Seinfeld (TV Show)

Jason Alexander Serves Original SoupMan Samples Tomorrow at Pavilions

If one of your secret fantasies is to one day walk up to actor Jason Alexander and tell him that he can't have any soup, that day is almost here. Tomorrow, Alexander will be serving up soup samples from noon to 3:30 p.m. at Pavilions in Burbank. It's all part of a promotion for the nationwide launch ... More >>

Remember 'Must See TV' on NBC? Warren Littlefield's New Book Explains Why It Worked

It could have been called "Night of Bests," but NBC execs, including former President of NBC Entertainment Warren Littlefield, knew that wasn't quite right. It was the early '90s and juggernauts Cheers and The Cosby Show had recently ended their runs. The network was nervous. "I was getting killed b ... More >>

Top 10 Cult Stars of 2011

Shannon CottrellWhere's Andrew W.K. on this list?​I had the chance to interview quite a few people this year. Some were famous. Others weren't. However, most of this year's interviewees had a few things in common. They all created something, be it an event or a piece of art, that is memorable. ... More >>

Four Things to Love About Patrick Warburton

​ Patrick Warburton has a knack for scoring roles that foster pop culture obsession. Back in the 1990s, he played Elaine Benes' boyfriend, David Puddy, on Seinfeld. He went on to star in the short-lived, yet beloved live-action adaptation of The Tick. More recently, you can hear his deep, boom ... More >>

Wavves of Pleasure: Indie Poster Boy Nathan Williams Makes Time For Recreation

Pooneh GhanaNathan Williams​See also: Wavves On How They Managed To Get Kicked Out Of Both The VMAs and Lil Wayne's Afterparty The decor of the Eagle Rock home Nathan Williams shares with his girlfriend, Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, looks kind of like how his music sounds: fun, a little gr ... More >>

Effin with Tonight: New Parody of Late Night Talk Shows Stars Patrick Warburton and Host of Celebrity Impersonators

Shannon CottrellThe writers and cast of Effin with Tonight​ Patrick Warburton is no doubt a familiar name for TV viewers. The deep-voiced actor, who currently appears on CBS's Rules of Engagement, played David Puddy on Seinfeld, The Tick in the short-lived live action show of the same name and ... More >>

Outnumbered and Friday Night Dinner on BBC America: Are British Sitcoms Any Different From Ours?

Photo courtesy of BBC AmericaCast of Outnumbered​In a world obsessed with Modern Family, can we open our arms to two more family-centric comedies, especially when they're from across the pond? We'll see later this summer when two new sitcoms, Outnumbered and Friday Night Dinner premiere on BBC ... More >>

If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Montrose

Amazing Rants Overheard in LA: "I could make a million."

​ Ranter: Noisy TV writer in his late forties Location: Langer's Deli, 704 S. Alvarado Time: Noon on a Thursday Topics Covered: Salary differences between regular writers and creators; projects maybe worth getting to if pilot season doesn't work out; the joys of TV writing; cautionary tales ... More >>

Top Ten Musician Restaurant Franchises (In Honor of Flavor Flav's New Fried Chicken Joint in Iowa--Yes, Iowa)

Don't Believe the Hype! 10 Musician's Restaurants Less Strange Than Flava Flav's Chicken Joint

SoCal Jail Inmate Malcolm Alarmo King Claims 'Festivus' Observation In Order To Get Better Meals

The four wise people of Festivus.​It was billed as a "Festivus for the rest of us," a tradition without the commercial pressures of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other December holidays. It was an invention of a writer and a man-made holiday unknown to the masses until it was aired on Sein ... More >>

George Steinbrenner Will Be Remembered For The Hollywood Work On 'Seinfeld' He Didn't Actually Do

NBC vis YouTube​As New Yorkers mourned the passing of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a tribute was planned for Tuesday night's Major League Baseball game in Anaheim, and former team manager and former Yankees leader Joe Torre was speaking about his old boss to reporters at Dodger Stadium T ... More >>

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Talks Surfer Blood, Upcoming Album, Seinfeld and Cats

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Talks Surfer Blood Encounters, Upcoming Album, Seinfeld and Cats

Soup For You: That Famous Soup From Seinfeld Goes National

We all remember the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld. Well, now the real guy on which it was based, Al Yeganeh, will be selling his soups in supermarkets across the country. His company, The Original SoupMan, has begun its expansion, offering a wide variety of frozen soups both in stores and online. N ... More >>

Seinfeld's Constanza Hits Bicyclist In Hancock Park, Doesn't Appear To Be At Fault

​He might have played a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" on television's most-enduring (or at least endearing) comedy series, but it appears that Jason Alexander was not to blame for hitting a 14-year-old bicyclist Tuesday morning in Hancock Park, police told LA Weekly. The accident hap ... More >>

HELLO LARRY!

Whatever Works for Woody

Allen on life, actors, younger women and his 40th film

Grim Sleeper's Sole Survivor

Relishing life, a tough churchgoing mom is at the center of the Los Angeles serial-killer mystery

Beards, Blazers & Glasses: How Fujiya & Miyagi Helped Mitigitate My Pre-Election Anxiety

Larry David articulated the maddening, finger-nail gnawing, pre-election neuroses far better than I can, so no need to reiterate. This final descent towards election day has been excruciating for us all, to the point where it’s nearly impossible to talk about anything else. Hell, on Friday nigh ... More >>

Woody Allen's European Vacation: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

He lived the young man's dream in Spain; next, he directs Larry David in NYC and Puccini for L.A. Opera

Wale Realizes the Full Potential of the Mixtape

Last November, Zeus wrote a post dissecting the differences between albums and mixtapes for the benefit of crits and fans who had been mistakenly conflating Pusha-T rhyming over old G-Unit beats for high art. It happens. The post may have been a tad heavy-handed, but its point was salient. More of ... More >>

Who's Your Mermaid?

What to do in L.A. this week

Lisa Lampanelli

Pink Kink

So I finally tried Pinkberry, and folks, I've just got one question- what's the big wup? Okay, it's pretty tasty and the place is cute (despite the name, the Vermont Ave. space has no pink to speak of; the palate is lime green and it's all plastica'd out with distinct Japanese toy touches) but serio ... More >>

Mo., Not U.K.

Celebs to the Slaughter

Why Arianna’s Blog Blows

Saving the Laugh Track

Is the sitcom drought coming to an end? The new contenders: Jake in Progress, The Office and Life on a Stick

The World According to Ku

Poker with The Simpsons

Larry on Laurie

Or, the perils of being married to an environmentalist

Curb Your SUV

Laurie David put celebrity activism in the driver's seat

Beyond Smart

The fetish of knowingness

David and Golgotha

Curb your Enthusiasm and the pain of being rich, white, and living in West L.A.

The Nature of Fall TV

Bada-bing or just bad?

Urban Naturalist: The $5.5 Billion Bird

Not the Real World

2001 on TV

Good Pop, Bad Pop

The Woman Chaser and What Lies Beneath

Tori! Tori! Tori!

Darren Star’s Grosse Pointe. Plus, Girlfriends and Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm

Babes in Armor

Tia, Cleo and Bruce

The Movie Chasers

Invasion of Piracy

How to watch The Phantom Menace in the privacy of your own home

Cracks in the Screen

And a little light shone in

Study for a Portrait of a Studio Memo