Editing Seinfeld (section)

===U.S. television ratings===
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|+ TV viewership in the United States
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Season
! rowspan="2" |TV season
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Timeslot
! colspan="2" |Original air dates
! colspan="3" |[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen ratings]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |date=2007 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |publisher=Ballantine Books |pages=1693–1695 |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |edition=Ninth }}</ref>
! colspan="2" | Most watched episode
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! Season premiere
! Season finale
! Rank
! Rating
! Viewers<br />(millions)
! Title
! Viewers<br />(millions)
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| style="background:#339be9" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 3 (1989–90)|1]]''' || [[1989–90 United States network television schedule|1989–90]] || 5 || Wednesday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episode 1)</small><br />Thursday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 2–5)</small> || July 5, 1989 || June 21, 1990 || rowspan {{n/a}} || rowspan {{n/a}} || 19.26 || "[[The Stake Out (Seinfeld)|The Stake Out]]"
|| 22.5<ref name="USA Today staff 1990-06-06">{{cite news|url=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIHU89_R9xg/Sq-wLg2qhEI/AAAAAAAAAGo/kyOFwWPCK1w/s1600/Ratings_19900528.jpg|title='Seinfeld' is a standup hit|work=USA Today|date=June 6, 1990|access-date=December 30, 2013|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#f7d712;"| || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 2 (1991)|2]]''' || [[1990–91 United States network television schedule|1990–91]] || 12 || Wednesday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 1–4, 12)</small><br />Thursday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 5–11)</small> || January 23, 1991 || June 26, 1991 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} || 18.07 || "[[The Apartment (Seinfeld)|The Apartment]]"
|| 24.7<ref name="USA Today staff 1991-04-10">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 10, 1991|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#244d8d" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 3 (1991–92)|3]]''' || [[1991–92 United States network television schedule|1991–92]] || 23 || Wednesday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 1–11, 18)</small><br />Wednesday at 9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 12–17, 19–23)</small> || September 18, 1991 || May 6, 1992 || #42 || 12.5 || 17.66 || "[[The Letter (Seinfeld)|The Letter]]"
|| 22.3<ref name="USA Today staff 1992-04-01">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=[[USA Today]]|date=April 1, 1992|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#49a9a3" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 4 (1992–93)|4]]''' || [[1992–93 United States network television schedule|1992–93]] || 24 || Wednesday at 9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1–3, 5–15)</small><br />Wednesday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episode 4)</small><br />Thursday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 16–22)</small><br />Thursday at 8:00 pm <small>(Episode 23)</small><br />Thursday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episode 24)</small> || August 12, 1992 || May 20, 1993 || #25 || 13.7 || 20.91 || "[[The Pilot (Seinfeld)|The Pilot]]"
|| 32.8<ref name="Gable 1993-05-26">{{cite news|title='Cheers' brings happy times to NBC|work=[[USA Today]]|date=May 26, 1993|author=Gable, Donna|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#4c5385" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 5 (1993–94)|5]]''' || [[1993–94 United States network television schedule|1993–94]] || 22 ||rowspan="5"| Thursday at 9:00&nbsp;pm|| September 16, 1993 || May 19, 1994 || #3 || 19.6 || 29.59 || "[[The Stall]]" and "[[The Marine Biologist]]"
|| 35.0<ref name="USA Today staff 1994-01-12">{{cite news|title='Improvement' leads ABC charge|work=USA Today|date=January 12, 1994|author=DeRosa, Robin|page=D3}}</ref><ref name="USA Today staff 1994-02-14">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=USA Today|date=December 14, 1994|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#6d9cb3" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 6 (1994–95)|6]]''' || [[1994–95 United States network television schedule|1994–95]] || 24 || September 22, 1994 || May 18, 1995 || #1 || 20.6 || 30.06 || "[[The Switch (Seinfeld)|The Switch]]"
|| 36.6<ref name="USA Today staff 1995-01-11">{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings|work=[[USA Today]]|date=January 11, 1995|page=D3}}</ref>
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| style="background:#5f5758" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 7 (1995–96)|7]]''' || [[1995–96 United States network television schedule|1995–96]] || 24  || September 21, 1995 || May 16, 1996 || #2 || 21.2 || 33.19 || "[[The Engagement (Seinfeld)|The Engagement]]"
|| 37.6<ref name="Graham 1995-09-27">{{cite news|title=NBC Sunday starters stumble|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 27, 1995|page=D3|author=Graham, Jefferson}}</ref>
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| style="background:#b5b7bc;"| || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 8 (1996–97)|8]]''' || [[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–97]] || 22  || September 19, 1996 || May 15, 1997 || #2 || 20.5 || 32.48 || "[[The Money]]"
|| 37.34<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41303321/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (Jan. 13–19, 1997)|date=January 22, 1997|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
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| style="background:#68471a" | || '''[[List of Seinfeld episodes#Season 9 (1997–98)|9]]''' || [[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–98]] || 24  || September 25, 1997 || May 14, 1998 || #1 || 22.0 || 38.03<br />(32.15)<ref name="ReferenceA">Excluding ''[[The Finale (Seinfeld)|The Finale]]'' (76.26 million viewers) and ''[[The Clip Show]]'' (58.53 million viewers)</ref> || "[[The Finale (Seinfeld)|The Finale]]"<br />("[[The Puerto Rican Day]]")
|| 76.26<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41306012/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 11–17, 1998)|date=May 20, 1998|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 24, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref><br />(38.78)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41304257/|title=National Nielsen Viewership (May 4–10, 1998)|date=May 13, 1998|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 24, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{free access}}</ref>
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