeld Official Site". Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
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External links

[Seinfeld_Credits-1] "The Seinfeld Crew and Credits at Seinfeld Official Site". Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

[The_Stock_Tip_episode-2] "The Stock Tip episode at Seinfeld Official Site". Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

[3] "Seinfeld and nihilism". 1999-12-03. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

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[Seinfeld_Season_8-5] ttp://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/ling/_/topics/sf8.htm

[tvg-6] "Seinfeld Episodes | TVGuide.com". TV Guide. Retrieved 2008-03-20.

[prod_codes-7] {{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/Seinfeld/%7Ctitle=Seinfeld Prod. Codes for all seasons|publisher=epguide.com|accessdate=2008-03-23}}

[USA_Today_staff_1996-09-25-8] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-09-25. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

[USA_Today_staff_1996-10-02-9] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-10-02. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

[USA_Today_staff_1996-10-09-10] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-10-09. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

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[USA_Today_staff_1996-10-23-12] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-10-23. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

[USA_Today_staff_1996-11-06-13] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-11-06. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

[USA_Today_staff_1996-11-13-14] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-11-13. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

[USA_Today_staff_1996-11-20-15] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1996-11-20. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

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[USA_Today_staff_1997-02-12-21] "Nielsen ratings" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. 1997-02-12. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

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[Moore_1997-02-26-23] Moore, Dennis (1997-02-26). "'Asteroid', 'Schindler's' help put NBC on top" (PDF). USA Today. Gannett Company. p. D3. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

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Season 8	"The Foundation" "The Soul Mate" "The Bizarro Jerry" "The Little Kicks" "The Package" "The Fatigues" "The Checks" "The Chicken Roaster" "The Abstinence" "The Andrea Doria" "The Little Jerry" "The Money" "The Comeback" "The Van Buren Boys" "The Susie" "The Pothole" "The English Patient" "The Nap" "The Yada Yada" "The Millennium" "The Muffin Tops" "The Summer of George"
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