Seinfeld Producer Explains Why Season 9 Seemed Like The Place To End The Show

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https://www.looper.com/1230921/seinf...-end-the-show/

Jerry Seinfeld didn't want to put money over artistic integrity

Writer and producer Alec Berg was a core fixture of "Seinfeld" behind the scenes in the later seasons, kickstarting a long career of celebrated comedy. He's since worked with "Seinfeld" creator Larry David on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," combined with Mike Judge for the riotous tech industry sendup "Silicon Valley," and co-created the morbidly hilarious "Barry" with Bill Hader. There are few people better suited to comment on the legacy of "Seinfeld," and Berg seems to think the sitcom ended at the right time.

Continuing his remarks, Berg said that NBC "had offered to give [Jerry Seinfeld] seven gazillion dollars and his own planet if he wanted to do another season." But Seinfeld saw no reason other than the promise of a paycheck to continue with the series, and a bigger bank balance wasn't what the comedian was after. "He thought about it and said, 'The only reason to do another year would be money, and that would be a shame,'" Berg said, paraphrasing Seinfeld.

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I've been watching some episodes from season 4 and one thing I have noticed (maybe it is just me) but Seinfeld lost some 'grittiness' in the last 1 or 2 seasons as opposed to the earlier ones...it became a little too polished...

Don't get me wrong I do love episodes from the last 2 seasons but I tend to think the most iconic and best episodes were between seasons 3 into 5 or 6...

Anyone?