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The Show About Nothing, Which Was Really About Everything, Changed Sitcoms Forever!
1989-98
"Seinfeld"
The most dangerous myth about "Seinfeld" is its self-propelled claim to be "a show about nothing." If anything, the NBC laffer was a show about everything, able to comment on attitudes, relationships, world events and whatever else Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David and friends could think of. "Seinfeld" also became a structural trendsetter in TV comedy with its Superman ability to leap multiple storylines in a single bound. In a landscape where having a B plot might have seemed par for the course, a typical "Seinfeld" episode might have C, D and even E plots, all of them coming together in a fashion that meant everything to its fans.
The Show About Nothing, Which Was Really About Everything, Changed Sitcoms Forever!
