This was Television on May 31
1990: Seinfeld debuts
Before it became the biggest sitcom on television, Seinfeld began with the smallest episode order in network history. Called The Seinfeld Chronicles when the pilot aired on this date, the NBC series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David aired only four more episodes in its first season during the summer of 1990. -A.D.
Today’s Birthdays: Chris Elliot, comic (53); Susie Essman, nemesis (58); Sharon Gless, cop (70); Gregory Harrison, doctor (63); Eric Christian Olsen, detective (36); Archie Panjabi, investigator (41); Brooke Shields, magazine writer (48); Lea Thompson, cartoonist (52).
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