Editing Jerry Seinfeld (section)

===1988–1998: ''Seinfeld'' and stardom ===
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[[File:Jerry Seinfeld 1992.jpg|thumb|150px|Seinfeld at the [[44th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1992]]
Seinfeld created ''The Seinfeld Chronicles'' with [[Larry David]] in 1988 for [[NBC]]. It was renamed ''[[Seinfeld]]'' to avoid confusion with the short-lived teen sitcom ''The Marshall Chronicles''. By its third season, ''Seinfeld'' had become the most watched sitcom on American television. The final episode aired in 1998, and the show has been a popular [[Television syndication|syndicated]] re-run ever since. NBC offered Seinfeld $110 million—a record $5 million an episode for a 22-episode tenth season—but he declined.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gostin |first1=Nicki |title="QA: Former NBC honcho offered Jerry Seinfeld over $100 million for one more 'Seinfeld' season" |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/qa-former-nbc-honcho-offered-jerry-seinfeld-over-100-million-for-one-more-seinfeld-season |access-date=29 April 2024 |agency=Fox News |date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424041800/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/05/29/qa-former-nbc-honcho-offered-jerry-seinfeld-over-100-million-for-one-more/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with Seinfeld, the show starred ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' alumna [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] and established actors [[Michael Richards]] and [[Jason Alexander]]. Alexander played George, a caricature of [[Larry David]]. Seinfeld is the only actor to appear in every episode.<ref>Jason Alexander did not appear in "[[The Pen]]"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus did not appear in [[The Seinfeld Chronicles|the pilot]], "[[The Trip, Part 1]]," or "[[The Trip, Part 2]]"; and Michael Richards did not appear in "[[The Chinese Restaurant]]" or "The Pen."</ref>