View Full Version : Should NBC bring back "Seinfeld"...


TMC
09-30-2012, 02:10 AM
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...without Jerry?

He's the one who really wanted the show to end. There are millions of fans who might like the show to come back with the other 3 characters.

There are probably those who think that it won't be as good, though.

Big3sCompanyFan
09-30-2012, 07:19 AM
LOL...I hate the show with or without Jerry!

Now if you could raise John Ritter from the dead and do a 3's Company reunion!

TMC
10-01-2012, 03:55 AM
LOL...I hate the show with or without Jerry!

Now if you could raise John Ritter from the dead and do a 3's Company reunion!

Well, they did try to keep doing 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter w/o John Ritter, so anything is possible! :crazy:

Big3sCompanyFan
10-01-2012, 05:44 AM
Well, they did try to keep doing 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter w/o John Ritter, so anything is possible! :crazy:

With technology I bet one day soon you CAN bring back dead actors using holograms! The only problem is the voice.

Imagine John Ritter and Lucille Ball in a sitcom together!

Schmoopie
10-02-2012, 12:12 AM
Absolutely not. I mean why even bother? The show is called Seinfeld and the show revolved around Jerry's life. It wasn't a perfect biography of his life but I think a lot of it was based on his life so no... NBC shouldn't bring back Seinfeld and I think they'd have a very hard time trying to do it even if they wanted to. Jerry would sue them like crazy, I imagine. I doubt that any of the other cast members would be interested. I'm sure they could try to do a similar TV series... call it something completely different with the same concept but I'm 99.9% sure that it would be a disaster. Don't mess with the originals! It never works! I didn't even like that 'reunion' show on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"!

Blackout
11-14-2012, 02:26 AM
BRING IT BACK!!!

have the new character (Charlie Scheen maybe) move into Jerry's apartment and have everyone under the assumption Jerry moved away to another country

catlover79
11-14-2012, 03:44 AM
Absolutely not. I mean why even bother? The show is called Seinfeld and the show revolved around Jerry's life. It wasn't a perfect biography of his life but I think a lot of it was based on his life so no... NBC shouldn't bring back Seinfeld and I think they'd have a very hard time trying to do it even if they wanted to. Jerry would sue them like crazy, I imagine. I doubt that any of the other cast members would be interested. I'm sure they could try to do a similar TV series... call it something completely different with the same concept but I'm 99.9% sure that it would be a disaster. Don't mess with the originals! It never works! I didn't even like that 'reunion' show on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"!

I couldn't agree more. Everyone's moved on. Julia has her hit cable show Veep, anyway. Plus, Seinfeld was a product of the 90s, but still timeless in its own way. I'm glad it ended it's run before 9/11 and the death of JFK Jr. It was a more innocent time, and to try to revive it would be a mistake.

DJM77
11-14-2012, 10:21 AM
Would they have to change the name of the show if Jerry isn't around? Either way it's a terrible idea.

Yooch
11-14-2012, 12:36 PM
It ran its course, and had a really good run. It would be
a disaster to bring it back. Let it be.

Tweety
11-14-2012, 01:11 PM
I totally agree with the "don't even think about it" crowd.

It's been almost 15 years since the show left the airwaves. Everyone in the cast is 15 years older. It would never work. You couldn't pay the actors enough for the 4 of them to agree to continuing the series, even if they were interested (which they're not). Seinfeld required specific pacing and timing, which was fine for actors in their 30s, but it would never work now.

I don't even see them ever doing a "reunion" show. IMHO, there's never been a reunion show of any series that wasn't a disaster (compared to the original series, that is). Most reunion shows are beyond pathetic, including "The Dick van Dyke Show" (which might have been the best series ever... granted, that was more like 40 years after the original rather than 15 years after, but it was awful).

People have their DVDs. The show still is on in reruns, and still plays extremely well today, and probably will for a long time. There's no reason to try to revive it. In addition to the actors, the show also had some of the best sitcom writers ever. They're not around any more either.

gilligan fanatic
11-14-2012, 03:03 PM
It just wouldn't be the same so why even try

Yong Fang
12-29-2012, 05:21 AM
Jerry was actually my least favorite character. To me, Jason Alexander made the show, he was absolutely hilarious.

Will Dockery
01-15-2016, 05:37 AM
What, like a remake, with new cast members playing the parts?

I doubt NBC would be able to pay Jerry Seinfeld enough to get rights to such a probable travesty.

mets82
01-15-2016, 04:27 PM
I wouldnt mind seeing a reunion type special. Maybe 3 or 4 episodes to see what Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer are doing now. Follow up on what Curb Your Enthuisasm did. But as a series, again?? I dont think so.

Will Dockery
01-17-2016, 04:22 AM
BRING IT BACK!!!

have the new character (Charlie Scheen maybe) move into Jerry's apartment and have everyone under the assumption Jerry moved away to another country

I like the idea of a feature film version, with Jerry back as well.

It worked for Star Trek...

Yong Fang
01-17-2016, 04:31 AM
They should do a movie, and the film is basically a two hour Seinfeld episode "about nothing", with some goofy plots and rehashing characters.

Will Dockery
01-20-2016, 11:34 PM
They should do a movie, and the film is basically a two hour Seinfeld episode "about nothing", with some goofy plots and rehashing characters.

Exactly, and as with Khan in the Star Trek reunion, pull some character out of the 1990s and have them pose some feature length problem...

"The Wrath of... Newman"?

Will Dockery
01-21-2016, 03:27 AM
I couldn't agree more. Everyone's moved on. Julia has her hit cable show Veep, anyway. Plus, Seinfeld was a product of the 90s, but still timeless in its own way. I'm glad it ended it's run before 9/11 and the death of JFK Jr. It was a more innocent time, and to try to revive it would be a mistake.

True,nd Seinfeld pulled the plug on it for a reason... before the series and writing slid into decline.