In an interview with Rich Eisen, Jerry Seinfeld states (https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/jerry-seinfeld-explains-how-saturday-night-s-main-event-helped-get-seinfeld-made) that NBC used the profits (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jerry-seinfeld-nbc-pulled-money-144019204.html) from one of WWE (https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1civ3j5/jerry_seinfeld_reveals_seinfeld_tv_show_might/)'s Saturday Night's Main Event to produce and budget (https://www.gerweck.net/2024/05/03/without-wwes-saturday-nights-main-event-seinfeld-might-have-never-existed/) the first four episodes of Seinfeld (https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/the-impact-how-saturday-nights-main-event-led-to-seinfeld-yes-that-seinfeld/).

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And it turned into one of the best shows of all time!