Seinfeld (season 5)

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Seinfeld Season 5

The front cover of the Seinfeld: Season 5 DVD boxset.
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Network NBC
Original run September 16, 1993 – May 19, 1994
No. of episodes 22
DVD release date Region 1:November 22, 2005
Region 2:June 13, 2005
Region 4:November 21, 2005
Previous season Season 4
Next season Season 6

The Seinfeld Series consists of several main seasons, this guide is to organize the episodes of 'Season 5' which was originally aired through 1993-1994. The fifth season was placed #3 in the Nielsen Ratings below Home Improvement and 60 Minutes.[1]

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[edit] Production

Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures Television and Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television) and was aired of NBC in the US. The executive producers were Larry David, George Shapiro, and Howard West with Tom Garnmill and Max Pross as supervising producers. Bruce Kirschbaum was the executive consultant.[2] This season was directed by Tom Cherones.

The series was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side; however, the fifth season was shot and mostly filmed in CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California.[3] The show features Jerry Seinfeld as himself, and a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, which include George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, portrayed by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards, respectively.[4]

[edit] Navigation

Series Episodes Originally aired DVD Vol. DVD release date (R1)
1 5 1989 - 1990 1 November 23, 2004
2 12 1991
3 23 1991 - 1992 2 November 23, 2004
4 24 1992 - 1993 3 May 17, 2005
5 22 1993 - 1994 4 November 22, 2005
6 24 1994 - 1995 5 November 22, 2005
7 24 1995 - 1996 6 November 21, 2006
8 22 1996 - 1997 7 June 5, 2007
9 24 1997 - 1998 8 November 6, 2007

[edit] Episodes

Title Director Writer(s) Original airdate[5] Production code[6] Season# Series#
"The Mango" Tom Cherones Larry David & Lawrence H. Levy September 16, 1993 501 1 65
"The Puffy Shirt" Tom Cherones Larry David September 23, 1993 503 2 66
"The Glasses" Tom Cherones Tom Gammill & Max Pross September 30, 1993 502 3 67
"The Sniffing Accountant" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld October 7, 1993 504 4 68
"The Bris" Tom Cherones Larry Charles October 14, 1993 505 5 69
"The Lip Reader" Tom Cherones Carol Leifer October 28, 1993 506 6 70
"The Non-Fat Yogurt" Tom Cherones Larry David November 4, 1993 508 7 71
"The Barber" Tom Cherones Andy Robin November 11, 1993 507 8 72
"The Masseuse" Tom Cherones Larry Charles November 18, 1993 509 9 73
"The Cigar Store Indian" Tom Cherones Tom Gammill & Max Pross December 9, 1993 510 10 74
"The Conversion" Tom Cherones Bruce Kirschbaum December 16, 1993 511 11 75
"The Stall" Tom Cherones Larry Charles January 6, 1994 512 12 76
"The Dinner Party" Tom Cherones Larry David February 3, 1994 514 13 77
"The Marine Biologist" Tom Cherones Ron Hague & Charlie Rubin February 10, 1994 513 14 78
"The Pie" Tom Cherones Tom Gammill & Max Pross February 17, 1994 515 15 79
"The Stand In" Tom Cherones Larry David February 24, 1994 516 16 80
"The Wife" Tom Cherones Peter Mehlman March 17, 1994 517 17 81
"The Raincoats, Part 1" Tom Cherones Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld April 28, 1994 519 18 82
"The Raincoats, Part 2" Tom Cherones Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld April 28, 1994 520 19 83
"The Fire" Tom Cherones Larry Charles May 5, 1994 518 20 84
"The Hamptons" Tom Cherones Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer May 12, 1994 522 21 85
"The Opposite" Tom Cherones Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld & Andy Cowan May 19, 1994 521 22 86

[edit] References

  1. ^ [http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/televisioncity/9095.html Nielson Ratings Top 20: 1993-1994]. angelfire.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
  2. ^ The Seinfeld Crew and Credits at Seinfeld Official Site. Sony Pictures. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
  3. ^ The Stock Tip episode at Seinfeld Official Site. Sony Pictures. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
  4. ^ "Seinfeld and nihilism", 1999-12-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 
  5. ^ Seinfeld Episodes | TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  6. ^ Seinfeld Prod. Codes for all seasons. epguide.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.

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