Jerry Seinfeld Jokes That ‘Friends’ Was Actually ‘Seinfeld,’ But With ‘Good-Looking People’
By Erin E. Evans
Published on May 15, 2026.
Jerry Seinfeld, the creator of "Seinfeld," made a joke at the Netflix Is A Joke festival that NBC recreated his eponymous TV series with "good-looking people" to launch the popular '90s sitcom "Friends". Seinfeld's show premiered on NBC in 1989 and "Friends" premiered in 1994 on the same network. Both series follow single friends living in New York City. Seinfeld also revealed his top episodes of "Norfolk," including "The Contest," "The Soup Nazi," "the Merv Griffin Show," and "The Marine Biologist."
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