Article: Seinfeld: 10 years later

Ten years on, Seinfeld stands up as great comedy that's widely influential, writes Nicholas Turner.

Sex and the City and similar shows owe a big debt to Elaine Benes. Ten years ago this month, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed sitcoms came to a very poor end.

New Zealanders, typically, didn't get the Seinfeld finale until November 1998, whereas North Americans saw the last hour-long programme in May. No matter, it's time for a Seinfeld retrospective.

Consensus deigned the Seinfeld finale a disappointment. But today we can see that one hiccup pales against the years of brilliance to which it was compared.

Critical acclaim and commercial success for television are fairly rare ...

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