The almost two-year wait for Seinfeld to debut on Netflix is almost finally over.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Seinfeld will be available to stream on Netflix on Oct. 1 after it exits Hulu in the United States, where it's been for the last six years. Seinfeld is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video internationally, but Netflix will soon be the only place the series is streaming globally.
"Larry [David] and I are enormously grateful to Netflix for taking this chance on us. It takes a lot of guts to trust two schmucks who literally had zero experience in television when we made this thing," said Seinfeld. "We really got carried away, I guess. I didn't realize we made so many of them. Hope to recoup god knows how many millions it must have taken to do. But worth all the work if people like it. Crazy project."
"This is the first time we've taken a risk of this nature, going all in on nine seasons at the jump," Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said. "But Jerry has created something special with this sitcom that nobody has ever done. I truly think he and Mr. David have enormous futures ahead of them and I'm thrilled Netflix could be the home for them to grow their fanbases."
Netflix originally landed the global streaming rights to Seinfeld in September 2019. The agreement locks Seinfeld at the streamer for five years.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter