Nostalgia
Jerry Seinfeld Compares ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Friends,’ Jokes NBC Wanted a Show With ‘Good-Looking People’
Jerry Seinfeld has a hilarious observation about two hit sitcoms from the ’90s.
On Tuesday, May 5, the comedian, 72, performed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival and shared his “theory on Friends,” according to a People article published on Wednesday, May 6.
“My show came on [1989]-90. Friends came on a few years later,” the Golden Globe Award winner who created Seinfeld with Larry David, noted.
“I think NBC was watching my show and said, ‘Hey, this is working pretty well. Why don’t we try the same thing with good-looking people?'” he joked.
Seinfeld ran for nine seasons on NBC from 1989 to 1998 and featured an ensemble cast including Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and other actors.
Meanwhile, Friends aired for 10 seasons on the same network, premiering in 1994 and concluding in 2004. The series also featured an ensemble cast that included Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry.
Both shows followed a group of friends living in New York City.
In 2024, Seinfeld appeared in a Pop-Tarts short film ahead of the release of his Netflix movie Unfrosted and jokingly dissed Friends, per People.
“Tell me, how does it feel when people steal your ideas and then do whatever they want with them?” someone asked him in the video, to which the actor responded, “You mean like Friends?”
