--- title: Netflix Scores Streaming Rights to All 'Seinfeld' Episodes description: Netflix Inc. scored a key victory, winning the rights to all 180 episodes of 'Seinfeld.' canonical: https://time.com/5678539/netflix-streaming-seinfeld-episodes/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-16T18:47:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:28:08.705Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Netflix Scores Streaming Rights to All 'Seinfeld' Episodes og:description: All 180 episodes of 'Seinfeld' will come to Netflix globally in 2021 og:url: https://time.com/5678539/netflix-streaming-seinfeld-episodes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3739886ea8aca8f8/698a02ec929fad4ed4bf4e92/seinfeld-netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Netflix Scores Streaming Rights to All 'Seinfeld' Episodes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix Scores Streaming Rights to All 'Seinfeld' Episodes twitter:description: All 180 episodes of 'Seinfeld' will come to Netflix globally in 2021 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3739886ea8aca8f8/698a02ec929fad4ed4bf4e92/seinfeld-netflix.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix Scores Streaming Rights to _Seinfeld_ > Sponsored content. 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An interview with Veep star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus on doing comedy in sickness and in health._ by [Gerry Smith and Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Gerry Smith and Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg Contributor Sep 16, 2019 6:47 PM UTC by [Gerry Smith and Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Gerry Smith and Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg Contributor Sep 16, 2019 6:47 PM UTC (Bloomberg) — Netflix Inc. has scored a key victory in the battle for classic sitcoms. The streaming service announced Monday that it won the rights to all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld,” which will come to Netflix globally in 2021\. Sony Corp.’s Sony Pictures Television, the distributor of the show, currently has a deal with Walt Disney Co.’s Hulu. > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1173634552373243912) The bidding war for the show follows battles over the rights to “The Office” and “Friends” — two shows that Netflix is losing to streaming rivals. The “Seinfeld” deal shows that Netflix still has options to acquire popular library content even as Disney and AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia pull back their most popular content to focus on their own streaming services. “‘Seinfeld’ is the television comedy that all television comedy is measured against,” Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said. “We can’t wait to welcome Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer to their new global home on Netflix.” Netflix shares briefly turned positive after the company announced the deal, a sign of how important having hit shows is to investors of streaming services. While it’s been more than two decades since the final episode of “Seinfeld,” the show has maintained its popularity thanks in part to a long run in syndication on TBS. Reruns of TV sitcoms are still generating large sums of money as younger generations discover them on streaming services like Netflix. Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal recently paid $500 million over five years for the rights to “The Office,” while WarnerMedia is paying $425 million over five years to stream “Friends” on its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max. Netflix paid “far more” for the rights to stream Seinfeld, [according to the _Los Angeles Times_](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-09-16/netflix-acquires-the-global-streaming-rights-to-seinfeld). This deal is different than the deals for “The Office” or “Friends” because it gives Netflix global rights. Other programs still up for grabs include “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men,” but WarnerMedia’s HBO Max may have the inside track to nab those shows. Both of those sitcoms are distributed by WarnerMedia. Hulu had a $150 million deal to stream “Seinfeld,” according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. It expires in 2021. ## Transcript Congressman Ryan, I want to let you know that I will destroy you in ways that are so creative they will honor me for it at the Kennedy Center. The final season of Veep is really wonderful. I'm proud of what we've been able to achieve, it's also unbelievably bittersweet. Sweet. Because we have put blood, sweat, and tears into this show. We've crawled through glass to try and make this thing funny. I'm not gonna lie, it's been quite hard to do. But that said, the product is something that I think we all feel so proud of. That it's gonna be incredibly heartbreaking to say goodbye to the characters and the world of these absolutely heinous individuals. [ NOISE ] We have been challenged, frankly, by the, I would say shift in tone. That our country is currently suffering through. That has been a challenge to us as actors and writers. The great benefit, the fact that we've created this alternate political universe On Veep has helped us through this moment, that is to say, we're not parroting any specific party or politician. We are parroting the culture of politics. I say I want to be president for all Americans? I mean, do I? You know? All? [ INAUDIBLE ] [ MUSIC ] I did not always want to be in comedy. I still in fact consider myself just to be an actress who's gotten comedic jobs. And I certainly, I'm not going to lie. I love making people laugh. It's definitely a high. My sense of humor did not change. Inch. But it certainly helped me through. Could you say how so? Well, I found the whole thing to be hilarious. No. I mean, I can't really say how so. I can't say if it's legitimately getting better right now. As a woman in Hollywood Generally speaking. I'm delighted that we are having this conversation. That there seems to be an increasing awareness about allowing their voices to be heard creatively. Perhaps in a way that they weren't heard before. But I think it's, to be honest, it's too soon to tell as far as a real reckoning between genders, racially. Only two. And I think there's still a lot of diversity and equality that we have yet to deal with. But hopefully, in my lifetime. 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