Viewers in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle were most likely to tune-in to the Festivus celebration, making up close to 25% of all episode views. “Wait – what about the Festivus episode?” you ask? Well, although “The Strike” – which featured and popularized the holiday – did not make the fan-favorite list, viewing of the episode during the month of December increased by over 150% last year. Whether a veteran or a newcomer fan, viewers are watching Seinfeld in the same way they would a long-form narrative program, starting at the beginning and working their way through episode by episode, season by season. We also found that viewership of Seinfeld tends to be linear, not episodic, where by Season 3 viewership settles in and remains steady through the finale. Newman blames Kramer for his speeding ticket Jerry and George are offered a deal at NBC. Jerry and George propose to write a television series. But Jerry finds himself competing for his new pal’s time with Elaine, who has caught Keith’s eye.Ī demanding soup stand chef bans Elaine from eating his wares. While performing his comedy act, Jerry meets Keith Hernandez (as himself), the former New York Mets all-star and one of Jerry’s favorite baseball players. Romance starts to blossom between George and his former college classmate Diane, after Jerry falsely tells her that George is a successful marine biologist.

Meanwhile, an excited Elaine looks forward to her data with hunky John Kennedy, Jr. Jerry challenges George, Kramer and Elaine to pool their money in a contest of self-denial. Jerry doubts his dentist’s religious conversion Kramer and Mickey fight over a double date as Elaine undermines a couple’s chances at adoption. With the linear trend as a base-line for viewership, we were able to identify the following six clear Seinfeld fan-favorites - episodes showing a significant spike in viewership compared to the show’s average: Hulu Insights took a deep dive into Seinfeld viewing, pulling viewership data since June 2015 to identify quintessential, fan-favorite Seinfeld episodes. While devoted Seinfeld fans have been debating which episodes should be named “best of” for almost two decades, we’ve decided to put an end to this bone of contention - just in time for Festivus! Today there are plenty of lists ranking all 180 Seinfeld episodes, from the best Seinfeld episodes of all time to the most underrated, and let us not forget ‘The 10 Essential Elaine Episodes’. That’s right, you, you and yada yada yada. But for a show about nothing there’s something about Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer – and of course Newman – that have veteran and newcomer fans alike tuning in more than twenty years after the show’s finale aired.

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