Seinfeld
Good News, Bad News
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1989-07-05
Synopsis
Jerry is excited that a woman he met on the road is coming to visit him in New York. However, he has a tough time discerning whether her intentions are romantic or platonic.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Seinfeld opens its catalog run with “Good News, Bad News” (1989-07-05). Anti-lesson sitcom that rewired joke architecture. Larry/Jerry mythology, Elaine's dance, and the finale that still starts fights.
In the series
This episode is part of Seinfeld (1989–1998) on NBC.
A show about nothing that became everything — cruelty as comic precision.
Key cast
- Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes
- Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer
- Jason Alexander as George Costanza